Form 8.3 - Ageas SA/NV

Barclays PLC

13 March 2024

 

FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Full name of discloser:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				AGEAS SA/NV
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				12 Mar 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				YES:
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?				DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)
Class of relevant security:				Ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			2,593,503	1.38%	1,615,760	0.86%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			216,961	0.12%	516,689	0.27%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,810,464	1.50%	2,132,449	1.13%
Class of relevant security:				Convertible Bond BE0933899800
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			1,750,000	0.93%	47,500	0.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,750,000	0.93%	47,500	0.03%
Class of relevant security:				Convertible Bond XS0147484074
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			500,000	0.27%	250,000	0.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			500,000	0.27%	250,000	0.13%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
Ordinary		Purchase		22,341		39.5479  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		18,637		39.2860  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		15,772		39.0926  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		15,201		39.5478  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		12,236		39.5102  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		11,865		39.5500  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		9,254		39.0904  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		8,739		39.1187  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		8,041		39.5406  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		4,405		39.0840  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,650		39.0979  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,786		39.3305  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,702		39.2506  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,181		39.2154  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,110		39.4818  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,017		39.0439  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		922		39.1832  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		790		39.0156  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		744		39.1890  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		722		39.1021  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		600		39.3316  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		462		39.0029  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		440		39.1464  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		419		39.0274  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		389		39.2378  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		386		39.0966  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		382		39.1228  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		349		38.9740  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		340		39.3314  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		233		39.0900  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		221		39.2203  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		191		39.0874  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		173		39.2300  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		127		39.0800  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		126		39.1700  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		119		38.9900  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		118		38.9100  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		113		39.2050  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		108		39.1782  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		108		39.1800  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		108		39.2577  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		108		38.9000  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		107		39.1384  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		89		39.0100  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		89		38.9700  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		29		39.0762  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		23,726		39.5177  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		22,617		38.9495  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		22,341		39.5479  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		21,537		39.5500  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		20,177		39.4490  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		19,748		39.3046  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		12,236		39.5102  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		8,163		39.0878  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		4,627		39.0904  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		3,528		39.4653  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		2,112		39.5302  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,982		39.2427  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,444		39.1021  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,392		39.0854  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,123		39.1550  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		961		39.4058  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		778		39.2378  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		772		39.2312  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		744		39.1890  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		639		39.2460  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		632		39.0900  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		608		38.9710  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		479		39.3926  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		461		39.1832  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		419		39.0274  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		395		39.0156  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		358		39.0632  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		349		38.9740  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		280		39.1212  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		220		39.1464  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		213		39.0893  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		205		39.4349  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		191		39.1228  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		131		39.3887  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		127		39.0800  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		126		39.1700  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		119		38.9900  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		118		38.9100  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		115		39.0413  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		113		39.2050  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		108		39.1800  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		98		39.3143  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		89		39.0100  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		89		38.9700  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		2		38.8700  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		22,617		39.5414  EUR
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
Ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2	38.8700  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		98	39.3142  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		98	39.0799  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		213	39.0893  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		280	39.1212  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		358	39.0632  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		387	39.5448  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		389	39.2378  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		586	39.0481  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		608	38.9710  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		722	39.1021  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,123	39.1550  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,112	39.5302  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,224	39.5500  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,540	39.5500  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,177	39.4490  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		191	39.1228  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		387	38.9350  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		395	39.0156  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		476	39.2504  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		652	39.1252  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,041	39.5406  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,532	39.1116  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,772	39.0926  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,942	39.5484  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		8,020	39.5500  EUR
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				13 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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