Form 8.3 - Ageas SA/NV

Barclays PLC

15 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:				14 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:			2,621,665	1.39%	1,633,797	0.87%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			264,677	0.14%	538,729	0.29%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,886,342	1.54%	2,172,526	1.16%
Class of relevant security:				Convertible Bond BE0933899800
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			1,750,000	0.93%	0	0.00%
(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%	0	0.00%
Class of relevant security:				Convertible Bond XS0147484074
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			500,000	0.27%	0	0.00%
(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%	0	0.00%
(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		71,557		39.3544  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		46,792		39.2523  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		45,271		39.2129  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		41,740		39.2583  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		30,156		39.2359  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		26,534		39.3654  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		15,078		39.3175  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		13,194		39.2278  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		11,383		39.2750  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		10,570		39.2512  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		7,524		39.3821  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		7,345		39.3764  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		6,263		39.3004  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		5,512		39.4111  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		4,045		39.5032  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,433		39.2691  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,334		39.2300  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,092		39.2982  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,312		39.4057  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,276		39.5500  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,981		39.3651  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,777		39.3095  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,774		39.2697  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,336		39.3672  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,228		39.4653  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,179		39.3282  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		993		39.3372  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		916		39.3339  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		773		39.4258  EUR
ADR		Purchase		700		42.7157  USD
Ordinary		Purchase		605		39.4889  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		564		39.1696  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		562		39.1970  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		541		39.2655  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		537		39.2313  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		533		39.4387  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		493		39.3487  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		486		39.2484  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		408		39.3281  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		394		39.4216  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		357		39.4198  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		313		39.3040  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		300		39.4353  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		265		39.2760  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		255		39.3571  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		250		39.3068  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		247		39.3280  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		238		39.3457  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		218		39.4900  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		186		39.5400  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		178		39.5700  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		147		39.3500  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		128		39.3200  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		119		39.2200  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		105		39.4624  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		95		39.0700  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		94		39.3550  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		94		39.3600  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		94		39.1000  EUR
ADR		Purchase		88		43.6000  USD
Ordinary		Purchase		76		39.4643  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		63		39.3266  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		60		39.6200  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		45		39.2255  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		37		39.5388  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		20		39.3300  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		4		39.2400  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1		39.2700  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1		39.5300  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1		39.3100  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1		39.4000  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1		39.4500  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		54,929		39.3442  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		41,740		39.2583  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		32,580		39.4600  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		23,652		39.2461  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		16,366		39.3916  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		11,774		39.2300  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		11,383		39.2750  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		8,986		39.3331  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		8,951		39.2538  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		8,926		39.3814  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		8,622		39.3825  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		5,709		39.4659  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		4,859		39.3592  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		4,745		39.3995  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		2,756		39.4111  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,777		39.3095  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,699		39.2774  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,520		39.2207  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,338		39.3572  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,262		39.3099  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,228		39.4653  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,066		39.4387  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		993		39.3372  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		915		39.3107  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		859		39.4175  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		714		39.4198  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		704		39.3251  EUR
ADR		Sale		700		42.7157  USD
Ordinary		Sale		668		39.3672  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		618		39.3124  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		605		39.4889  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		571		39.6300  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		567		39.4833  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		561		39.2678  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		510		39.3571  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		448		39.5489  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		291		39.3450  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		282		39.1696  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		281		39.1970  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		262		39.2668  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		243		39.2484  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		178		39.5700  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		147		39.3500  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		128		39.3200  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		125		39.3068  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		119		39.2200  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		101		39.3103  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		95		39.0700  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		94		39.1000  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		94		39.3600  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		94		39.3550  EUR
ADR		Sale		88		43.6000  USD
Ordinary		Sale		54		39.3389  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		38		39.5400  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		30		39.2700  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		7		39.2814  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		2		39.2600  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1		39.4000  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1		39.5300  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1		39.4500  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1		39.3100  EUR
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,343	39.2278  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2,151	39.2300  EUR
Ordinary		Futures		Closing Short		9,090	EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16	39.2271  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20	39.3189  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		25	39.4597  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		29	39.2246  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		34	39.4649  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		43	39.3301  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		50	39.2385  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		51	39.4665  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		71	39.4613  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		89	39.2168  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		136	39.4208  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		258	39.4220  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		537	39.2313  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		786	39.5502  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,490	39.5500  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,617	39.3824  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,907	39.3819  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		92	39.2225  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		101	39.3103  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		255	39.3571  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		357	39.4198  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		440	39.2249  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		533	39.4387  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		567	39.4833  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,520	39.2207  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,709	39.4659  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,700	39.1899  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,667	39.2300  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		32,580	39.4600  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		125	39.3068  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		137	39.5956  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		476	39.4598  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		550	39.4107  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		664	39.1720  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		668	39.3672  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,609	39.3663  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,449	39.2826  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46,792	39.2523  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:				15 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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