Form 8.3 - Ageas SA/NV

Barclays PLC

06 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:				05 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:			2,565,170	1.36%	1,432,562	0.76%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			352,333	0.19%	486,057	0.26%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,917,503	1.55%	1,918,619	1.02%
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		94,347		37.9565  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		57,763		38.0414  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		28,027		38.0736  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		23,641		37.8286  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		21,733		37.9062  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		14,387		37.7627  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		14,011		38.0861  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		6,656		37.7830  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		6,622		38.0957  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		5,564		37.7678  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		5,320		37.8724  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		4,622		37.8411  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,890		37.7395  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,796		37.6771  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,447		38.0879  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,327		37.8071  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		3,066		38.0900  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,730		37.8938  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,604		37.7323  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,346		37.8329  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,291		38.0965  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,196		37.7512  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,175		37.9407  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		2,152		37.8664  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,982		37.8773  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,940		37.8270  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,839		37.7706  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,601		37.8478  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,425		37.8258  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,421		37.6601  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,335		37.7714  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,211		37.7937  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		1,032		37.9518  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		972		38.0090  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		937		37.9673  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		884		37.8588  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		809		37.8658  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		758		38.0242  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		714		37.9318  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		599		37.7772  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		591		37.8052  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		576		37.8036  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		530		37.7890  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		502		37.8325  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		473		37.8029  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		463		37.8285  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		418		38.0964  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		377		37.6789  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		370		37.6885  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		357		38.0574  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		347		38.1050  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		339		37.6855  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		338		38.1411  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		334		37.8497  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		286		37.9300  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		280		37.8486  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		240		37.6497  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		219		37.6566  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		214		37.8442  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		187		37.7000  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		138		38.1200  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		116		37.6900  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		107		38.1500  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		98		37.8638  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		97		38.0956  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		82		37.6600  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		82		37.5586  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		82		37.7600  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		82		37.6700  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		82		37.7400  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		71		38.1229  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		58		38.0000  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		28		37.8700  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		26		37.9700  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		21		37.7800  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		13		37.9250  EUR
Ordinary		Purchase		6		38.1404  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		77,090		37.9480  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		57,763		38.0414  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		30,245		37.8337  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		28,027		38.0736  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		19,967		38.0825  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		11,399		37.9881  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		8,593		37.8404  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		8,000		38.0979  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		6,033		38.0900  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		4,632		37.5300  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		3,440		37.8065  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		3,400		37.7372  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		2,730		37.8938  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		2,157		38.0938  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,898		37.6771  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,874		37.9673  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,830		37.9488  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,654		37.7575  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,614		37.9150  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,211		37.7937  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,182		37.8052  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,164		37.6631  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,153		37.7250  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,083		37.7274  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		1,032		38.0523  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		885		37.6712  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		884		37.8588  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		700		38.0716  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		678		37.6855  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		599		37.7772  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		370		37.6885  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		265		37.7890  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		251		37.8325  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		219		37.6566  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		213		38.0892  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		187		37.7000  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		128		37.9300  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		109		37.6203  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		107		38.1500  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		107		37.8442  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		82		37.7600  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		82		37.7400  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		82		37.6700  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		82		37.6600  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		52		37.9700  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		29		38.0000  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		21		37.7580  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		19		37.6762  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		19		37.5494  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		17		37.6782  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		14		37.8700  EUR
Ordinary		Sale		2		37.7100  EUR
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6	38.1400  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		71	38.1229  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		97	38.0956  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		338	38.1411  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		377	37.6789  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		945	37.7627  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,339	37.7854  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,425	37.8258  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,940	37.8270  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,120	37.7438  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,152	37.8664  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,196	37.7512  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,291	38.0965  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,346	37.8329  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,604	37.7323  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,001	37.8166  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,327	37.8071  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,320	37.8724  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,564	37.7678  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,622	38.0957  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,656	37.7830  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	37.7685  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2	37.7100  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	38.0886  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7	37.6236  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9	37.5496  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9	37.7562  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		10	38.0900  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11	37.6784  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12	37.6762  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12	37.7156  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26	37.9700  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34	37.7300  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		48	37.6195  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		64	37.6789  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		73	37.6730  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		160	37.6856  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		270	37.6644  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		339	37.6855  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		379	37.6710  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		467	37.6595  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		591	37.8052  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		667	38.0850  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,399	37.9881  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6	37.6784  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7	37.6762  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10	37.5496  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10	37.7574  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		38	37.7298  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		54	37.6205  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		433	37.6711  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		537	37.6595  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,631	37.5300  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29	38.0000  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		66	38.0900  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		251	37.8325  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		265	37.7890  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		517	37.7824  EUR
Ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		667	37.5348  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,032	37.9518  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,169	37.7814  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,733	37.9062  EUR
Ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		213	38.0892  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:				06 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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