Form 8.3 - Direct Line Insurance Group Plc.


    19 May 2025 11:27:12
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RNS Number : 2311J
BNP Paribas London
19 May 2025
 

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:

BNP Paribas SA

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.


(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Direct Line Insurance Group plc

(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:

     For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

16/05/2025

(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

Yes

If YES, specify which:

Aviva plc

 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

 

(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:

 

GB00BY9D0Y18 (10 10/11p ordinary)

 

 

Interests

Short positions

 

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

65,108,973

4.9649

-10,902,688

-0.8314

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

4,330,239

0.3302

-45,292,043

-3.4537

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

0


+0


TOTAL:

69,439,212

5.2951

-56,194,731

-4.2851

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

 

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee 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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

(a)        Purchases and sales

 

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

28

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

78

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

115

2.9258 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

144

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

146

2.9280 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

177

2.9240 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

198

2.9280 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

237

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

260

2.9240 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

345

2.9240 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

362

2.9280 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

445

2.9229 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

476

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

495

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

508

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

515

2.9218 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

557

2.9180 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

591

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

600

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

630

2.9263 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

640

2.9240 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

642

2.9230 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

758

2.9280 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

871

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

900

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,108

2.9180 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,108

2.9180 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,108

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,108

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,108

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,108

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,108

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,108

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,108

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,108

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,108

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,108

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,108

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,108

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,109

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,109

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,109

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,109

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,109

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,109

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,109

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,193

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,194

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,289

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,360

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,364

2.9219 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,598

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,601

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,680

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,747

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,755

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

1,886

2.9240 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,127

2.9280 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,216

2.9180 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,371

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,390

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,469

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,470

2.9180 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,544

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,725

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

2,945

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

3,382

2.9180 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

3,740

2.9180 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

3,740

2.9180 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

4,069

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

4,205

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

4,265

2.9280 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

4,322

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

4,526

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

4,526

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

4,849

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

5,075

2.9240 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

5,173

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

6,072

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

6,107

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

6,542

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

7,263

2.9219 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

8,461

2.9220 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

9,052

2.9180 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

16,182

2.9219 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

27,285

2.9203 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

38,936

2.9214 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

42,547

2.9282 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

50,000

2.9202 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

63,024

2.9243 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Purchase

143,434

2.9243 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-500,000

2.9280 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-59,880

2.9244 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-13,200

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-5,600

2.9196 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-4,964

2.9217 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-4,316

2.9225 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-2,703

2.9233 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-1,728

2.9320 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-798

2.9253 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-642

2.9230 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-630

2.9263 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-515

2.9218 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-500

2.9252 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-476

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-445

2.9229 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-177

2.9240 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-144

2.9200 GBP

GB00BY9D0Y18

Sale

-115

2.9258 GBP

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

GB00BY9D0Y18

Contract for Difference

Closing Short Position

426

2.9280

GB00BY9D0Y18

Contract for Difference

Increasing Short Position

-143,434

2.9280

GB00BY9D0Y18

Contract for Difference

Increasing Short Position

-90,000

2.9280

GB00BY9D0Y18

Contract for Difference

Increasing Short Position

-2,351

2.9280

GB00BY9D0Y18

Contract for Difference

Reducing Short Position

238,985

2.9280

GB00BY9D0Y18

Contract for Difference

Reducing Short Position

9,648

2.9280

 

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit









 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing 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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 

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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 

None

 

(c)        Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

No

 

 

Date of disclosure:

19/05/2025

Contact name:

Compliance Control Room

Telephone number*:

0207 595 9695

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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