Barclays Regulatory News (BARC)

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:

15 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:

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%

Class of relevant security:

Ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

1,537,307

0.82%

1,682,405

0.90%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

302,985

0.16%

356,180

0.19%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

1,840,292

0.98%

2,038,585

1.08%

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%

(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

109,251

39.8999 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

104,264

39.8842 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

45,506

39.8382 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

38,188

39.8942 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

23,921

39.6742 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

20,904

39.5875 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

19,525

39.4354 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

19,412

39.5357 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

13,543

39.5255 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

12,000

39.4765 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

11,146

39.9019 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

10,339

39.8978 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

9,103

39.8567 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

7,740

39.5290 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

5,810

39.5314 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

5,408

39.5001 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

4,288

39.5291 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

3,805

39.4998 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

3,442

39.9000 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

3,275

39.5143 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

3,155

39.5617 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

3,002

39.6029 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

2,897

39.4535 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

2,847

39.5419 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

2,815

39.5451 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

2,134

39.5653 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

2,034

39.8247 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,898

39.5356 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,676

39.5757 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,298

39.5519 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

1,131

39.5246 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

970

39.4542 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

819

39.4842 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

722

39.5705 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

720

39.5238 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

689

39.4533 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

661

39.5599 EUR

ADR

Purchase

600

42.9983 USD

Ordinary

Purchase

586

39.4530 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

550

39.5480 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

549

39.5684 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

538

39.5500 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

531

39.4935 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

440

39.5082 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

401

39.6046 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

380

39.4825 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

369

39.5110 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

306

39.4578 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

297

39.5000 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

296

39.5390 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

285

39.4885 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

257

39.4620 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

218

39.6200 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

218

39.4856 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

211

39.5600 EUR

ADR

Purchase

200

42.9100 USD

Ordinary

Purchase

194

39.3900 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

149

39.5800 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

120

39.3400 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

114

39.6700 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

109

39.5200 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

95

39.6350 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

95

39.4100 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

95

39.6086 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

95

39.8500 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

95

39.6300 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

94

39.2900 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

88

39.5400 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

87

39.3000 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

58

39.6100 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

57

39.6000 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

26

39.5300 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

17

39.5152 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

6

39.4500 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

4

39.6600 EUR

Ordinary

Purchase

2

39.5250 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

190,963

39.8904 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

109,251

39.8999 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

95,042

39.9039 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

76,376

39.8942 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

57,761

39.9000 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

49,370

39.7046 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

45,506

39.8382 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

25,553

39.5500 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

13,789

39.5233 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

10,452

39.5875 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

10,008

39.5237 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

9,706

39.5357 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

6,921

39.4952 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

4,123

39.5563 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

3,805

39.4998 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

3,275

39.5143 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

2,526

39.5400 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

2,263

39.5251 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

1,891

39.5288 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

1,838

39.5706 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

1,566

39.6747 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

1,231

39.5889 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

1,184

39.5122 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

878

39.4683 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

842

39.5368 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

819

39.4842 EUR

ADR

Sale

600

42.9983 USD

Ordinary

Sale

592

39.5390 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

587

39.5016 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

519

39.5415 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

514

39.4620 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

440

39.5082 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

379

39.4392 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

361

39.5705 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

324

39.5457 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

319

39.5837 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

316

39.8166 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

308

39.5256 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

219

39.5600 EUR

ADR

Sale

200

42.9100 USD

Ordinary

Sale

191

39.6000 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

188

39.5000 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

171

39.5800 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

158

39.3910 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

137

39.5710 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

131

39.4550 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

120

39.3400 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

114

39.6700 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

109

39.6200 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

109

39.5200 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

101

39.5297 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

97

39.3900 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

95

39.4100 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

95

39.6350 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

95

39.8500 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

95

39.6300 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

87

39.3000 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

74

39.5312 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

36

39.6100 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

34

39.5152 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

6

39.5300 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

4

39.6600 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

3

39.4500 EUR

Ordinary

Sale

2

39.5250 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

11,146

39.9019 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

550

39.5480 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,034

39.8247 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,134

39.5653 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,002

39.6029 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,155

39.5617 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,646

39.5620 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18

39.6100 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22

39.5800 EUR

Ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

242

39.9000 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

257

39.4620 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

316

39.8166 EUR

Ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

400

39.5352 EUR

Ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

645

39.5519 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,231

39.5889 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,566

39.6746 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

40,495

39.9000 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

190,963

39.8904 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

25,015

39.5500 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

41,294

39.9000 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

97

39.3900 EUR

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

196

39.4410 EUR

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

361

39.9003 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

361

39.5705 EUR

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

538

39.5500 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

809

39.6041 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

963

39.6188 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,613

39.8304 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,777

39.5162 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,366

39.5562 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,525

39.4354 EUR

Ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1,279

39.8978 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:

18 Mar 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213