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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)_DIRECT_MLI

14 Mar 2024 10:58

RNS Number : 8896G
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
14 March 2024

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

Merrill Lynch International

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whoserelevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

AGEAS SA/NV

(d)

Date dealing undertaken:

13/03/2024

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is theexempt principal trader making disclosures inrespect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

YES

If YES, specify which:

(AGEAS SA/NV)

2.

DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional classof relevant security dealt in.The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchases/sales

Total number of securities

Highest price per unitpaid/received

Lowest price per unitpaid/received

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

4,231,212

2.368 GBP

2.067 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

4,893,912

2.382 GBP

2.07 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product descriptione.g. CFD

Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing along/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Closing a Short Position

8

2.161 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

1,231

2.143 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

1,278

2.16 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

201

2.16 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

24,155

2.158 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

3,682

2.158 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

56,686

2.142 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

4,535

2.142 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Short Position

1,259

2.254 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Closing a Short Position

1,259

2.29 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

799

2.29 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

2,528

2.155 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

1,573

2.155 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

177

2.142 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

797

2.13 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

116

2.255 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Closing a Short Position

10

2.137 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

369

2.137 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

1,189

2.155 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

1,169

2.155 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

614

2.155 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

900

2.167 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

208

2.082 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

34,023

2.133 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

25,697

2.14 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

4,761

2.167 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

6,521

2.167 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

32

2.16 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

2,384

2.16 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

4,910

2.16 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

1,099

2.143 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Long Position

537

2.16 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

204

2.164 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

40,151

2.164 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Closing a Long Position

1,107

2.126 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Opening a Long Position

1,107

2.176 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

386,207

2.159 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

115,758

2.159 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

164,677

2.159 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Opening a Short Position

10,000

2.154 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Long Position

55,196

2.155 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

13,775

2.121 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

1,683

2.08 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

3,725

2.101 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

1,473

2.082 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

788

2.078 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

789

2.095 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

1,696

2.155 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

394

2.141 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

497

2.141 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

258

2.085 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

36

2.155 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

258

2.082 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

93

2.155 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

128

2.155 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

70

2.155 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

563

2.155 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

2,532

2.157 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

5

2.082 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

292

2.155 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

517

2.155 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Closing a Short Position

300,000

2.135 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Opening a Short Position

300,000

2.259 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Short Position

800,000

2.136 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Opening a Short Position

200,000

2.131 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

8,427

2.17 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Short Position

133,965

2.16 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Short Position

157,333

2.137 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Short Position

200,000

2.159 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Short Position

542,667

2.18 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Short Position

62,962

2.138 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

143

2.258 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

745

2.258 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

130

2.161 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

283

2.143 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

510

2.143 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

82

2.143 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

32

2.16 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

179

2.16 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

2,510

2.16 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

2,189

2.143 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

1,611

2.171 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

81

2.161 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

211

2.143 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

758

2.142 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

69

2.085 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

1

2.16 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

611

2.16 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

488

2.16 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

326

2.082 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

898

2.143 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

158

2.085 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

1,696

2.163 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

4

2.16 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

3,748

2.16 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

161

2.143 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

1,104

2.163 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

92

2.163 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

4,952

2.16 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class ofrelevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number ofsecurities to which option relates

Exercise priceper unit

Typee.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

(ii)

Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product descriptione.g. call option

Exercising/exercisedagainst

Number of securities

Exercise Price per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealinge.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

3.

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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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

Date of disclosure:

14/03/2024

Contact name:

Frank Lui

Telephone number:

+44207 996 6418

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory InformationService.The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code'sdealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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