Form 8.3 DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

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 relevant securities this form relates:

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:

01 May 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?

YES: AVIVA 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:

10 10/11p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

39,383,409

3.00%

6,079,584

0.46%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

6,376,576

0.49%

38,708,763

2.95%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

45,759,985

3.49%

44,788,347

3.41%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

83,926

2.8486 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

27,540

2.8432 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

26,983

2.8468 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

25,689

2.8453 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

23,337

2.8454 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

21,300

2.8431 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

16,541

2.8423 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

14,825

2.8411 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

14,500

2.8412 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

11,700

2.8637 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

11,165

2.8451 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

9,158

2.8428 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

8,673

2.8445 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

6,835

2.8414 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

6,609

2.8446 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

6,073

2.8438 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

5,249

2.8488 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

4,907

2.8460 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,315

2.8470 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,442

2.8400 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,237

2.8480 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,072

2.8420 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

484

2.8660 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

298

2.8440 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

91,212

2.8431 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

45,391

2.8660 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

31,134

2.8602 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

18,564

2.8520 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

5,959

2.8460 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,636

2.8379 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,237

2.8480 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,658

2.8470 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,072

2.8420 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

400

2.8452 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

376

2.8498 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

298

2.8440 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

88

2.8439 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,636

2.8379 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

88

2.8440 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

80

2.8451 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

320

2.8452 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,631

2.8500 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

31,440

2.8660 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,825

2.8411 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,022

2.8414 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,300

2.8431 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,148

2.8436 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

372

2.8444 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,673

2.8445 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,689

2.8453 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,337

2.8454 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27

2.8480 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,700

2.8637 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

108

2.8660 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,365

2.8325 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

68,972

2.8432 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if 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 person 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:

02 May 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213