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:

19 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:

40,336,645

3.08%

4,958,471

0.37%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

5,486,304

0.42%

39,673,030

3.03%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

45,822,949

3.49%

44,631,501

3.40%

(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

740,404

2.9296 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

426,622

2.9260 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

312,705

2.9278 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

188,361

2.9329 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

160,648

2.9258 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

143,475

2.9251 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

113,250

2.9319 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

68,061

2.9326 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

56,956

2.9332 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

15,942

2.9302 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

13,841

2.9320 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

13,759

2.9231 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

13,717

2.9280 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

13,260

2.9303 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

12,671

2.9294 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

10,647

2.9282 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

8,888

2.9318 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

7,665

2.9269 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

5,674

2.9312 GBP

ADR

Purchase

4,000

15.6100 USD

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,250

2.9340 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,807

2.9223 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,864

2.9271 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,438

2.9290 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,375

2.9352 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,130

2.9360 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

913

2.9300 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

532

2.9313 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

219

2.9286 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

899,879

2.9173 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

589,360

2.9309 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

222,501

2.9294 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

153,235

2.9312 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

141,427

2.9250 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

134,162

2.9260 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

101,443

2.9253 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

75,716

2.9282 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

73,002

2.9297 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

22,735

2.9302 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

21,059

2.9266 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

12,394

2.9241 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

12,297

2.9320 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

10,821

2.9305 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

7,072

2.9340 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

6,155

2.9328 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

5,442

2.9285 GBP

ADR

Sale

4,000

15.6100 USD

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

3,576

2.9246 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

3,154

2.9265 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,455

2.9248 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,035

2.9298 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,689

2.9204 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,174

2.9276 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,130

2.9360 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

848

2.9258 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

581

2.9300 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

385

2.9254 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

195

2.9159 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

10

2.9339 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

Increasing Short

113,250

2.9319 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

195

2.9159 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

899,879

2.9173 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,093

2.9204 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,394

2.9241 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,455

2.9248 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

848

2.9258 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,446

2.9260 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

75,716

2.9282 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,795

2.9229 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,106

2.9232 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

433,717

2.9260 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,864

2.9271 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,454

2.9280 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

984

2.9282 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,671

2.9294 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,209

2.9300 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

24,849

2.9314 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,550

2.9323 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

68,061

2.9326 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

205,226

2.9332 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,177

2.9335 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

30,474

2.9232 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,594

2.9297 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,406

2.9311 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

73,541

2.9313 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:

20 May 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213