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:

30 Apr 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:

39,325,222

3.00%

6,155,230

0.46%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

6,448,253

0.49%

38,626,827

2.95%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

45,773,475

3.49%

44,782,057

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

334,281

2.8301 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

196,462

2.8324 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

104,685

2.8300 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

86,190

2.8471 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

27,229

2.8294 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

20,937

2.8349 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

11,839

2.8345 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

9,411

2.8326 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

8,785

2.8411 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

8,539

2.8380 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

5,560

2.8292 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

4,111

2.8314 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,561

2.8360 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,184

2.8309 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,983

2.8319 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,554

2.8279 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,434

2.8320 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,358

2.8357 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,188

2.8355 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,125

2.8273 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,116

2.8304 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,018

2.8328 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,935

2.8327 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,740

2.8240 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,110

2.8337 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

606

2.8400 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

600

2.8333 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

535

2.8359 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

232

2.8347 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

348,894

2.8300 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

331,937

2.8301 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

137,306

2.8406 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

119,588

2.8303 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

88,058

2.8282 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

31,030

2.8323 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

4,869

2.8294 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

4,091

2.8286 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,983

2.8319 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,958

2.8331 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,672

2.8322 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,053

2.8310 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,651

2.8180 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,378

2.8299 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,315

2.8360 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,148

2.8540 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

738

2.8380 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

689

2.8240 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

606

2.8400 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

180

2.8320 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

61

2.8261 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

32

2.8352 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

8,807

2.8273 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,344

2.8277 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,869

2.8294 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,658

2.8297 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,378

2.8299 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

100,538

2.8300 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

53,525

2.8303 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,053

2.8310 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

31,030

2.8323 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,106

2.8361 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,554

2.8279 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27,229

2.8294 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

86,009

2.8300 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,010

2.8304 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

31,324

2.8309 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

460

2.8311 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

722

2.8326 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

600

2.8333 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,585

2.8349 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,358

2.8357 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

300

2.8360 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,286

2.8408 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,577

2.8412 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

30,755

2.8257 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,148

2.8279 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

18,740

2.8300 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,116

2.8304 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,983

2.8319 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

33,860

2.8361 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:

01 May 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213