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:

22 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:

37,151,849

2.83%

6,134,516

0.46%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

6,382,526

0.49%

36,242,138

2.76%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

43,534,375

3.32%

42,376,654

3.22%

(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

278,819

2.7726 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

188,002

2.7700 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

65,869

2.7673 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

53,201

2.7715 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

50,407

2.7742 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

49,172

2.7695 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

29,996

2.7724 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

24,404

2.7683 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

21,708

2.7709 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

17,000

2.7710 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

15,538

2.7720 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

13,840

2.7783 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

9,773

2.7629 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

9,653

2.7751 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

8,873

2.7711 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

7,913

2.7696 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

6,994

2.7732 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

5,641

2.7744 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,969

2.7781 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,520

2.7702 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,223

2.7699 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,000

2.7760 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,000

2.7757 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,610

2.7640 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,508

2.7682 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,455

2.7765 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,673

2.7762 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,011

2.7780 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

419

2.7663 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

71

2.7540 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

70,735

2.7633 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

60,441

2.7702 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

18,543

2.7720 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

16,635

2.7550 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

14,698

2.7724 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

13,237

2.7700 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

12,251

2.7734 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

10,308

2.7731 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

7,393

2.7772 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

7,313

2.7706 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

6,857

2.7449 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

4,722

2.7661 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

3,000

2.7760 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,852

2.7740 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,370

2.7688 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,210

2.7640 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,381

2.7795 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,372

2.7657 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,157

2.7689 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,115

2.7810 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,078

2.7780 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

566

2.7676 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

502

2.7687 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

6,857

2.7449 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,635

2.7550 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

93

2.7659 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,933

2.7699 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,446

2.7728 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,805

2.7740 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

419

2.7663 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,519

2.7667 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

102,400

2.7681 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,164

2.7688 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,223

2.7699 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

206,903

2.7700 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

35,593

2.7708 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,228

2.7710 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,651

2.7715 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,996

2.7724 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,608

2.7729 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

792

2.7758 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,100

2.7811 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

30,835

2.7555 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

13,473

2.7746 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

131,315

2.7748 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

51,627

2.7749 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:

23 Apr 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213