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

DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

relevant securities this form relates:

(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:

14 Apr 2025

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

YES:

disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

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:

36,386,946

2.77%

6,890,731

0.52%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

7,139,230

0.54%

35,522,348

2.71%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

43,526,176

3.32%

42,413,079

3.23%

(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

securities

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

504,383

2.7023 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

500,000

2.7013 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

220,713

2.7008 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

203,661

2.7036 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

153,373

2.7021 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

150,000

2.6990 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

126,171

2.7031 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

75,808

2.7028 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

62,816

2.7000 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

39,876

2.7017 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

37,034

2.7011 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

25,552

2.7019 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

25,078

2.7033 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

17,858

2.7032 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

7,173

2.7056 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,581

2.7034 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,123

2.6981 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,325

2.7024 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,221

2.7240 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,062

2.7040 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

723

2.6980 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

590

2.7020 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

285

2.7080 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

242

2.7048 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

130

2.6960 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

17

2.6950 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

130,552

2.7000 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

59,045

2.6997 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

51,494

2.7028 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

13,418

2.7025 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

13,330

2.7037 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

12,233

2.7044 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

11,030

2.7010 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

9,797

2.7005 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

9,265

2.6999 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

8,971

2.7052 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

8,833

2.7030 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

5,279

2.7112 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

3,088

2.7033 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,773

2.7019 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,538

2.6980 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,517

2.7051 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,575

2.6984 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,467

2.7045 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,154

2.7060 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

923

2.7004 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

853

2.6977 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

478

2.7020 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

137

2.7006 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

130

2.6960 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

106

2.6980 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,575

2.6984 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,265

2.6999 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

125,218

2.7000 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

923

2.7004 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,797

2.7005 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

137

2.7006 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,773

2.7019 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

478

2.7020 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,233

2.7044 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

150,000

2.6990 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

65,795

2.7000 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,970

2.7001 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

500,000

2.7013 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

96,245

2.7014 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

99,775

2.7019 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

574

2.7020 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

119,146

2.7021 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

374,433

2.7023 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

188,048

2.7025 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

126,171

2.7031 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

148,213

2.7035 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

60,300

2.7037 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,131

2.7038 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,526

2.6938 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

55,735

2.7034 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

66,335

2.7012 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

money

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

paid/

security

varying etc

to which

received

option

per unit

relates

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

securities

unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

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 exempt principal trader 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:

15 Apr 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213