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:

08 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:

39,404,027

3.00%

6,044,447

0.46%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

6,396,118

0.49%

38,752,127

2.96%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

45,800,145

3.49%

45,163,235

3.42%

(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

266,116

2.9040 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

146,992

2.9003 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

129,079

2.9019 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

127,327

2.8960 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

60,244

2.9092 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

44,380

2.9045 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

13,849

2.9020 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

9,936

2.9140 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

8,325

2.9060 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

6,778

2.9027 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

5,653

2.9034 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

4,839

2.9042 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,903

2.9029 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,731

2.9069 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,574

2.9070 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,979

2.9013 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,945

2.9037 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,202

2.9050 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,065

2.9080 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

849

2.9010 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

698

2.9000 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

138,842

2.9028 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

92,655

2.8995 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

90,902

2.9046 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

73,399

2.8959 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

49,034

2.9033 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

43,412

2.8960 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

38,577

2.9054 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

37,189

2.8999 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

29,935

2.9034 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

20,272

2.9043 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

20,054

2.9035 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

19,949

2.9037 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

18,564

2.9039 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

14,647

2.9058 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

9,966

2.9020 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

9,506

2.9060 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

8,766

2.9024 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

8,330

2.9074 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

6,491

2.9042 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,992

2.9021 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,340

2.9040 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,024

2.9072 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,905

2.9031 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,202

2.9050 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,065

2.9080 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

989

2.9030 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

871

2.9070 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

849

2.9010 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

698

2.9000 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

554

2.9100 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

18,113

2.8968 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,942

2.9020 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33,547

2.9025 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,885

2.9031 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

49,034

2.9033 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,158

2.9034 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,113

2.9035 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,564

2.9039 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,159

2.9046 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,483

2.9065 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,077

2.9078 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

178,638

2.9100 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

40,011

2.8959 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

56,644

2.8960 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,979

2.9013 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,800

2.9021 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,000

2.9060 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,100

2.9062 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,731

2.9069 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,063

2.9091 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

60,244

2.9092 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,612

2.9095 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

178,084

2.9100 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

22,876

2.8960 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

10,362

2.9030 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

28

2.9060 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

16,078

2.9006 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,725

2.9040 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

25,183

2.9125 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:

09 May 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213