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:

07 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:

39,364,410

3.00%

6,100,315

0.46%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

6,416,991

0.49%

38,715,725

2.95%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

45,781,401

3.49%

44,816,040

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

244,131

2.9046 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

49,100

2.8969 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

36,576

2.9006 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

30,528

2.8955 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

28,248

2.9100 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

22,470

2.8994 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

17,469

2.9042 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

16,226

2.9011 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

10,656

2.8933 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

9,666

2.9048 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

8,411

2.9029 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

7,260

2.8991 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

7,070

2.9010 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

6,547

2.8976 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

5,103

2.9056 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

4,781

2.9045 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,991

2.9016 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,852

2.8980 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,296

2.8946 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,191

2.8981 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,881

2.8960 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,772

2.9020 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,360

2.8968 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,172

2.9050 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,137

2.9019 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

920

2.9040 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

872

2.9071 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

24

2.8840 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

71,164

2.9027 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

60,713

2.9100 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

56,241

2.8967 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

48,366

2.8990 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

37,350

2.9073 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

35,985

2.8981 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

20,968

2.8987 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

10,064

2.9030 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

9,666

2.9050 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

7,306

2.9036 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

7,084

2.8995 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

6,908

2.9029 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,881

2.8962 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,772

2.9020 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,970

2.8965 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,599

2.9000 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,247

2.9017 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

962

2.8940 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

920

2.9040 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

590

2.9011 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

214

2.8980 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

77

2.8800 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

70

2.9060 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

24

2.8840 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

27,262

2.8959 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,970

2.8965 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

28,979

2.8975 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

380

2.8980 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

35,985

2.8981 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,968

2.8987 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

590

2.9011 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,871

2.9029 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

46

2.9030 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,306

2.9036 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

635

2.9043 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

67

2.9100 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,656

2.8933 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,528

2.8955 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,500

2.8958 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,102

2.8968 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,256

2.8975 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,600

2.8984 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,642

2.9045 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

50,824

2.9099 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,074

2.9100 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

70

2.9060 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

96,442

2.8992 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

920

2.9040 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,103

2.9056 GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

9,518

2.9065 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:

08 May 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213