Form 8.3 DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

RNS Number : 2695P

Barclays PLC

01 July 2025

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:				30 Jun 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:			28,970,316	2.21%	11,785,989	0.89%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			12,021,116	0.92%	28,391,290	2.16%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			40,991,432	3.13%	40,177,279	3.06%
(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		252,972		3.0661 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		142,359		3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		19,296		3.0665 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		12,736		3.0636 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		11,549		3.0544 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		8,287		3.0615 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		6,609		3.0668 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		5,483		3.0676 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		3,792		3.0753 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		2,066		3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,831		3.0645 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,658		3.0685 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,354		3.0735 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,345		3.0720 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,139		3.0670 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		500		3.0740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		264		3.0780 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		68		3.0647 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		25		3.0678 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		17		3.0695 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		9		3.0680 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		2		3.0700 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		346,097		3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		167,814		3.0652 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		111,165		3.0614 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		74,808		3.0641 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		43,227		3.0623 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		37,049		3.0637 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		33,165		3.0657 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		25,210		3.0636 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		15,005		3.0653 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		7,203		3.0580 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		5,436		3.0654 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		4,477		3.0627 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		4,208		3.0650 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		4,162		3.0633 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		3,836		3.0671 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,813		3.0620 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,112		3.0697 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		864		3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		638		3.0720 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		451		3.0740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		408		3.0680 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		264		3.0780 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		208		3.0363 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		Increasing Long		105,715	3.0613 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,400	3.0621 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		39,027	3.0622 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,450	3.0628 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,401	3.0631 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,162	3.0633 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,222	3.0634 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		41,868	3.0637 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		74,808	3.0641 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		42,391	3.0643 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		309	3.0644 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,789	3.0649 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		33,165	3.0657 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		321,189	3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,549	3.0544 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,066	3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		315	3.0642 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,831	3.0645 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,035	3.0650 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		272,862	3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		56,615	3.0668 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,194	3.0685 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		82	3.0740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,792	3.0753 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,203	3.0579 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		127,790	3.0654 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		11,675	3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		25,525	3.0662 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:				01 Jul 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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