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Barclays PLC

01 May 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 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:			30 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:				39,325,222	3.00%	6,155,230	0.46%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				6,448,253	0.49%	38,626,827	2.95%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				45,773,475	3.49%	44,782,057	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	334,281	2.8301 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	196,462	2.8324 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	104,685	2.8300 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	86,190	2.8471 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	27,229	2.8294 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	20,937	2.8349 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	11,839	2.8345 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	9,411	2.8326 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	8,785	2.8411 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	8,539	2.8380 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	5,560	2.8292 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	4,111	2.8314 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	3,561	2.8360 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	3,184	2.8309 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	2,983	2.8319 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	2,554	2.8279 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	2,434	2.8320 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	2,358	2.8357 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	2,188	2.8355 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	2,125	2.8273 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	2,116	2.8304 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	2,018	2.8328 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	1,935	2.8327 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	1,740	2.8240 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	1,110	2.8337 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	606	2.8400 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	600	2.8333 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	535	2.8359 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	232	2.8347 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	348,894	2.8300 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	331,937	2.8301 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	137,306	2.8406 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	119,588	2.8303 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	88,058	2.8282 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	31,030	2.8323 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	4,869	2.8294 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	4,091	2.8286 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	2,983	2.8319 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	2,958	2.8331 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	2,672	2.8322 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	2,053	2.8310 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	1,651	2.8180 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	1,378	2.8299 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	1,315	2.8360 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	1,148	2.8540 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	738	2.8380 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	689	2.8240 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	606	2.8400 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	180	2.8320 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	61	2.8261 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	32	2.8352 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	8,807	2.8273 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	17,344	2.8277 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,869	2.8294 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,658	2.8297 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,378	2.8299 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	100,538	2.8300 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	53,525	2.8303 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,053	2.8310 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	31,030	2.8323 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,106	2.8361 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,554	2.8279 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	27,229	2.8294 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	86,009	2.8300 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	25,010	2.8304 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	31,324	2.8309 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	460	2.8311 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	722	2.8326 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	600	2.8333 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,585	2.8349 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,358	2.8357 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	300	2.8360 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,286	2.8408 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,577	2.8412 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	30,755	2.8257 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,148	2.8279 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	18,740	2.8300 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	2,116	2.8304 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	2,983	2.8319 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	33,860	2.8361 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:				01 May 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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Form 8.3 DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC.

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