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Barclays PLC

12 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				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:				09 May 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:			39,605,483	3.02%	6,329,460	0.48%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,649,028	0.51%	38,811,526	2.96%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			46,254,511	3.53%	45,140,986	3.44%
(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		151,222		2.9110 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		73,497		2.9120 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		45,741		2.9113 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		12,597		2.9108 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		9,503		2.8982 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		6,190		2.9005 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		6,103		2.9080 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		3,453		2.8940 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		3,296		2.9020 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		2,722		2.9017 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		2,358		2.8990 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		2,172		2.8968 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		2,081		2.9060 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,728		2.9063 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,249		2.9164 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,086		2.9085 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		982		2.8960 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		840		2.9160 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		780		2.9076 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		745		2.9132 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		697		2.9000 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		483		2.9180 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		207		2.9100 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		94		2.9040 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		88		2.9086 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		265,010		2.9120 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		64,803		2.9095 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		20,911		2.9060 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		17,723		2.9040 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		13,486		2.9071 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		5,270		2.9067 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		4,804		2.8939 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		3,355		2.9107 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,947		2.9051 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,177		2.9085 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,914		2.9117 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,847		2.9018 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,726		2.9119 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,455		2.8987 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,450		2.9004 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,143		2.9020 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		840		2.9160 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		669		2.9180 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		571		2.9167 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		488		2.9124 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		420		2.9139 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		393		2.9138 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		57		2.9077 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		12		2.9200 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		4,804	2.8939 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,455	2.8987 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,497	2.9034 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,723	2.9040 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,947	2.9050 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,270	2.9067 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		57	2.9077 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,369	2.9085 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		64,803	2.9095 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,914	2.9117 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,726	2.9119 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		265,826	2.9120 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		488	2.9124 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		393	2.9138 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		420	2.9139 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		74	2.9164 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,501	2.8941 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,601	2.8979 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,000	2.8982 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		697	2.9000 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		902	2.9012 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		518	2.9020 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		207	2.9100 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,698	2.9106 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,899	2.9110 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,742	2.9117 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		131,378	2.9120 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,119	2.8968 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,704	2.9095 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		13,653	2.9040 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,282	2.9102 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:				12 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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