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Barclays PLC

02 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:				01 Jul 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:			36,239,677	2.76%	3,375,589	0.25%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			3,560,291	0.27%	34,705,218	2.65%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			39,799,968	3.03%	38,080,807	2.90%
(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		30,568,397		3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		3,149,329		3.0504 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		2,859,974		3.0501 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,858,258		3.0503 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,093,725		3.0650 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		97,000		3.0502 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		42,134		3.0653 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		39,281		3.0627 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		33,970		3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		29,435		3.0654 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		25,519		3.0638 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		24,286		3.0740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		24,252		3.0645 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		19,698		3.0641 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		18,186		3.0664 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		15,640		3.0649 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		15,012		3.0692 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		13,229		3.0646 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		8,101		3.0634 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		5,435		3.0670 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		5,134		3.0603 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		4,340		3.0657 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		3,570		3.0629 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		2,694		3.0655 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		2,410		3.0630 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		2,205		3.0624 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		2,000		3.0710 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,905		3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,249		3.0680 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,038		3.0600 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		67		3.0700 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		12,786,664		3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		7,978,377		3.0503 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		3,092,793		3.0501 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		75,402		3.0639 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		70,354		3.0648 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		66,726		3.0663 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		65,000		3.0717 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		47,798		3.0497 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		26,517		3.0632 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		23,395		3.0670 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		10,125		3.0620 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		7,086		3.0641 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		5,299		3.0721 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		3,858		3.0693 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		3,832		3.0616 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		3,575		3.0689 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		3,323		3.0674 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		3,274		3.0625 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,781		3.0664 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,578		3.0657 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,331		3.0630 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,299		3.0628 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,249		3.0680 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,157		3.0640 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,143		3.0600 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,062		3.0631 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		939		3.0679 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		939		3.0700 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		492		3.0740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		300		3.0720 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		42		3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2		3.0710 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		47,798	3.0497 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		780,125	3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		39,255	3.0610 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,826	3.0620 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		26,517	3.0632 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,578	3.0657 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		66,726	3.0663 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		36,314	3.0671 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		386	3.0680 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,461	3.0689 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		65,000	3.0717 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,765	3.0726 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		492	3.0740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		6,044,700	3.0500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,304,037	3.0502 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		250,000	3.0508 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,300	3.0601 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,134	3.0603 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,570	3.0629 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,053,572	3.0650 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,411	3.0653 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,435	3.0654 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,323	3.0656 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,928	3.0660 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,435	3.0670 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,142	3.0672 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,285	3.0740 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		25,525	3.0638 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,040,410	3.0502 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		20,974	3.0628 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		14,865	3.0641 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:				02 Jul 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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