Form 8.3 DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC, Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

Apr 22 2025 08:23 BSTSource: RNS

RNS Number : 6001F

Barclays PLC

22 April 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:				17 Apr 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:			36,835,059	2.81%	6,441,252	0.49%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,697,585	0.51%	35,980,790	2.74%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			43,532,644	3.32%	42,422,042	3.23%
(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		182,224		2.7392 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		159,279		2.7390 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		70,375		2.7384 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		32,225		2.7388 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		30,723		2.7435 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		25,196		2.7353 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		23,643		2.7395 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		17,100		2.7371 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		16,900		2.7346 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		12,078		2.7385 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		9,375		2.7347 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		9,359		2.7400 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		8,686		2.7466 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		5,373		2.7460 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		4,966		2.7306 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		4,636		2.7357 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		4,237		2.7492 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		4,210		2.7380 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		3,139		2.7375 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		3,043		2.7500 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		2,741		2.7446 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		2,400		2.7470 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		2,039		2.7440 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,451		2.7480 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,353		2.7312 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,063		2.7430 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		909		2.7415 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		906		2.7420 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		497		2.7402 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		354		2.7325 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		182		2.7309 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		5		2.7237 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		3		2.7277 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		113,426		2.7382 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		93,689		2.7396 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		49,232		2.7399 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		42,099		2.7344 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		31,264		2.7392 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		15,551		2.7368 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		12,581		2.7398 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		11,674		2.7406 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		8,953		2.7341 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		7,451		2.7407 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		7,003		2.7374 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		6,643		2.7416 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		5,708		2.7365 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		5,344		2.7400 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		3,344		2.7402 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,276		2.7380 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,214		2.7462 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,112		2.7390 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,050		2.7340 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,039		2.7440 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,996		2.7267 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,397		2.7364 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,256		2.7360 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,204		2.7369 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,190		2.7480 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,153		2.7460 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,063		2.7430 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		906		2.7420 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		488		2.7300 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		448		2.7483 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		409		2.7479 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		394		2.7318 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		300		2.7293 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		182		2.7311 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		160	2.7259 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		488	2.7300 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		888	2.7313 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,953	2.7341 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,551	2.7368 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		49,232	2.7399 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,799	2.7402 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,451	2.7407 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		248	2.7320 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,900	2.7346 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,196	2.7353 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,133	2.7380 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		60,613	2.7400 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		497	2.7402 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,100	2.7415 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,723	2.7435 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,413	2.7440 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,494	2.7450 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,234	2.7343 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,006	2.7352 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		9,216	2.7376 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		96,180	2.7381 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		18,627	2.7442 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:				22 Apr 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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