Barclays PLC - Form 8.3 DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

RNS Number : 2683L

Barclays PLC

03 June 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:				02 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:			42,655,263	3.25%	3,883,275	0.29%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			4,184,583	0.32%	41,946,690	3.20%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			46,839,846	3.57%	45,829,965	3.49%
(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		424,637		3.0198 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		370,409		3.0169 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		276,000		3.0342 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		190,243		3.0181 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		154,987		3.0340 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		134,834		3.0239 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		34,724		3.0184 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		23,454		3.0268 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		16,700		3.0200 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		15,442		3.0177 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		12,946		3.0078 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		9,916		3.0206 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		8,933		3.0146 GBP
ADR		Purchase		8,000		16.2875 USD
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		5,561		3.0118 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		5,436		3.0205 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		4,606		3.0143 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		4,156		3.0142 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		2,473		3.0112 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		975		3.0180 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		550		3.0100 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		568,730		3.0234 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		45,857		3.0232 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		23,039		3.0117 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		12,247		3.0153 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		9,730		3.0080 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		9,641		3.0172 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		9,352		3.0161 GBP
ADR		Sale		8,000		16.2875 USD
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		7,896		3.0115 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		7,000		3.0042 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		4,515		3.0340 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		4,135		3.0128 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,200		3.0206 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,186		3.0180 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,000		2.9980 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,462		3.0086 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,049		3.0200 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		615		3.0050 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		602		3.0260 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		563		3.0176 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		535		3.0100 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		370		3.0160 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		368		3.0060 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		721,821	2.9760 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,000	2.9980 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,000	3.0042 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,578	3.0079 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,133	3.0085 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,039	3.0117 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,763	3.0153 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		370	3.0160 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,300	3.0199 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,364	3.0229 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,980	3.0264 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,424	3.0340 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		721,821	2.9760 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,634	3.0128 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,603	3.0135 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,156	3.0142 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		350,000	3.0169 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,442	3.0177 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		190,243	3.0181 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,724	3.0184 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,750	3.0196 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,239	3.0200 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,916	3.0206 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		52,117	3.0229 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,162	3.0340 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		276,000	3.0342 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,155	3.0018 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,896	3.0115 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		9,641	3.0172 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,688	3.0013 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,312	3.0038 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		41,012	3.0180 GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		18,192	3.0340 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:				03 Jun 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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