Form 8.3 DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

13 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  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:			12 Jun 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:				43,468,327	3.31%	4,068,622	0.31%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				4,392,970	0.33%	42,756,411	3.26%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				47,861,297	3.65%	46,825,033	3.57%
(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	80,437	2.9902  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	77,873	2.9899  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	35,981	2.9920  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	31,884	2.9909  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	11,445	2.9891  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	10,353	2.9893  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	3,991	2.9913  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	3,029	2.9870  GBP
ADR	Purchase	2,840	16.2800  USD
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	2,650	2.9881  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	2,436	2.9840  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	2,155	2.9900  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	1,960	2.9940  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	1,344	2.9964  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	1,343	2.9877  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	1,167	2.9860  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	1,091	2.9865  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	924	2.9838  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	620	2.9740  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	195	2.9874  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	12	2.9500  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	66,272	2.9904  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	42,522	2.9885  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	33,940	2.9817  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	30,027	2.9813  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	23,154	2.9909  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	17,070	2.9819  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	15,196	2.9908  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	13,931	2.9872  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	8,137	2.9920  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	7,185	2.9851  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	6,071	2.9935  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	5,633	2.9861  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	4,726	2.9844  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	3,825	2.9826  GBP
ADR	Sale	2,840	16.2800  USD
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	2,208	2.9847  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	1,474	2.9854  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	1,270	2.9858  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	881	2.9833  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	857	2.9900  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	667	2.9840  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	645	2.9820  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	637	2.9883  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	506	3.0010  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	32	2.9890  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	27,730	2.9802  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,405	2.9809  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	30,027	2.9813  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	17,070	2.9819  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,825	2.9826  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,726	2.9844  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,821	2.9855  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,376	2.9856  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,498	2.9860  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,633	2.9861  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13,931	2.9872  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,210	2.9887  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	72,343	2.9906  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,900	2.9917  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	19,045	2.9920  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12	2.9500  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	924	2.9838  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,769	2.9840  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	39,957	2.9880  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,650	2.9881  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	37,639	2.9890  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	77,873	2.9899  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	631	2.9902  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	31,884	2.9909  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	18,900	2.9919  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,499	2.9920  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,344	2.9964  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	12,527	2.9881  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,667	2.9928  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	3,336	2.9933  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	2,840	2.9942  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:				13 Jun 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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