Form 8.3 DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

23 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:			20 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:				35,825,170	2.73%	2,653,068	0.20%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,935,709	0.22%	35,291,506	2.69%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				38,760,879	2.96%	37,944,574	2.89%
(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	1,037,281	3.0760  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	431,768	3.0749  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	90,745	3.0793  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	77,696	3.0765  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	70,321	3.0761  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	42,925	3.0789  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	35,672	3.0766  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	28,580	3.0781  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	20,991	3.0700  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	18,036	3.0798  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	17,974	3.0779  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	15,148	3.0800  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	15,071	3.0783  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	14,988	3.0740  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	14,142	3.0790  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	10,630	3.0772  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	9,798	3.0810  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	8,127	3.0799  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	7,987	3.0792  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	7,873	3.0771  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	6,075	3.0785  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	5,207	3.0780  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	4,566	3.0782  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	2,690	3.0758  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	2,345	3.0820  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	2,033	3.0776  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	1,805	3.0713  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Purchase	485	3.0770  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	538,222	3.0760  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	66,473	3.0763  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	59,580	3.0781  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	21,077	3.0740  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	9,587	3.0806  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	8,987	3.0779  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	7,538	3.0780  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	3,865	3.0768  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	3,590	3.0759  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	3,043	3.0770  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	2,991	3.0743  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	2,345	3.0820  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	2,182	3.0785  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	926	3.0810  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	871	3.0731  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	236	3.0816  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	Sale	42	3.0592  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	42	3.0593  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,865	3.0768  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,043	3.0770  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,905	3.0779  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	21,471	3.0820  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,244	3.0720  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,082	3.0748  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	102,316	3.0759  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	637,010	3.0760  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	47,900	3.0764  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	77,696	3.0765  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	41,768	3.0770  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,630	3.0772  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	20,900	3.0777  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,075	3.0785  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	42,925	3.0789  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,987	3.0792  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	90,710	3.0793  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	25,461	3.0794  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,894	3.0796  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	18,036	3.0798  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,989	3.0814  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	335	3.0819  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	10,060	3.0740  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	17,671	3.0753  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,001	3.0760  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	40,394	3.0623  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	7,805	3.0637  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	10,540	3.0753  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	14,247	3.0760  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	100,000	3.0768  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	285	3.0780  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	2,345	3.0820  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,884	3.0822  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:				23 Jun 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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