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:

01 May 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:

39,383,409

3.00%

6,079,584

0.46%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

6,376,576

0.49%

38,708,763

2.95%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

45,759,985

3.49%

44,788,347

3.41%

(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

83,926

2.8486  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

27,540

2.8432  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

26,983

2.8468  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

25,689

2.8453  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

23,337

2.8454  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

21,300

2.8431  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

16,541

2.8423  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

14,825

2.8411  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

14,500

2.8412  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

11,700

2.8637  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

11,165

2.8451  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

9,158

2.8428  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

8,673

2.8445  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

6,835

2.8414  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

6,609

2.8446  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

6,073

2.8438  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

5,249

2.8488  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

4,907

2.8460  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

3,315

2.8470  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,442

2.8400  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

2,237

2.8480  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

1,072

2.8420  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

484

2.8660  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Purchase

298

2.8440  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

91,212

2.8431  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

45,391

2.8660  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

31,134

2.8602  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

18,564

2.8520  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

5,959

2.8460  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,636

2.8379  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

2,237

2.8480  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,658

2.8470  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

1,072

2.8420  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

400

2.8452  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

376

2.8498  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

298

2.8440  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

Sale

88

2.8439  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

2,636

2.8379  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

88

2.8440  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

80

2.8451  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

320

2.8452  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,631

2.8500  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

31,440

2.8660  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,825

2.8411  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,022

2.8414  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,300

2.8431  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,148

2.8436  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

372

2.8444  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,673

2.8445  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,689

2.8453  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,337

2.8454  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27

2.8480  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,700

2.8637  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

108

2.8660  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,365

2.8325  GBP

10 10/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

68,972

2.8432  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:

02 May 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213