Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 15, 2016

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RNS Number : 1594S

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

15 March 2016

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Direct Line Insurance Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				ü
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Schroders plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		02.12.15
6. Date on which issuer notified:		03.12.15
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Below 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction							Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares				Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
Ordinary	70,380,411				68,802,539			66,543,039		N/A		64,998,242	N/A			4.727%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii			Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii			Exercise/ Conversion period xviii		Number of voting rights instrument refers to					% of voting rights xix, xx
CFD		N/A		N/A			N/A		184,362					Nominal			Delta
0.013 %			1
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights									Percentage of voting rights
65,182,604									4.741%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Schroder & Co. Limited	403,912	0.029%
Schroder Investment Management Limited	63,838,968	4.643%
Schroder Investment Management North America Limited	939,724	0.068%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease

to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold

voting rights:

13. Additional information:

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issued share capital amount 1,375,000,000.

14. Contact name:

Chloe Talbot

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7658 6000

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