Barclays PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Jun 25, 2025

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Barclays PLC

25 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:				24 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:			36,526,619	2.79%	2,723,962	0.20%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,991,928	0.23%	35,996,550	2.74%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			39,518,547	3.02%	38,720,512	2.94%
(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		320,519		3.0608  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		300,525		3.0780  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		141,263		3.0663  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		64,493		3.0580  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		48,695		3.0736  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		23,469		3.0730  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		20,384		3.0591  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		18,570		3.0720  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		16,621		3.0694  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		13,747		3.0725  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		9,954		3.0751  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		9,740		3.0713  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		9,422		3.0735  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		9,259		3.0714  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		7,734		3.0744  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		7,597		3.0745  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		4,418		3.0674  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		4,066		3.0722  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		3,190		3.0700  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,816		3.0679  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,682		3.0740  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,666		3.0660  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		1,205		3.0786  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		979		3.0719  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		973		3.0791  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Purchase		137		3.0690  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		115,865		3.0637  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		103,325		3.0580  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		101,966		3.0715  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		90,180		3.0623  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		59,894		3.0700  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		47,335		3.0698  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		26,269		3.0714  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		23,518		3.0579  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		20,963		3.0717  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		20,384		3.0591  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		19,538		3.0780  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		11,534		3.0736  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		8,051		3.0737  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		6,989		3.0664  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		6,908		3.0720  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		6,735		3.0718  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		6,137		3.0722  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		5,886		3.0695  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		5,248		3.0782  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		4,572		3.0660  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,979		3.0725  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,823		3.0734  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,705		3.0707  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,683		3.0693  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,552		3.0760  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,245		3.0730  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		2,237		3.0690  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		1,248		3.0719  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		949		3.0680  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		Sale		841		3.0740  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		Increasing Short		346,806	3.0668  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,375	3.0579  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		77,554	3.0580  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		107,144	3.0629  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63,009	3.0667  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		51,546	3.0668  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,803	3.0675  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		949	3.0680  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,191	3.0690  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,156	3.0698  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		56,091	3.0702  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,248	3.0719  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,823	3.0734  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,721	3.0737  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		179	3.0765  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,538	3.0780  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,248	3.0782  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		240,999	3.0580  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		141,263	3.0663  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,066	3.0722  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,747	3.0725  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,969	3.0728  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,739	3.0730  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,306	3.0733  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		299,408	3.0780  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,205	3.0786  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		93,284	3.0712  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		20,054	3.0582  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		50,000	3.0673  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		13,819	3.0724  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		28,063	3.0755  GBP
10 10/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		25,580	3.0757  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:				25 Jun 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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