Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 3, 2014

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RNS Number : 4011B

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

03 March 2014

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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:		CREDIT SUISSE GROUP AG
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):		CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (EUROPE) LTD
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		27/02/2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		03/03/2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		6%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
Direct			Direct			Indirect	Direct		Indirect
ORD GB00B89W0M42	Not reportable				Not reportable			N/A			N/A			95,149,162	N/A		6.343%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date			Exercise/ Conversion Period						Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
N/A
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			Exercise/ Conversion period						Number of voting rights instrument refers to		% of voting rights
N/A															Nominal		Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights										Percentage of voting rights
95,149,162										6.343%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
1.   Credit Suisse Group AG 2.   Credit Suisse AG 3.   Credit Suisse Securities (EUROPE) Limited 4.   Credit Suisse Funds AG 5.   Credit Suisse International 6.   Credit Suisse Fund Management S.A.
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:
14. Contact name:									Anthony Allen/Paul MacDonald
15. Contact telephone number:									+44 (0) 20 7888 5416 / 8548

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