Barclays Regulatory News (BARC)

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:

25 Mar 2024

(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?

AGEAS SA/NV

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:

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

15,776,079

1.20%

7,800,260

0.59%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

3,159,572

0.24%

14,591,884

1.11%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

18,935,651

1.44%

22,392,144

1.71%

(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

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

2,039,228

1.8540 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

1,679,439

1.8373 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

783,659

1.8130 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

622,180

1.8450 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

472,628

1.8539 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

203,437

1.8105 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

201,212

1.8301 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

200,000

1.8972 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

132,507

1.8776 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

115,068

1.8351 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

93,545

1.8486 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

58,932

1.8460 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

45,470

1.8114 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

33,254

1.8341 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

25,416

1.8408 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

24,083

1.8585 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

20,658

1.8250 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

16,522

1.8491 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

15,866

1.8496 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

15,862

1.8234 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

15,819

1.8257 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

13,862

1.8440 GBP

ADR

Purchase

13,380

9.3794 USD

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

12,686

1.8595 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

12,474

1.8174 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

11,336

1.8266 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

11,299

1.8164 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

8,596

1.8235 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

7,870

1.8327 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

6,736

1.8000 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

4,313

1.8344 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

4,006

1.8267 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

3,737

1.8332 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

3,681

1.8570 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

3,465

1.8700 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

3,380

1.8275 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

3,060

1.8438 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

2,913

1.8170 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

2,399

1.8590 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

2,300

1.8605 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

2,145

1.8475 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

2,034

1.8140 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

2,003

1.8300 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

1,904

1.8615 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

1,643

1.8040 GBP

ADR

Purchase

1,600

9.4700 USD

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

1,466

1.8790 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

1,223

1.8020 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

746

1.8463 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

735

1.8985 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

386

1.8565 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

328

1.8944 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

282

1.8580 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

220

1.8520 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

136

1.8047 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

1

1.8695 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Purchase

1

1.8980 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,489,817

1.8537 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,108,981

1.8260 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,044,030

1.8540 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

997,050

1.8534 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

468,193

1.8184 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

223,283

1.8333 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

145,378

1.8258 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

136,829

1.8200 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

130,107

1.8504 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

91,911

1.8228 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

62,776

1.8526 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

58,222

1.8443 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

54,688

1.8325 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

48,855

1.8536 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

38,151

1.8591 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

34,329

1.8539 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

34,106

1.8220 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

24,313

1.8120 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

23,376

1.8533 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

23,300

1.8270 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

23,295

1.8164 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

21,541

1.8554 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

18,877

1.8615 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

18,206

1.8525 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

16,627

1.8203 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

16,618

1.8416 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

16,511

1.8373 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

14,327

1.8722 GBP

ADR

Sale

13,380

9.3794 USD

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

12,859

1.8664 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

12,661

1.8595 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

11,759

1.8318 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

7,780

1.8957 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

7,460

1.8183 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

7,064

1.8296 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

6,736

1.8000 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

6,629

1.8214 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

5,181

1.8593 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

4,303

1.8985 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

4,249

1.8255 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

3,737

1.8332 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

3,681

1.8570 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

3,481

1.8566 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

3,465

1.8700 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

3,380

1.8275 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

3,275

1.8217 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

2,988

1.8732 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

2,913

1.8170 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

2,688

1.8201 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

2,532

1.8017 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

2,399

1.8590 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

2,300

1.8605 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

2,145

1.8475 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

2,118

1.8518 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

2,034

1.8140 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

2,003

1.8300 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,903

1.8686 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,643

1.8040 GBP

ADR

Sale

1,600

9.4700 USD

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,514

1.8350 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,513

1.8451 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,484

1.8151 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,466

1.8790 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1,401

1.8497 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

316

1.8245 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

300

1.8544 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

282

1.8580 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

220

1.8520 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1

1.8695 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

Sale

1

1.8980 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,498

1.8367 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,628

1.8776 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,269

1.8366 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,239

1.8417 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,236

1.8561 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,282

1.8400 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

28,232

1.8582 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

58,932

1.8460 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

94,757

1.8325 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

157,877

1.8537 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

203,437

1.8105 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

285,756

1.8540 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,036,889

1.8327 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,466

1.8539 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,600

1.8767 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,817

1.7969 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,487

1.8539 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,207

1.8546 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,127

1.7990 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23,300

1.8270 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23,500

1.7998 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23,500

1.8416 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Decreasing Short

26,152

1.8890 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Short

47,250

1.8123 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Short

49,136

1.8373 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Short

75,930

1.8012 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Decreasing Short

132,059

1.8200 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Decreasing Short

337,000

1.8198 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Decreasing Short

606,469

1.8553 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Decreasing Short

929,105

1.8540 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

60

1.8544 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

399

1.8664 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,401

1.8497 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,514

1.8350 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,107

1.7965 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,118

1.8518 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,481

1.8567 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,067

1.8052 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,582

1.8338 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

48,855

1.8536 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

77,616

1.8522 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

146,869

1.8258 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

217,888

1.8573 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Long

399,948

1.8555 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Short

635

1.8490 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Increasing Short

1,466

1.8539 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Increasing Short

3,835

1.8495 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,682

1.8540 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Increasing Short

6,736

1.8000 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Increasing Short

9,405

1.8466 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,686

1.8595 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,231

1.8496 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Short

35,414

1.8626 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Short

91,800

1.8834 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Increasing Short

125,707

1.8241 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Increasing Short

620,667

1.8450 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

CFD

Increasing Short

1,066,072

1.8540 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Opening Long

240

1.8544 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Opening Long

1,604

1.8662 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Opening Long

20,486

1.8540 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Opening Short

3,665

1.8776 GBP

Ordinary 10 10/11p

SWAP

Opening Short

18,665

1.8400 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:

26 Mar 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213