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PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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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 |
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(c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | AVIVA PLC | |||||
| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
(d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 13 Dec 2024 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | YES: |
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| disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 32 17/19p ordinary | ||||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 19,232,672 | 0.72% | 17,441,947 | 0.65% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 2,374,272 | 0.09% | 16,502,514 | 0.62% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 1,099,476 | 0.04% |
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| 21,606,944 | 0.81% | 35,043,937 | 1.31% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,191,359 | 4.7620 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 109,118 | 4.7590 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 86,599 | 4.7499 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 50,000 | 4.7320 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 47,685 | 4.7500 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 38,240 | 4.7507 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 29,172 | 4.7527 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 26,814 | 4.7490 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 18,186 | 4.7543 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 11,868 | 4.7486 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 10,626 | 4.7497 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 10,436 | 4.7463 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 8,578 | 4.7623 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 8,553 | 4.7518 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 7,962 | 4.7460 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 6,777 | 4.7313 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 5,998 | 4.7508 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 5,309 | 4.7503 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 3,996 | 4.7485 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 2,972 | 4.7491 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,948 | 4.7504 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,612 | 4.7496 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,137 | 4.7501 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 831 | 4.7260 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 324 | 4.7495 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 205 | 4.7480 GBP | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 200 | 12.1500 USD | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 159 | 4.7544 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 134 | 4.7610 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 95 | 4.7230 GBP | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 90 | 12.1800 USD | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,037,775 | 4.7620 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 151,217 | 4.7590 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 68,727 | 4.7506 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 57,698 | 4.7588 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 53,484 | 4.7170 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 51,760 | 4.7320 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 50,883 | 4.7502 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 19,628 | 4.7527 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 7,063 | 4.7610 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 6,529 | 4.7495 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 6,370 | 4.7517 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 4,296 | 4.7541 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 4,219 | 4.7380 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 3,600 | 4.7513 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 3,072 | 4.7447 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,413 | 4.7473 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,279 | 4.7423 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,000 | 4.7520 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 389 | 4.7490 GBP | ||||
ADR | Sale | 200 | 12.1500 USD | ||||
ADR | Sale | 90 | 12.1800 USD | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 3 | 4.7600 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 3 | 4.7630 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 4.7525 GBP | ||||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 554 | 4.7299 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,206 | 4.7329 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 108 | 4.7441 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 201 | 4.7443 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 18,727 | 4.7506 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,600 | 4.7513 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,370 | 4.7517 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,947 | 4.7519 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 4.7522 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 19,628 | 4.7528 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,099 | 4.7550 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 17,746 | 4.7560 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 29,346 | 4.7594 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,935 | 4.7610 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 38,891 | 4.7620 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,895 | 4.7435 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,618 | 4.7443 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 348 | 4.7475 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 25,822 | 4.7490 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 16,264 | 4.7498 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 108,113 | 4.7499 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 42,627 | 4.7500 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,250 | 4.7514 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 601 | 4.7527 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,278 | 4.7583 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 88,162 | 4.7601 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,464 | 4.7620 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,402 | 4.7622 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,578 | 4.7623 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 100 | 4.7640 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 412 | 4.7547 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Opening Long | 106,968 | 4.7170 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 286 | 4.7477 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 49,329 | 4.7502 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 49,994 | 4.7590 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 19,309 | 4.7616 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 904,051 | 4.7620 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 53,484 | 4.7170 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 4,274 | 4.7442 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 19,592 | 4.7476 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 389 | 4.7489 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 90 | 4.7493 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 29,172 | 4.7526 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 88,726 | 4.7619 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Opening Short | 904,051 | 4.7620 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | YES | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 16 Dec 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO | |||||||
PURCHASE OR SELL ETC. | |||||||
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") | |||||||
1. | KEY INFORMATION | ||||||
Identity of the person whose positions/dealings | Barclays PLC. | ||||||
are being disclosed: | |||||||
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | AVIVA PLC | ||||||
relevant securities this from relates: | |||||||
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2. | OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES | ||||||
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 | |
32 17/19p ordinary | Call Options | Written | -322,254 | 4.2985 | European |
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32 17/19p ordinary | Call Options | Written | -310,536 | 4.5547 | European |
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32 17/19p ordinary | Call Options | Written | -241,318 | 4.4050 | European |
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32 17/19p ordinary | Call Options | Written | -120,789 | 5.3305 | European |
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32 17/19p ordinary | Call Options | Written | -104,579 | 5.3176 | European |
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3. | AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC. | ||||||
Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood: | |||||||
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