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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: | 14 Mar 2025 | |||||
(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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| 17,043,797 | 0.64% | 19,623,275 | 0.73% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 15,615,640 | 0.58% | 10,449,533 | 0.39% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 225,358 | 0.01% |
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| 32,659,437 | 1.22% | 30,298,166 | 1.13% |
(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 | 610,250 | 5.4400 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 240,313 | 5.4510 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 170,229 | 5.4556 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 164,728 | 5.4760 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 133,356 | 5.4729 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 79,409 | 5.4471 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 69,451 | 5.4370 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 56,434 | 5.4764 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 55,395 | 5.4371 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 45,822 | 5.4528 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 38,009 | 5.4755 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 33,444 | 5.4418 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 31,005 | 5.4445 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 29,750 | 5.4610 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 22,942 | 5.4438 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 22,447 | 5.4715 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 21,836 | 5.4762 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 19,674 | 5.4655 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 19,402 | 5.4586 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 16,076 | 5.4677 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 13,580 | 5.4569 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 11,294 | 5.4520 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 10,967 | 5.4509 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 6,220 | 5.4547 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 6,152 | 5.4518 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 5,957 | 5.4637 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 5,202 | 5.4475 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 4,615 | 5.4437 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 4,192 | 5.4591 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 3,194 | 5.4570 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 2,765 | 5.4602 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 2,422 | 5.4343 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 2,361 | 5.4724 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 2,325 | 5.4617 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,850 | 5.4346 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,211 | 5.4380 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,191 | 5.4600 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,161 | 5.4633 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,134 | 5.4640 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,127 | 5.4860 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,107 | 5.4630 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,000 | 5.4660 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 977 | 5.4551 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 738 | 5.4444 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 540 | 5.4740 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 513 | 5.4680 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 445 | 5.4460 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 255 | 5.4020 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 115 | 5.4639 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 3 | 5.4810 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 318,520 | 5.4601 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 268,563 | 5.4603 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 206,359 | 5.4659 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 159,646 | 5.4539 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 143,350 | 5.3920 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 72,327 | 5.4760 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 70,640 | 5.4680 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 65,622 | 5.4731 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 44,393 | 5.4502 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 42,800 | 5.4756 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 33,811 | 5.4687 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 24,477 | 5.4753 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 19,868 | 5.4568 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 19,565 | 5.4532 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 18,950 | 5.4552 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 15,180 | 5.4735 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 13,855 | 5.4558 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 9,241 | 5.4573 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 8,982 | 5.4543 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 6,354 | 5.4879 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 5,591 | 5.4564 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 4,032 | 5.4755 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 3,951 | 5.4609 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 3,903 | 5.4285 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 3,806 | 5.4572 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 3,250 | 5.4610 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 3,055 | 5.4715 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 2,912 | 5.4744 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 2,725 | 5.4884 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 2,609 | 5.4815 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,867 | 5.4566 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,487 | 5.4900 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,337 | 5.4300 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,238 | 5.4559 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,191 | 5.4600 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,134 | 5.4640 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 923 | 5.4598 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 569 | 5.4608 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 544 | 5.4660 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 497 | 5.4319 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 227 | 5.4299 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 168 | 5.4710 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 136 | 5.4758 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 31 | 5.4179 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 20 | 5.4725 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 | Increasing Long | 143,350 | 5.3919 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 40,602 | 5.4653 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 18,757 | 5.4654 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 31 | 5.4179 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,400 | 5.4289 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,337 | 5.4300 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 109,801 | 5.4316 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,678 | 5.4383 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 81,700 | 5.4498 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13,855 | 5.4558 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,743 | 5.4568 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 738 | 5.4570 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,081 | 5.4574 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 923 | 5.4598 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 268,563 | 5.4603 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,951 | 5.4609 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 829 | 5.4624 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 23,265 | 5.4650 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 70,640 | 5.4680 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 41,763 | 5.4695 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 109 | 5.4701 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 43 | 5.4710 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 65,622 | 5.4731 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 23,882 | 5.4737 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 24,477 | 5.4753 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,032 | 5.4755 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 42,800 | 5.4756 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 136 | 5.4757 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 78,917 | 5.4759 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 109,921 | 5.4760 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,609 | 5.4815 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,354 | 5.4879 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,725 | 5.4884 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,841 | 5.4268 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 30,974 | 5.4282 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 201 | 5.4364 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 52,398 | 5.4371 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 610,250 | 5.4400 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 33,444 | 5.4418 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 35,636 | 5.4454 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 208,615 | 5.4510 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,088 | 5.4520 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,787 | 5.4593 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,765 | 5.4602 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,759 | 5.4603 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 19,674 | 5.4655 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,613 | 5.4677 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 100,674 | 5.4714 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,361 | 5.4724 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,020 | 5.4729 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 28,618 | 5.4760 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 114,930 | 5.4762 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 56,434 | 5.4764 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,175 | 5.4112 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 20,800 | 5.4760 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 2,807 | 5.4601 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 11,101 | 5.4756 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 11,101 | 5.4003 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 24,215 | 5.4004 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 25,754 | 5.4270 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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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: | 17 Mar 2025 | ||||||
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 | -120,784 | 5.3305 | European | 06 Jun 2025 | |
32 17/19p ordinary | Call Options | Written | -104,574 | 5.3176 | European | 05 Jun 2025 | |
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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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