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Form 8.3 - Aviva plc

2nd Jun 2025 09:44

RNS Number : 9980K

Societe Generale SA

02 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:	SOCIETE GENERALE SA
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Aviva plc
(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: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	30/05/2025
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	Yes: Direct Line Insurance Group plc

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(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:	32 17/19p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	42,031,252	1.57	57,884,566	2.16
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	18,501,281	0.69	378,036	0.01
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	60,532,533	2.26	58,262,602	2.17

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee 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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	10,097	6.12926
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	63,256	6.12922
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,094	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,094	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,082	6.176
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	10	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	336	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	343	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	356	6.184
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	553	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	582	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	711	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	746	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	463	6.176
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,389	6.18
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,479	6.147
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,675	6.151
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	6.183
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,220	6.133
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	60	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	87	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	113	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	118	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	162	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	170	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	335	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	476	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	524	6.176
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	536	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	553	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	632	6.182
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,206	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,422	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4	6.178
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	90	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	343	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	343	6.174
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	400	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	474	6.186
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	521	6.188
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	603	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	662	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	697	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,336	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,751	6.178
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2	6.16
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	41	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	73	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	261	6.176
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	343	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	343	6.176
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	347	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	371	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	384	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	415	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	418	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	455	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	456	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	460	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	536	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	601	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	700	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	817	6.174
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	877	6.176
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	958	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,000	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,000	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,074	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,109	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,129	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,138	6.174
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,157	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,351	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,605	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,689	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,743	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,815	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,889	6.18
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,039	6.186
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,040	6.18
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,041	6.178
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,045	6.166
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,046	6.16
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,049	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,050	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,050	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,051	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,051	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,051	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,051	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,053	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,053	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,053	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,053	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,055	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,057	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,058	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,058	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,058	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,059	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,061	6.128
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,095	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,117	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,132	6.12
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,186	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	613	6.158
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	635	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	636	6.162
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	82,395	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	321	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	294	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	266	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	321	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	128	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	32	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	278	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	321	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	137	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	131	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,257	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	7,552	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	10,940	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	10,940	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	21,880	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,946	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	7,994	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	156	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	346	6.184
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	451	6.172
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	474	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	521	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,494	6.16
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	142	6.184
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	167	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	258	6.16
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	313	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	315	6.16
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	371	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	379	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	390	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	458	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	465	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	510	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	663	6.184
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	759	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,079	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,121	6.114
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,684	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,502	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	343	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	343	6.184
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	440	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	585	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	772	6.122
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	784	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	784	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	784	6.184
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	813	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	817	6.122
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	961	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,351	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,525	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,749	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	159	6.12317
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	54	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	558	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,663	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,736	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,163	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,263	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,663	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,170	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,470	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,416	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,470	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,734	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6,548	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6,965	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	10,940	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	11,480	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	17,905	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	35,536	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	82,395	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,894	6.178

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	10,097	6.12926
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	63,256	6.12922
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	137	6.106

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

Date of disclosure:	02/06/2025
Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6969

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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