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Form 8.3 - Aviva plc

24th Jun 2025 13:59

RNS Number : 2188O

Societe Generale SA

24 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	23/06/2025
(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:	51,241,894	1.91	66,396,453	2.48
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	18,774,784	0.70	2,254,208	0.08
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	70,016,678	2.61	68,650,661	2.56

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	307	6.17891
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,801,472	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	743	6.212
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	15	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	57	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	127	6.19
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	131	6.172
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	174	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	176	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	176	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	176	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	177	6.172
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	6.19
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	205	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	227	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	240	6.202
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	335	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	335	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	335	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	344	6.172
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	349	6.188
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	375	6.188
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	405	6.188
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	478	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	485	6.19
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	491	6.212
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	495	6.172
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	524	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	620	6.21
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	639	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	656	6.214
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	660	6.202
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	720	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	751	6.212
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	770	6.19
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	779	6.206
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	790	6.228
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	802	6.202
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	809	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	900	6.214
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	915	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,300	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,400	6.214
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,550	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,700	6.19
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,003	6.212
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	33	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	40	6.172
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	66	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	91	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	93	6.212
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	118	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	134	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	171	6.21
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	175	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	175	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	176	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	208	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	222	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	234	6.206
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	248	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	249	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	250	6.21
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	268	6.204
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	300	6.172
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	304	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	329	6.21
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	355	6.184
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	369	6.202
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	376	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	377	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	397	6.214
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	406	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	408	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	422	6.19
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	424	6.19
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	428	6.19
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	438	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	438	6.21
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	481	6.218
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	495	6.172
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	522	6.214
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	528	6.206
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	540	6.212
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	545	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	554	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	562	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	568	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	575	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	594	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	603	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	656	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	702	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	829	6.21
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	852	6.186
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	870	6.19
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	974	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,009	6.204
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,026	6.188
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	6.172
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,147	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2	6.19
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	10	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	139	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	344	6.19
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	344	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	350	6.19
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	373	6.206
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	433	6.178
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	474	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	566	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	646	6.214
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	178	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	372	6.194
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	450	6.194
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	943	6.19
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	968	6.184
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,186	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,327	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,341	6.188
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,724	6.228
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,647	6.232
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	601	6.18128
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	356	6.178
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,557	6.178
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,869	6.178
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6,980	6.178
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	10,034	6.178
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	12,469	6.178
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	18,704	6.178
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7,082	6.178
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	776	6.178
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	178	6.204
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	714	6.202
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	722	6.202
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	101	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	98	6.202
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	700	6.202
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	712	6.202
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	714	6.202
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	71,436	6.18783
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	547	6.188
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	547	6.188
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	82	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	83	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	86	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	144	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,570	6.21
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	105	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	181	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	206	6.21
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	218	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	238	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	240	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	680	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	739	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	841	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,684	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,684	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,067	6.21
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,435	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	344	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	484	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	730	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	905	6.218
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,400	6.218
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,474	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	101	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	700	6.202
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	98	6.202
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	7,082	6.178
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	776	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	307	6.17891
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,801,472	6.196
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	71,436	6.18783

(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:	24/06/2025
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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