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Form 8.3 - Aviva plc

3rd Jun 2025 10:22

RNS Number : 2272L

Societe Generale SA

03 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	02/06/2025
(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:	42,269,714	1.58	58,024,098	2.17
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	18,407,196	0.69	420,939	0.02
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	60,676,910	2.27	58,445,037	2.18

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	30,578	6.18335
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,753	6.18141
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	344	6.1829
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,159	6.1829
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	105,145	6.16521
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	19,272	6.088
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,094	6.088
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	618	6.192
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	707	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,444	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,961	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	15	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	141	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	142	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	172	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	193	6.128
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	202	6.128
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	300	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	350	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	439	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	505	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	555	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	730	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	826	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	984	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,101	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,106	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,270	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,302	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,331	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,349	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,430	6.156
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,450	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	353	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	131	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	136	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	232	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	316	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	346	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	346	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	500	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	590	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	622	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	659	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	19	6.124
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	26	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	219	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	243	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	250	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	346	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	346	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	346	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	363	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	406	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	413	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	418	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	429	6.124
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	438	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	458	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	485	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	495	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	496	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	504	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	529	6.122
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	536	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	725	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	817	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	844	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	900	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,169	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,187	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,298	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,608	6.122
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,642	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,043	6.194
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,045	6.188
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,122	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,829	6.13371
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	13,997	6.182
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	12,007	6.182
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	177	6.182
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	24	6.18175
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,967	6.182
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	42	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	98	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	117	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	135	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	330	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	346	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	346	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	346	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	363	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	368	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	490	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	505	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	506	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	643	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	739	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	739	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	741	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	919	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	952	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	984	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,103	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,269	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,536	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,751	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,877	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,092	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,188	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,188	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,229	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,600	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,637	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,735	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,735	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,470	6.182
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,829	6.13371
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	76	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	301	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	329	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	448	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	458	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	458	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	518	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	556	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	633	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	800	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,090	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,200	6.168
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,800	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2	6.124
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	9	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	33	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	35	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	44	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	49	6.166
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	65	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	107	6.166
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	114	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	144	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	223	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	224	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	238	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	239	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	241	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	253	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	343	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	377	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	389	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	448	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	448	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	458	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	489	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	505	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	520	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	530	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	576	6.166
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	600	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	612	6.168
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	657	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	766	6.172
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	896	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,114	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	177	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	367	6.122
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	381	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	448	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	507	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,235	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	19	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	346	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	388	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	505	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	830	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	925	6.122
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	964	6.17
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,193	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,674	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,017	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,052	6.168
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,053	6.166
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,054	6.168
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,055	6.164
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,057	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,057	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,059	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,059	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,062	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,063	6.128
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,063	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,065	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,066	6.124
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,066	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,068	6.11
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,127	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,188	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,011	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	9,173	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	701	6.18245
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,387	6.182
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,991	6.182
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	7,619	6.182
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	177	6.182

(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	344	6.18293605
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,159	6.18292494
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	24	6.18175272
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,753	6.1814100199
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	30,578	6.183345
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	3,331	6.18329
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	9,018	6.18329
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,967	6.1810727
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	92,149	6.1638371732
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	647	6.1471630489
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	722	6.106
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	722	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:	03/06/2025
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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