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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Aviva PLC

19th Jun 2025 11:52

RNS Number : 6077N
GoldmanSachs International
19 June 2025
 

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1. KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:

(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

AVIVA PLC

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

AVIVA PLC

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

18 June 2025

(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader 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 - disclosing today for DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

 

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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

Purchases/ sales

 

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchases

1,100,808

6.1780 GBP

6.0600 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sales

1,028,134

6.1810 GBP

6.0520 GBP

 

 

 

(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

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

3,134

6.0600 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

36,779

6.0632 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

9,075

6.0746 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

426

6.0936 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1

6.0954 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

48,570

6.0983 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

22,888

6.0998 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

18,961

6.1086 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

512

6.1119 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

1,880

6.1119 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

188

6.1119 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

68

6.1119 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

800

6.1125 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

54

6.1127 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

15

6.1127 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

3

6.1127 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

2

6.1127 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,163

6.1215 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

5,140

6.1234 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

10,381

6.1244 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

695

6.1261 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

235

6.1265 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

64

6.1265 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

24

6.1265 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

17

6.1265 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

9,700

6.1272 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

11,300

6.1272 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

98

6.1309 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

26

6.1309 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

43

6.1409 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

33,899

6.1410 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

427

6.1411 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

116

6.1411 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

63,972

6.1421 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

174,293

6.1464 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

10,206

6.1464 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

12

6.1470 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

2

6.1470 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

5,046

6.1470 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

171

6.1476 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

46

6.1476 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

216

6.1479 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

77

6.1479 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

45

6.1479 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

31

6.1479 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

2,181

6.1487 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

890

6.1504 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,450

6.1533 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

121,445

6.1547 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

21,575

6.1558 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

8,104

6.1559 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

10,168

6.1562 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

12,778

6.1566 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

2,181

6.1566 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

14,069

6.1569 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

11,786

6.1569 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

94

6.1569 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

26

6.1569 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,730

6.1571 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1,031

6.1571 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

105,017

6.1574 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

57,230

6.1576 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

167,000

6.1577 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

2,156

6.1579 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

18,961

6.1579 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

40,877

6.1580 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

78,516

6.1580 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

890

6.1580 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

12,778

6.1580 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

14,069

6.1580 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

422

6.1580 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

15,794

6.1581 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

12,128

6.1584 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

3,950

6.1588 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,075

6.1588 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

256

6.1588 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,591

6.1592 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

531

6.1603 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

138

6.1603 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

37

6.1603 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

6

6.1603 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

259

6.1605 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

71

6.1605 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

17

6.1605 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

4,822

6.1605 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

9,293

6.1610 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

1,464

6.1612 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

2,744

6.1612 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,286

6.1615 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

12,584

6.1621 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

9,569

6.1621 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

2,666

6.1628 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

12,829

6.1628 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

299

6.1643 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

82

6.1643 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

19

6.1643 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

11

6.1643 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

34

6.1674 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

12,000

6.1701 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

479

6.1706 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

37,435

6.1711 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

10

6.1745 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

6

6.1745 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

15,489

6.1800 GBP

 

 

 

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(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)

 

 

 

 

3. 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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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

 

 

 

Date of disclosure:

19 June 2025

Contact name:

Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka

Telephone number:

+33(1) 4212 1459 / +48(22) 317 4817

 

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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