Acqn. of Shares by Trustee

Aviva PLC 13 March 2003 Company: Aviva plc Headline: Share purchase by AESOP Trustee The Trustee of Aviva's All Employee Share Ownership Plan, Hill Samuel ESOP Trustees Limited, has purchased the undernoted shares in the market to satisfy awards made under the free share element of this Plan. Because certain Executive Directors of Aviva plc are potential beneficiaries of the Trust the Company is obliged, under the terms of the Listing Rules, to disclose these dealings by the Trustee. Details of the transaction are as follows: Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p each Date of transaction: 12th March 2003 Nature of transaction: Acquisition No. of shares: 856,629 Price: 350.21p Balance held by Trustee: 5,087,471 Ends Contact: Liz Nicholls Share Schemes / Share Registration Group Secretarial Aviva plc Tel: (020) 7662 8358 Fax: (020) 7662 8070 Email: Liz_Nicholls@aviva.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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