Director/PDMR Shareholding

Aviva PLC

31 May 2024

 

                                                        

31 May 2024

Aviva plc

Notification of Transactions of Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs)

Aviva announces that the share interests of the following PDMRs have increased following the acquisition of shares under the dividend reinvestment under the Aviva All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP). The transactions were made in London on 29 May 2024.

Name	Share Price	No. of shares
Mark Versey	£4.821499	327
Douglas Brown	£4.821499	102
James Hillman	£4.821499	4

This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014 (as incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Mark Versey
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CEO of Aviva Investors
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Aviva plc
b)	LEI	YF0Y5B0IB8SM0ZFG9G81
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary Shares GB00BPQY8M80
b)	Nature of transaction	Dividend reinvestment under the Aviva All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP).
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£4.821499	327
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	327 £4.821499
e)	Date of the transaction	2024-05-29
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, XLON

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Douglas Brown
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CEO of Insurance, Wealth & Retirement
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Aviva plc
b)	LEI	YF0Y5B0IB8SM0ZFG9G81
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary Shares GB00BPQY8M80
b)	Nature of transaction	Dividend reinvestment under the Aviva All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP).
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£4.821499	102
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	102 £4.821499
e)	Date of the transaction	2024-05-29
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, XLON

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	James Hillman
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group Chief Risk Officer
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Aviva plc
b)	LEI	YF0Y5B0IB8SM0ZFG9G81
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary Shares GB00BPQY8M80
b)	Nature of transaction	Dividend reinvestment under the Aviva All Employee Share Ownership Plan (AESOP).
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£4.821499	4
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	4 £4.821499
e)	Date of the transaction	2024-05-29
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, XLON

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Enquiries:

Governance:

Susan Adams                                                                           [phone]

Media:

Andrew Reid                                                                           [phone]

Sarah Swailes                                                                           [phone]

Marion Fischer                                                                         [phone]

Analysts:                                                                                                

Rupert Taylor Rea                                                                   [phone]

Joel von Sternberg                                                                   [phone]

Michael O'Hara                                                                        [phone]

Notes to editors:

·    We are the UK's leading diversified insurer and we operate in the UK, Ireland and Canada. We also have international investments in India and China.

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