Form 8.3 - Aviva PLC

Citadel Group

29 November 2024

 

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:	Citadel Group
(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.	N/A
(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:	N/A
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:      For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	28 November 2024
(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: Common Stock	ISIN GB00BPQY8M80 32 17/19p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	137,802	0.00	20,738	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	4,829,982	0.18	6,339,208	0.23
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	4,967,784	0.18	6,359,946	0.23

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:	N/A
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	N/A

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
Common	Buy Transaction	10	4.7180 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,717	4.7210 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	859	4.7220 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,413	4.7230 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	70	4.7240 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,148	4.7250 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,650	4.7255 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,624	4.7260 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,831	4.7270 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,548	4.7280 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,653	4.7290 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,267	4.7300 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,282	4.7310 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	590	4.7320 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	688	4.7335 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,313	4.7340 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,648	4.7350 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,924	4.7360 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,089	4.7370 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,639	4.7380 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,588	4.7390 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	12,570	4.7400 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,091	4.7410 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,144	4.7420 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	11,586	4.7430 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,961	4.7440 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,447	4.7450 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,176	4.7460 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	12,689	4.7470 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	89,254	4.7480 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,245	4.7490 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,745	4.7500 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	781	4.7505 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	6,509	4.7510 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,436	4.7520 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,210	4.7530 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	12,021	4.7540 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,419	4.7550 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	925	4.7555 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,918	4.7560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,935	4.7565 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	10,983	4.7570 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	20	4.7575 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	6,243	4.7580 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,255	4.7590 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,361	4.7600 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,164	4.7605 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	6,428	4.7610 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,598	4.7615 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,931	4.7620 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	6,560	4.7630 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	11,113	4.7640 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,071	4.7650 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,505	4.7660 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	591	4.7670 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	689	4.7690 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,354	4.7700 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,075	4.7710 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,518	4.7720 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,648	4.7730 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,398	4.7750 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,933	4.7760 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,394	4.7770 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,533	4.7780 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,337	4.7790 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	29,298	4.7800 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,331	4.7810 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,016	4.7820 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	23,036	4.7830 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,019	4.7840 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	604	4.7850 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,121	4.7860 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,200	4.7870 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	303	4.7880 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	508	4.7890 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	705	4.7900 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,197	4.7910 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,490	4.7930 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,566	4.7940 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	947	4.7950 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,236	4.7960 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	354	4.7980 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	622	4.7990 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,690	4.8000 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,330	4.8080 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	16,265	4.8180 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	787	4.8200 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	359	4.8210 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	144	4.8220 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	790	4.8230 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	389	4.8240 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	910	4.8250 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	15	4.8260 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,076	4.8300 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	150	4.8310 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	284	4.8340 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	338	4.7140 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,640	4.7170 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,559	4.7200 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	797	4.7240 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	73	4.7250 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	81	4.7260 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	542	4.7280 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,189	4.7290 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	862	4.7310 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	621	4.7320 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,568	4.7330 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	731	4.7340 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,706	4.7350 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,311	4.7360 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,185	4.7370 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	77	4.7375 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,291	4.7380 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,651	4.7390 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,648	4.7400 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,428	4.7410 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,116	4.7420 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	17,254	4.7430 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,254	4.7440 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,665	4.7450 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	975	4.7455 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,161	4.7460 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,040	4.7470 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	8,769	4.7480 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,655	4.7490 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,242	4.7500 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,512	4.7510 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,074	4.7520 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	11,492	4.7530 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,681	4.7540 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,036	4.7550 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	17,369	4.7560 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,715	4.7570 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	8,881	4.7580 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	11,317	4.7590 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	14,893	4.7600 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	15,455	4.7610 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	11,616	4.7620 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	11,893	4.7630 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,897	4.7640 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	12,482	4.7650 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,606	4.7660 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,691	4.7670 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,759	4.7690 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,302	4.7700 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,102	4.7710 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,957	4.7720 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,068	4.7730 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	9,947	4.7740 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	20,674	4.7750 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	11,585	4.7760 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	50,033	4.7770 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,321	4.7780 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,960	4.7790 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,275	4.7800 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,894	4.7810 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,572	4.7820 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,400	4.7830 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	679	4.7840 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	220	4.7850 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,581	4.7860 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,075	4.7865 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,065	4.7870 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	170	4.7880 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,092	4.7885 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	500	4.7900 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,302	4.7910 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	807	4.7920 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,659	4.7950 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	933	4.8000 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,343	4.8010 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,078	4.8020 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,278	4.8040 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	161	4.8080 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,731	4.8100 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,626	4.8110 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,925	4.8120 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,900	4.8130 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,971	4.8140 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,422	4.8150 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,180	4.8160 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,039	4.8170 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,250	4.8180 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,146	4.8190 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	781	4.8290 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	500	4.8320 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
Common	CFD	Opening short position	423,791	4.7465 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	60,874	4.7513 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening short position	1,928	4.7539 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	312,093	4.7554 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening short position	504	4.7590 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening short position	426,155	4.7600 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening short position	1,979	4.7606 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening short position	1,653	4.7883 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	40,867	4.7950 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening short position	9,518	4.7950 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening short position	342,386	4.7987 GBP
Common	CFD	Opening short position	282,000	4.8000 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)

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

(c)        Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:	29 November 2024
Contact name:	Paula Santos
Telephone number*:	020 7645 9700

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 [phone].

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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