Form 8.3 - Aviva PLC

Citadel Group

03 December 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	2 December 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:	65,251	0.00	37,298	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	4,714,371	0.17	6,528,168	0.24
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	4,779,622	0.17	6,565,466	0.24

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	953	4.7940 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	148	4.7960 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,573	4.7970 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,597	4.8000 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	850	4.8010 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,403	4.8020 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,362	4.8025 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,786	4.8040 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	683	4.8050 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	453	4.8060 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,320	4.8070 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	606	4.8080 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,241	4.8090 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	33,525	4.8100 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,006	4.8105 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,260	4.8110 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,597	4.8115 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	6,884	4.8120 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,527	4.8130 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,668	4.8140 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,777	4.8145 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	12,181	4.8150 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	6,016	4.8160 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	6,800	4.8170 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	137	4.8175 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,506	4.8180 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,048	4.8190 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	153	4.8195 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	19,900	4.8200 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,480	4.8205 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	23,563	4.8210 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,495	4.8215 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,537	4.8220 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,902	4.8225 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	11,054	4.8230 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	27	4.8235 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,966	4.8240 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	14,825	4.8250 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	466	4.8255 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	18,667	4.8260 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	14,440	4.8270 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,172	4.8275 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,279	4.8280 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	17,468	4.8290 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	447	4.8295 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,557	4.8300 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,066	4.8305 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,147	4.8310 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,469	4.8315 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	12,731	4.8320 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,634	4.8330 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	102	4.8335 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,921	4.8340 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	354	4.8350 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	316	4.8360 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	57	4.8365 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,078	4.8370 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	630	4.8380 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,336	4.8390 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	481	4.8400 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,943	4.8410 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,866	4.8420 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	489	4.8425 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	29,754	4.8430 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,663	4.8440 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,661	4.8450 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,402	4.8460 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,888	4.8470 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,838	4.8480 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	19,897	4.8490 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	325	4.8495 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	12,860	4.8500 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,827	4.8510 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,854	4.8520 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	609	4.8530 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,360	4.8540 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,908	4.8550 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,496	4.8560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	6,801	4.8570 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,506	4.8580 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,216	4.8590 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,840	4.8600 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,620	4.8610 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,359	4.8620 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,724	4.8630 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	58	4.8635 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	14,061	4.8640 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3	4.8645 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,228	4.8650 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	31	4.8655 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,937	4.8660 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	165	4.8670 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	871	4.8680 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	92	4.8690 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,497	4.8700 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	35	12.3500 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	151	12.3600 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	986	12.3700 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	1	12.3800 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	624	12.4000 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	21	12.4100 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	550	4.7900 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,501	4.7910 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,485	4.7920 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	910	4.7930 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,914	4.7940 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,392	4.7945 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	103	4.7950 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,137	4.7960 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,656	4.7970 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,733	4.7980 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,708	4.7990 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,907	4.8000 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	638	4.8010 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	225	4.8030 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,640	4.8040 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	550	4.8050 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,874	4.8080 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,351	4.8090 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,262	4.8100 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	11,171	4.8110 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,102	4.8120 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	25	4.8125 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	540	4.8130 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	13,890	4.8140 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	8,141	4.8150 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1	4.8155 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,391	4.8160 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,114	4.8170 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,739	4.8180 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	59	4.8185 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	8,657	4.8190 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,962	4.8200 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	863	4.8210 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,082	4.8220 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,034	4.8230 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,772	4.8240 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	9,293	4.8250 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	11,572	4.8260 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,101	4.8270 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,267	4.8275 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	20,451	4.8280 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	11,537	4.8290 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,480	4.8300 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	94	4.8305 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	9,969	4.8310 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,911	4.8320 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,930	4.8330 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,680	4.8340 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	15,709	4.8350 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,141	4.8360 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,011	4.8370 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	605	4.8380 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,586	4.8390 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,519	4.8400 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,150	4.8410 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	593	4.8415 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,004	4.8420 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	19,426	4.8430 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	327	4.8435 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	9,352	4.8440 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	991	4.8450 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	408	4.8455 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,736	4.8460 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,130	4.8470 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,078	4.8480 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,214	4.8485 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,106	4.8490 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,576	4.8495 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	15,515	4.8500 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,441	4.8510 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,070	4.8520 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,486	4.8530 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,420	4.8540 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,461	4.8550 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,645	4.8555 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,457	4.8560 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	100	4.8565 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,771	4.8570 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,491	4.8580 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	67	4.8590 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	20,291	4.8595 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	8,105	4.8600 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	331	4.8610 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,118	4.8620 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	400	4.8625 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,561	4.8630 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	376	4.8635 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,230	4.8640 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,835	4.8650 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	474	4.8660 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	789	4.8670 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	158	4.8680 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,461	4.8700 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	40	12.3424 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	35	12.3500 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	26	12.3600 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	1,512	12.3656 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	116	12.3696 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	986	12.3700 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	206	12.3950 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	623	12.4000 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	94	12.4050 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	25	12.4100 USD

(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	Increasing short position	41	4.8140 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	789	4.8208 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	42,011	4.8230 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	2,926	4.8258 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	4,904	4.8263 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	13,182	4.8280 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	13,182	4.8280 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	36,859	4.8315 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	24,146	4.8320 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	21,032	4.8326 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	15,408	4.8328 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	11,602	4.8332 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	2,738	4.8365 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	8,285	4.8378 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	18,777	4.8397 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	8,156	4.8421 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	14,761	4.8436 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	39,555	4.8458 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:	3 December 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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