Form 8.3 - Aviva plc

Societe Generale SA

05 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:	SOCIETE GENERALE SA
(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.
(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:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:      For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	04/12/2024
(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:	32 17/19p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	15,167,837	0.57	855,439	0.03
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	986,659	0.04	103,877	0.00
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	16,154,496	0.60	959,316	0.04

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

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 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,676	4.78124
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,495	4.80382
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	366,580	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	124,199	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,676	4.77696
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,676	4.79754
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,676	4.77648
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	146	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	215	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.778
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.78
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.803
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	102	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	331	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	36	4.805
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	42	4.775
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	184	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	86	4.776
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	231	4.777
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.773
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.778
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	164	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1	4.777
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	26	4.805
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	79	4.773
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	102	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.788
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.769
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	45	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	80	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	248	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.785
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.8
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	274	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	205	4.761
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	205	4.763
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	272	4.786
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.783
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	369	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	184	4.773
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	180	4.774
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	356	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.775
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	16	4.773
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	327	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	117	4.776
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	33	4.778
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	102	4.777
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	28	4.773
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1	4.786
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	14	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.783
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	19,563	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	45	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	100	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	38	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	18	4.779
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.775
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	248	4.773
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.788
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	8	4.779
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	366	4.802
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	102	4.777
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	102	4.786
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	17	4.775
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	205	4.757
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	333	4.801
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.802
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	563	4.776
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	103	4.774
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	103	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	301	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	342	4.801
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	225	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	183	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.784
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	246	4.8
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	102	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	205	4.761
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.803
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	70	4.776
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	332	4.787
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	361	4.773
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	146	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	14	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	102	4.786
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.77
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1	4.778
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.78
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	102	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.781
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	17	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	503	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	75	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.776
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	294	4.762
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.778
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	209	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	297	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	272	4.773
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	35	4.773
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	203	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	547	4.762
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,802,049	4.762
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1	4.803
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	12	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	37	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	76	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	124	4.803
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	159	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	304	4.767
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	356	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	372	4.783
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	372	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	434	4.783
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	461	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	564	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	570	4.803
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	587	4.776
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	607	4.803
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	657	4.783
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	674	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	681	4.767
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	692	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	762	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	772	4.803
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	825	4.776
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	869	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	883	4.803
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	911	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,003	4.782
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,466	4.777
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,569	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	29	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	58	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	569	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	576	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	912	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	943	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	176	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	372	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	623	4.802
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	660	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	907	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	17	4.788
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	20	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	162	4.803
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	205	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	220	4.761
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	304	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	341	4.761
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	371	4.803
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	436	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	481	4.78
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	517	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	571	4.803
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	572	4.788
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	578	4.788
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	688	4.78
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	729	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	792	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	834	4.761
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	861	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	955	4.761
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	960	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	980	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,165	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,166	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,166	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,167	4.787
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,171	4.776
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,171	4.777
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,172	4.773
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,172	4.773
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,173	4.77
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,173	4.773
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,175	4.761
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,184	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,193	4.788
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,220	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,326	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,778	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	177	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	220	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	228	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	465	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	465	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	529	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	757	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	789	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,094	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,518	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,642	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,190	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,255	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,109	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,213	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,617	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,670	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,720	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,826	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,897	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,454	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6,642	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7,216	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,363	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	403	4.762
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,576	4.762
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,173	4.762
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	59,486	4.7932
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	20,922	4.7932
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	10,610	4.7932
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	88	4.79732
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	789	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,621	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,896,615	4.762
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,363	4.804
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	400	5.84

(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 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	10,610	4.793222
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	20,922	4.793222
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	59,486	4.793222
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	366,580	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	124,199	4.804
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,676	4.781236
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,676	4.797542
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,676	4.776477
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,676	4.776956
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,495	4.80382
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	503	4.804721
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	40,891	4.79625
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	344	4.776008

(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:	05/12/2024
Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
Telephone number:	[phone]

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].

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

 

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