Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - AVIVA PLC

GoldmanSachs International

11 December 2024

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:	(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	AVIVA PLC
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	AVIVA PLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	10 December 2024
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader 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 - disclosing today for DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchases	2,469,267	4.8240 GBP	4.7350 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sales	2,070,634	4.8240 GBP	4.7370 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
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	10,035	4.7469 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	426	4.7516 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,784	4.7528 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	42,023	4.7530 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	934	4.7543 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	252	4.7543 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5,734	4.7543 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7	4.7550 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	13	4.7550 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	9	4.7550 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3	4.7550 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	12,600	4.7551 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1	4.7552 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	346	4.7552 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,271	4.7552 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	4,902	4.7559 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	26,912	4.7560 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	141	4.7560 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	969	4.7560 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,613	4.7560 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	270	4.7560 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,830	4.7560 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Opening a short position	689,205	4.7560 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	16,196	4.7561 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	46,198	4.7561 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	19,277	4.7563 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	5,180	4.7564 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	83,200	4.7564 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1	4.7565 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5	4.7565 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4	4.7565 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,673	4.7567 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	9,500	4.7582 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	65,800	4.7651 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Opening a short position	2,100	4.7723 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,483	4.7723 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,800	4.7729 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	3,800	4.7729 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	2,000	4.7736 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,000	4.7736 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	40,992	4.7742 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,150	4.7746 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	2,150	4.7746 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11,478	4.7752 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	800	4.7756 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	800	4.7756 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	6,079	4.7757 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4,170	4.7761 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	4,170	4.7761 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6,037	4.7764 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	6,037	4.7764 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	19	4.7776 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	18,636	4.7798 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	1,483	4.7830 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	58	4.7847 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	16,157	4.7851 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	16,157	4.7851 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	9,692	4.7862 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,586	4.7880 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,400	4.7881 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	2,400	4.7881 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5,491	4.7912 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	5,491	4.7912 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,830	4.7944 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	246	4.7952 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,121	4.7970 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	43,507	4.7972 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	192	4.7975 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	189	4.7976 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8	4.7988 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	962	4.7995 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,388	4.8078 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7	4.8168 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	74	4.8168 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	276	4.8168 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7	4.8168 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	14,187	4.8227 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	3,560	4.8229 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	212,000	4.8230 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)

3.         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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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

Date of disclosure:	11 December 2024
Contact name:	Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka
Telephone number:	[phone] / [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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