Major Share Interest

Aviva PLC
21 August 2006

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company

Aviva plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Barclays PLC

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18

Notifiable interest held by shareholder named in 2 above through the registered 
holders listed at schedule A.

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

See Schedule A

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

Not known

6. Percentage of issued class

Not known

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

N/A

8. Percentage of issued class

N/A

9. Class of security

Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each

10. Date of transaction

15 August 2006

11. Date company informed

21 August 2006

12. Total holding following this notification

134,823,531 ordinary shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.30% of the issued share capital

14. Any additional information



15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Joanne Bujak - 020 7662 2563

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Joanne Bujak

Date of notification

21 August 2006

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                Schedule A

Registered Holder                                                Holding

BANK OF IRELAND                                                  30,311
BANK OF NEW YORK                                                 180,475
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                  121,873
Barclays Capital Inc                                             12,075,973
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED                                12,075,973
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED                                1,482,298
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED                                26,592,361
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd                                  28,074,659
Barclays Global Fund Advisors                                    8,196,144
Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd                          1,167,190
Barclays Global Investors Canada                                 179,872
Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd                             179,872
Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd                              4,038,899
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking                  3,032,959
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                                    36,500,980
Barclays Global Investors, N.A.                                  31,193,811
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                                   4,568,080
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                              55,232
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                              30,271
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                              990
Barclays Private Bank Ltd                                        107,352
Barclays Trust Co & Others                                       1,257
BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM C 000000000000000000               3,390
Barclays Trust Co DMC69       C 000000000000000000               20,514
Barclays Trust Co E99         C 000000000000000000               374
Barclays Trust Co R69         C 000000000000000000               96,338
BNP PARIBAS                                                      151,832
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                               1,166,444
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                               13,960,251
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                               946,449
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                               782,853
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                               235,573
CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES                                    115,014
Clydesdale Nominees    HGB0125                                   1,500
Clydesdale Nominees    HGB0125                                   1,060
Clydesdale Nominees    HGB0125                                   5,500
Clydesdale Nominees    HGB0125                                   8,772
Clydesdale Nominees    HGB0125                                   32,000
Clydesdale Nominees    HGB0125                                   3,500
Clydesdale Nominees    HGB0125                                   2,900
Clydesdale Nominees    HGB0325                                   990
Gerrard Ltd                                                      5,479,246
Gerrard Nominees Limited                                         200
Gerrard Nominees Limited                                         1,200
Gerrard Nominees Limited                                         4,100
Gerrard Nominees Limited                                         2,952
Gerrard Nominees Limited                                         1,025
Gerrard Nominees Limited                                         1,849
Gerrard Nominees Limited                                         950
Gerrard Nominees Limited                                         250
Gerrard Nominees Limited                                         258
Gerrard Nominees Limited                                         618
Gerrard Nominees Limited                                         1,500
Gerrard Nominees Limited                                         1,086
Gerrard Nominees Limited                                         2,500
Gerrard Nominees Limited                                         4,500
Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1)                           522,977
Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3)                               2,910
Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3)                               164,411
Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3)                               150,000
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     636,387
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     6,472,008
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     777,984
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     70,155
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     168,080
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     71,530
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     433,216
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     48,001
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     33,487
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     26,536
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     237,074
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     39,982
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     13,106,308
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     270,842
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     5,779,177
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     201,270
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     19,013
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     2,575,947
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     827,290
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     880,870
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                                     2,457,840
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                          628,862
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                          143,212
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                          1,307,132
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                          573,181
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                          303,908
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                          212,211
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                          340,297
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                          18,560,729
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                          40,851
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                          1,836,796
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              235,215
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              86,172
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              122,493
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              17,663
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              22,424
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              343,453
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              368,949
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              1,385,079
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              66,424
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              91,475
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              20,700
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              272,912
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                              943,316
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                              223,874
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                              82,965
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              95,127
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              227,810
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              23,891
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              1,317,486
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              1,212,913
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              110,724
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              604,967
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              155,753
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                              26,635
Master Trust Bank                                                117,723
Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN /                                    261,900
Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN /                                    101,660
MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND                                      157,446
Mitsubishi Trust International                                   75,919
Mitsui Asset                                                     42,338
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                                   85,343
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                                   326,782
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                                   391,804
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                       3,243,058
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1                               614,429
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1                               141,497
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1                               38,256
R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1                                   461,854
R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1                                   116,866
Reflex Nominees Limited                                          21,184
Reflex Nominees Limited                                          9,087
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI                                   275,728
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST CO                                   77,320
STATE STREET BOSTON                                              281,783
STATE STREET BOSTON                                              1,313,936
STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA -                                   265,900
The Northern Trust Company - U                                   187,070
Trust & Custody Services Bank                                    2,044
Trust & Custody Services Bank                                    25,569
ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED                                           107,352




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