Purchase of Own Securities

Aviva PLC 05 March 2003 Company: Aviva plc Headline: Share purchase by share scheme Trustee The Trustee of Aviva's executive share plans, Royal Bank of Canada, has purchased the undernoted shares in the market to satisfy awards / options held under the Company's executive share plans. Because certain Executive Directors of Aviva plc are potential beneficiaries of the Trust the Company is obliged, under the terms of the Listing Rules, to disclose these dealings by the Trustee. Details of the transaction are as follows: Class of security: Ordinary shares of 25p each Date of transaction: 4th March 2003 Nature of transaction: Acquisition No. of shares: 1,750,000 Price: 393.32p Balance held by Trustee: 4,641,674 Ends Contact: Andy Hodges Manager - Share Schemes / Share Registration Group Secretarial Aviva plc Tel: (020) 7662 7577 Fax: (020) 7662 8070 Email: andy_hodges@aviva.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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