Form 8.3 - Aviva PLC

Citadel Group

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:	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	4 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:	62,637	0.00	5,904	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	4,671,885	0.17	6,722,289	0.25
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	4,734,522	0.17	6,728,193	0.25

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	2,650	4.7580 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	850	4.7590 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	594	4.7600 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	371	4.7605 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,586	4.7610 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,800	4.7615 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,263	4.7620 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	662	4.7630 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,662	4.7640 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	487	4.7650 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,569	4.7655 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	867	4.7660 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,635	4.7670 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,999	4.7680 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,200	4.7685 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,900	4.7690 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	21	4.7700 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,048	4.7710 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	548	4.7720 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,116	4.7730 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,641	4.7740 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,446	4.7750 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,315	4.7760 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,018	4.7770 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	233	4.7780 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,171	4.7790 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,972	4.7800 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,215	4.7810 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,002	4.7820 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,684	4.7830 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,531	4.7850 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	574	4.7860 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,096	4.7865 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,459	4.7870 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,145	4.7880 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,408	4.7890 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,705	4.7900 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	13,560	4.7910 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,701	4.7920 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,772	4.7930 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,395	4.7940 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,975	4.7950 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	15,014	4.7960 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,371	4.7970 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	12,120	4.7980 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	21,922	4.7990 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	6,461	4.8000 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,644	4.8010 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,285	4.8020 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	18,765	4.8030 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	19,978	4.8040 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,993	4.8050 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,500	12.3100 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	1	12.3300 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	224	12.3550 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	2,000	12.3600 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	312	12.3700 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	1,909	12.3800 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	2,010	4.7560 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	9,886	4.7570 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,147	4.7580 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,482	4.7590 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	480	4.7600 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,417	4.7610 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	850	4.7630 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	62	4.7640 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,859	4.7650 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	389	4.7660 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,037	4.7670 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,910	4.7680 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	508	4.7690 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,728	4.7700 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,110	4.7710 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,798	4.7720 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,411	4.7730 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,444	4.7740 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,273	4.7750 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,772	4.7760 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,966	4.7770 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	91	4.7780 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,450	4.7790 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,356	4.7800 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,244	4.7810 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,810	4.7820 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	733	4.7830 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	307	4.7840 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,508	4.7850 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,161	4.7860 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,479	4.7870 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	13,450	4.7880 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,399	4.7890 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	8,354	4.7900 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,399	4.7910 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	9,243	4.7920 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	86	4.7925 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	20,611	4.7930 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,957	4.7940 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	23,296	4.7950 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	15,704	4.7960 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	605	4.7965 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	11,562	4.7970 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	8,616	4.7980 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	14,164	4.7990 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	587	4.7995 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	11,219	4.8000 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	12,941	4.8010 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,738	4.8020 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,623	4.8030 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	82,716	4.8040 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,689	4.8050 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	82	12.3000 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	2,554	12.3100 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	9	12.3550 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	2,000	12.3600 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	300	12.3700 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	1,909	12.3800 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	Reducing short position	199,112	4.7620 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	199,112	4.7620 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	10,396	4.7828 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	40,088	4.7830 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	975	4.7850 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	282,011	4.7850 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	2,060	4.7851 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	17,011	4.7861 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	141,006	4.7890 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	15,525	4.7898 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	1,900	4.7900 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	22,365	4.7907 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	282,011	4.7910 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	1,202	4.7923 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	5,524	4.7943 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	12,031	4.7948 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	16,823	4.7953 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	14,093	4.7955 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	14,319	4.7963 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	13,494	4.7975 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	13,494	4.7975 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	9,165	4.7990 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	2,590	4.8010 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	721	4.8040 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	35,937	4.8040 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:	5 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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