Acqn. of Shares by Trustee

Aviva PLC
17 March 2003

Company:     Aviva plc

Headline:     Share purchase by AESOP Trustee


The Trustee of Aviva's All Employee Share Ownership Plan, Hill Samuel ESOP
Trustees Limited, has purchased the undernoted shares in the market to satisfy
awards made under the free share element of this Plan.

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:      14th March 2003

Nature of transaction:    Acquisition

No. of shares:            488,226

Price:                    384.92p

Balance held by Trustee:  6,415,211

Ends

Contact:

Liz Nicholls

Share Schemes / Share Registration

Group Secretarial

Aviva plc

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