Form 8.3 - Aviva plc

Barclays PLC

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:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				AVIVA PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				04 Dec 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				YES:
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?				DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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:				32 17/19p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			24,221,442	0.90%	22,058,865	0.82%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,671,905	0.06%	22,013,747	0.82%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,099,483	0.04%
	TOTAL:			25,893,347	0.97%	45,172,095	1.69%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,444,361		4.7912  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		289,241		4.8034  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		273,482		4.8040  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		213,777		4.8020  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		118,718		4.7904  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		61,059		4.7886  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		60,000		4.7794  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		58,300		4.7862  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		52,019		4.7864  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		37,957		4.7760  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		34,906		4.7898  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		29,201		4.7957  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		25,616		4.7913  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		18,646		4.7724  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		14,125		4.7791  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		10,848		4.8024  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		9,471		4.7915  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		9,091		4.7927  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		7,562		4.7971  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		5,528		4.7802  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		4,822		4.7932  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,875		4.7846  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,612		4.7872  GBP
ADR		Purchase		3,600		12.3200  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,844		4.7659  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,742		4.7919  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,393		4.7935  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,280		4.7810  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,248		4.7815  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,148		4.7776  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,032		4.7902  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		910		4.7620  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		824		4.8038  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		612		4.7805  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		605		4.7965  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		408		4.7970  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		360		4.7920  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		348		4.7900  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		132		4.7925  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		55		4.8030  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		30		4.7700  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		20		4.8000  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		18		4.7575  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		10		4.7950  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,178,045		4.7925  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		497,803		4.8040  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		311,458		4.7988  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		149,575		4.8017  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		81,089		4.7971  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		79,834		4.7840  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		63,009		4.7974  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		60,426		4.8044  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		52,431		4.7949  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		41,821		4.7703  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		29,398		4.7821  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		25,486		4.7946  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		22,684		4.7984  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		22,063		4.7962  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		18,989		4.8010  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		16,063		4.7968  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		14,196		4.8016  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		14,019		4.7975  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		12,040		4.7998  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		11,149		4.7730  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		9,591		4.7762  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		9,417		4.7980  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		8,793		4.7963  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		8,620		4.7913  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		7,970		4.7871  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		6,408		4.7696  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		6,376		4.7882  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		6,086		4.8008  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		5,757		4.8009  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		5,531		4.7957  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,720		4.7837  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,973		4.8005  GBP
ADR		Sale		3,600		12.3200  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,027		4.7973  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,703		4.7907  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,682		4.7933  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,640		4.7964  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,199		4.8012  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,687		4.7982  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,508		4.7820  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,430		4.7930  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,361		4.7961  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,241		4.8014  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,220		4.8020  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,146		4.7890  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		799		4.7920  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		606		4.7710  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		366		4.7829  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		275		4.7880  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		208		4.7970  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		140		4.7885  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		119		4.7910  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		55		4.8030  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		30		4.7700  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		10		4.7950  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		30,062	4.7959  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,019	4.7721  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		366	4.7829  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,562	4.7866  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,703	4.7907  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		119	4.7910  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,184	4.7932  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,524	4.7942  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,031	4.7948  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,823	4.7952  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,319	4.7962  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,023	4.7969  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,421	4.7980  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,040	4.7998  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,252	4.8000  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,989	4.8010  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,994	4.8023  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		366,621	4.8040  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		139	4.7760  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,828	4.7816  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		60,000	4.7828  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,060	4.7851  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		107,491	4.7864  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,235	4.7883  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,376	4.7885  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,339	4.7888  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,181	4.7896  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,906	4.7898  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,900	4.7900  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,207	4.7918  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,743	4.7974  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20	4.8000  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		824	4.8038  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		70,821	4.8040  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		59,120	4.8042  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,485	4.7964  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		79,834	4.7840  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,599	4.7865  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,424	4.7955  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,780	4.7985  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		22,424	4.8040  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,645	4.7623  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		61,057	4.7766  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		25,616	4.7913  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,686	4.7958  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,914	4.7965  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		6	4.8033  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		31,788	4.8039  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		22,424	4.8040  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2,139	4.7947  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings 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:
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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				YES
Date of disclosure:				05 Dec 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213
DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO
PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
Identity of the person whose positions/dealings				Barclays PLC.
are being disclosed:
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				AVIVA PLC
relevant securities this from relates:
2.				OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES
Class of relevant security	Product description	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type	Expiry date
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-322,247	4.2985	European	11 Mar 2025
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-310,551	4.5547	European	23 Dec 2024
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-241,318	4.4050	European	06 May 2025
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-120,789	5.3305	European	06 Jun 2025
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-104,578	5.3176	European	05 Jun 2025
3.				AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

 

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