Form 8.3 - Aviva PLC

Citadel Group

09 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	6 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:	828,641	0.03	5,726	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	6,277,876	0.23	5,584,464	0.20
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	7,106,517	0.26	5,590,190	0.20

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	1,684	4.8175 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	810	4.8180 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,105	4.8200 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,684	4.8205 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,636	4.8210 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	945	4.8220 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	11,602	4.8230 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,723	4.8235 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	14,587	4.8240 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	6,967	4.8245 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	31,287	4.8250 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	20,176	4.8255 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	19,943	4.8260 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,310	4.8265 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	19,644	4.8270 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	19,012	4.8280 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	28,971	4.8290 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,650	4.8295 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	6,836	4.8300 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	10,718	4.8310 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	27,838	4.8320 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	803	4.8325 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	12,055	4.8330 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,624	4.8340 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	13,691	4.8350 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	241	4.8360 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,660	4.8370 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,684	4.8380 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,684	4.8385 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,191	4.8390 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	75,140	4.8400 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,002	4.8410 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	69	4.8420 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,126	4.8430 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,278	4.8440 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	13,959	4.8450 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,252	4.8460 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,617	4.8470 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,392	4.8480 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,350	4.8490 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	170	4.8500 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,812	4.8510 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,257	4.8520 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,806	4.8530 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,700	4.8540 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,424	4.8550 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,291	4.8560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,712	4.8570 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,986	4.8580 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,082	4.8590 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	56,728	4.8600 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,684	4.8605 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	16,295	4.8610 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	18,854	4.8620 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	14,348	4.8630 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,449	4.8640 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	19,604	4.8650 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	18,696	4.8660 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	21,665	4.8670 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	669	4.8675 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	31,316	4.8680 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	27,426	4.8690 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	47,242	4.8700 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	14,810	4.8710 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	32,016	4.8720 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,800	4.8730 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	12,338	4.8740 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,936	4.8750 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	261	4.8755 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	14,803	4.8760 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,337	4.8765 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	28,955	4.8770 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,075	4.8775 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	32,803	4.8780 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	17,832	4.8790 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	29,714	4.8800 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	26,773	4.8810 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	54,206	4.8820 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	17,783	4.8830 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	27,574	4.8840 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	22,395	4.8850 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	13,954	4.8860 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	11,249	4.8870 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	26,304	4.8880 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,068	4.8890 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	16,763	4.8900 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	11,619	4.8910 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,992	4.8920 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,462	4.8930 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	56,530	4.8940 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	57,549	4.8950 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	25,486	4.8960 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	10,137	4.8970 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,695	4.8980 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,544	4.8990 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	11,361	4.9000 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,560	4.9010 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,017	4.9015 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,803	4.9020 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,768	4.9030 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,620	4.9040 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,307	4.9050 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	695	4.9055 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,513	4.9060 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	651	4.9070 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,873	4.9080 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,919	4.9090 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,732	4.9100 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,345	4.9110 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,115	4.9120 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,652	4.9130 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,929	4.9150 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	12	12.4100 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	139	4.8190 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,818	4.8200 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,334	4.8210 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	9,958	4.8220 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	26,072	4.8230 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	724	4.8235 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	9,214	4.8240 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,041	4.8245 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	11,057	4.8250 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	886	4.8255 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	21,859	4.8260 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,942	4.8265 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,548	4.8270 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	13,925	4.8280 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,931	4.8285 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	15,893	4.8290 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,397	4.8295 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,641	4.8300 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	8,166	4.8310 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,522	4.8320 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	202	4.8325 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,709	4.8330 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,977	4.8335 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,184	4.8340 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	590	4.8350 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	51,740	4.8360 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	850	4.8380 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,821	4.8410 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	771	4.8420 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	474	4.8440 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,708	4.8450 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,221	4.8460 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	850	4.8470 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	410	4.8490 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	850	4.8500 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,166	4.8530 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,620	4.8540 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,515	4.8560 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,472	4.8570 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,197	4.8580 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,958	4.8590 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,772	4.8600 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,650	4.8610 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	647	4.8615 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,735	4.8620 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,172	4.8630 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,459	4.8640 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,529	4.8650 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,955	4.8660 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,203	4.8665 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	11,880	4.8670 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	12,859	4.8680 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	29,317	4.8690 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,483	4.8695 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	20,259	4.8700 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,974	4.8710 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,753	4.8715 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,992	4.8720 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	590	4.8725 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	33,856	4.8730 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	867	4.8735 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	16,789	4.8740 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,000	4.8750 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,992	4.8755 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	13,234	4.8760 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,340	4.8765 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	23,001	4.8770 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	15,845	4.8780 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	17,879	4.8790 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	936	4.8795 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	17,840	4.8800 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,358	4.8805 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	8,378	4.8810 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	9,642	4.8820 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	764	4.8825 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	8,519	4.8830 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	12,872	4.8840 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	13,451	4.8850 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,898	4.8855 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	24,080	4.8860 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	715	4.8865 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	12,012	4.8870 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,100	4.8880 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,121	4.8890 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	22,235	4.8900 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,347	4.8910 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,935	4.8920 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	843	4.8930 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	68	4.8935 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	14,592	4.8940 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,886	4.8950 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	9,907	4.8955 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,247	4.8960 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	308	4.8965 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,652	4.8970 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	9,243	4.8975 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,318	4.8980 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	801	4.8990 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,847	4.9000 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,534	4.9010 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	8,561	4.9020 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,601	4.9030 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,660	4.9040 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	962	4.9050 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	37,704	4.9060 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,252	4.9070 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	420	4.9075 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,963	4.9080 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,959	4.9085 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	9,637	4.9090 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,224	4.9095 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,700	4.9100 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	11,429	4.9110 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,749	4.9120 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,327	4.9130 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,474	4.9140 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,391	4.9150 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,884	4.9160 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,232	4.9170 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,005	4.9190 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	400	12.4600 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	42	12.5300 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	Closing short position/Opening long position	7,577	4.8352 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	310,453	4.8360 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	146,336	4.8429 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	130,984	4.8473 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	45,137	4.8514 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	62,657	4.8553 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	15,664	4.8555 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	9,487	4.8556 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	84,673	4.8593 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	172	4.8636 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	288,435	4.8640 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	2,313	4.8643 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	5,473	4.8669 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	827	4.8670 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	1,370	4.8671 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	575,135	4.8690 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	1,746	4.8697 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	432	4.8697 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	265	4.8697 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	447,495	4.8699 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	5,686	4.8713 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	1,431	4.8713 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	860	4.8714 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	170,649	4.8722 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	27,033	4.8732 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	23,499	4.8746 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	6,663	4.8765 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	67,560	4.8770 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	9,693	4.8777 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	3,883	4.8789 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	25,726	4.8789 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	6,453	4.8789 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	1,730	4.8803 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	83,349	4.8814 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	20,963	4.8814 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	12,622	4.8814 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	338,345	4.8820 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	51,554	4.8820 GBP
Common	CFD	Closing short position/Opening long position	85,173	4.8821 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position/ Reducing long position	60,633	4.8874 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position/ Reducing long position	69,972	4.8910 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position/ Reducing long position	6,510	4.8917 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing short position/ Reducing long position	21,585	4.9056 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:	9 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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