Form 8.3 - Aviva plc

Societe Generale SA

10 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:	SOCIETE GENERALE SA
(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.
(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:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:      For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	09/12/2024
(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:	32 17/19p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	10,280,651	0.38	4,869,978	0.18
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	4,994,903	0.19	104,318	0.00
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	15,275,554	0.57	4,974,296	0.19

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:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

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 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	17,197	4.83373
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,434	4.833
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	488	4.838
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	674	4.825
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5	4.83
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5	4.831
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5	4.837
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	16	4.834
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	17	4.845
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	18	4.845
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	20	4.826
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	20	4.839
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	22	4.83
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	22	4.845
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	23	4.839
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	24	4.826
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	25	4.834
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	27	4.818
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	29	4.818
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	53	4.818
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	57	4.834
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	82	4.827
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	114	4.828
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	147	4.829
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	159	4.828
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	162	4.824
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	165	4.839
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	172	4.824
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	173	4.834
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	180	4.807
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	185	4.817
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	185	4.821
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	186	4.831
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	190	4.828
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	195	4.819
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	196	4.807
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	202	4.807
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	210	4.834
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	239	4.819
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	239	4.823
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	239	4.834
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	239	4.835
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	239	4.837
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	239	4.837
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	240	4.839
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	257	4.835
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	258	4.831
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	264	4.83
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	270	4.824
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	291	4.834
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	294	4.823
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	301	4.824
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	320	4.831
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	360	4.828
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	373	4.845
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	391	4.837
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	427	4.845
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	457	4.837
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	467	4.833
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	487	4.832
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	509	4.84
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	545	4.837
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	568	4.831
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	571	4.824
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	577	4.818
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	583	4.818
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	590	4.839
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	603	4.826
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	622	4.83
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	635	4.827
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	645	4.813
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	686	4.817
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	881	4.823
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	881	4.838
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	884	4.831
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	890	4.845
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	891	4.817
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	944	4.845
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,013	4.83
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,103	4.837
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.818
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.824
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.846
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	178	4.838
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	669	4.838
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2	4.829
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	8	4.829
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	10	4.808
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	24	4.829
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	41	4.82
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	44	4.82
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	71	4.845
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	85	4.829
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.829
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	130	4.831
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	136	4.829
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	158	4.846
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	211	4.823
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	213	4.83
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	226	4.831
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	232	4.844
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	241	4.829
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	296	4.83
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	319	4.806
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	321	4.823
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	379	4.825
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	421	4.807
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	458	4.821
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	463	4.806
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	520	4.83
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	567	4.829
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	626	4.823
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	685	4.83
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	700	4.806
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	741	4.807
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	806	4.846
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	844	4.806
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	850	4.821
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	850	4.831
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	850	4.844
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	884	4.83
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	971	4.845
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	974	4.831
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	975	4.822
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,074	4.82
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,102	4.818
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,154	4.843
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,158	4.825
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,158	4.83
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,158	4.834
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,159	4.818
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,159	4.819
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,159	4.82
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,159	4.82
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,160	4.815
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,160	4.816
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,160	4.817
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,161	4.814
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,162	4.808
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,162	4.81
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,163	4.806
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,165	4.84
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,170	4.837
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,176	4.825
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,200	4.818
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,244	4.84
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,245	4.833
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,434	4.824
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,511	4.837
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	857	4.844
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	271	4.833
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	984	4.833
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,492	4.833
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,198	4.833
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,272	4.833
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,379	4.833
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,149	4.833
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	8,095	4.833
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6,111	4.833
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	44,296	4.82262
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	422,758	4.87469
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	789	4.833
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	10,154	4.833
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	13,135	4.848
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,331,000	4.848
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	520,000	4.848
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	121,173	4.848
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,544,148	4.848
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6,111	4.833
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	86	5.92

(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 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	17,197	4.83373
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,434	4.833
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	44,296	4.82262
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	422,758	4.87469

(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:	10/12/2024
Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
Telephone number:	[phone]

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].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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