Form 8.3 - Aviva plc

Barclays PLC

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:				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:				09 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:			17,937,670	0.67%	14,254,663	0.53%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,441,361	0.09%	15,686,988	0.59%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,099,486	0.04%
	TOTAL:			20,379,031	0.76%	31,041,137	1.16%
(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		5,173,337		4.8480  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		4,748,000		4.0167  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		938,976		4.8330  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		172,389		4.8298  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		161,323		4.8332  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		157,992		4.8326  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		64,379		4.8334  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		61,051		4.8238  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		49,240		4.8280  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		48,607		4.8274  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		40,335		4.8389  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		36,639		4.8268  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		33,894		4.8307  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		30,680		4.8340  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		21,621		4.8267  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		20,700		4.8246  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		16,968		4.8343  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		11,599		4.8177  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		11,219		4.8243  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		10,517		4.8206  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		8,143		4.8229  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		7,703		4.8362  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		7,554		4.8315  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		6,945		4.8237  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		6,921		4.8287  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		6,327		4.8306  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		5,952		4.8222  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		4,797		4.8225  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,960		4.8328  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,515		4.8214  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,201		4.8314  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,052		4.8430  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,026		4.8420  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,910		4.8131  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,630		4.8360  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,613		4.8367  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,131		4.8302  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,022		4.8148  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,978		4.8320  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,678		4.8404  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,573		4.8450  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,518		4.8310  GBP
ADR		Purchase		1,326		12.5300  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,245		4.8278  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,231		4.8352  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,224		4.8137  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		981		4.8410  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		879		4.8220  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		664		4.8190  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		623		4.8170  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		615		4.8060  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		567		4.8279  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		333		4.8240  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		322		4.8270  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		133		4.8460  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		59		4.8260  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		786,386		4.8330  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		115,033		4.8320  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		81,068		4.8323  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		58,111		4.8340  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		57,062		4.8314  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		44,857		4.8329  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		40,074		4.8333  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		39,113		4.8307  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		35,933		4.8239  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		18,947		4.8326  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		17,134		4.8331  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		16,020		4.8319  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		14,498		4.8312  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		14,421		4.8436  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		8,374		4.8361  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		7,110		4.8221  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		7,009		4.8358  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		6,873		4.8286  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,878		4.8270  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,276		4.8420  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,162		4.8336  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,100		4.8375  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,769		4.8430  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,583		4.8332  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,306		4.8310  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,279		4.8354  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,000		4.8335  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,969		4.8265  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,920		4.8365  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,647		4.8253  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,527		4.8360  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,300		4.8405  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,200		4.8385  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,200		4.8274  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,026		4.8355  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,965		4.8322  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,896		4.8293  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,823		4.8300  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,732		4.8428  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,716		4.8304  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,700		4.8255  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,573		4.8450  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,500		4.8295  GBP
ADR		Sale		1,326		12.5300  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,231		4.8352  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		856		4.8369  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		835		4.8236  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		824		4.8447  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		726		4.8400  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		716		4.8345  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		690		4.8316  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		675		4.8288  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		664		4.8190  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		623		4.8170  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		615		4.8060  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		484		4.8370  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		333		4.8240  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		295		4.8280  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		133		4.8460  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		54		4.8260  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		19		4.8480  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		11		4.8356  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1		4.8301  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		Decreasing Long		26,028	4.8325  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,110	4.8221  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		835	4.8236  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,335	4.8239  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,700	4.8255  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,969	4.8265  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,520	4.8269  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,200	4.8274  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,500	4.8295  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		363	4.8300  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		762	4.8307  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,993	4.8310  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,671	4.8312  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,593	4.8317  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,008	4.8319  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,356	4.8320  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,947	4.8326  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44,857	4.8329  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,583	4.8332  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		83,385	4.8333  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,000	4.8335  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		58,111	4.8340  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		716	4.8345  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		147	4.8363  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		856	4.8370  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,100	4.8375  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,200	4.8385  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,844	4.8397  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,300	4.8405  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		270	4.8480  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		817	4.8090  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,761	4.8176  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,900	4.8220  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,407	4.8222  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,545	4.8223  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,797	4.8225  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,143	4.8229  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,945	4.8237  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		61,051	4.8238  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42	4.8240  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		265	4.8241  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26	4.8242  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,219	4.8243  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,700	4.8246  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,714	4.8262  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,639	4.8268  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		75,442	4.8274  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		172,611	4.8298  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,152	4.8315  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,978	4.8320  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,747	4.8323  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,507	4.8329  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		67,982	4.8330  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		154,024	4.8332  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64,379	4.8333  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		155	4.8340  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,724	4.8377  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		395	4.8392  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,071	4.8160  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		21,598	4.8239  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		54,748	4.8311  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		762,527	4.8330  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		926	4.8436  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		10,574	4.8113  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		838,735	4.8330  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		16,968	4.8343  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		6,091	4.8373  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:				10 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	-322,245	4.2985	European	11 Mar 2025
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-310,556	4.5547	European	23 Dec 2024
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-241,321	4.4050	European	06 May 2025
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-120,788	5.3305	European	06 Jun 2025
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-104,576	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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