Form 8.3 - Aviva plc

Barclays PLC

02 January 2025

 

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:				31 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:			22,098,935	0.83%	17,143,433	0.64%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			3,055,282	0.11%	18,265,874	0.68%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	788,919	0.03%
	TOTAL:			25,154,217	0.94%	36,198,226	1.35%
(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		90,584		4.6869  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		73,745		4.6880  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		46,889		4.6697  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		36,593		4.6675  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		20,900		4.6626  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		12,913		4.6552  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		12,337		4.6878  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		10,295		4.6618  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		5,613		4.6567  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		4,602		4.6645  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,200		4.6531  GBP
ADR		Purchase		1,800		11.9000  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,743		4.6603  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,535		4.6597  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,503		4.6506  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,307		4.6744  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,239		4.6556  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,135		4.6574  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		676		4.6615  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		589		4.6639  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		514		4.6890  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		505		4.6500  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		475		4.6690  GBP
ADR		Purchase		300		11.8500  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		215		4.6492  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		90		4.6530  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		57		4.6490  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		55		4.6720  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		112,961		4.6856  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		112,243		4.6869  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		96,133		4.6880  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		40,006		4.6805  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		24,715		4.6798  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		13,618		4.6813  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		13,607		4.6698  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		12,337		4.6878  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		9,565		4.6807  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		8,894		4.6701  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,043		4.6649  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,019		4.6802  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,974		4.6636  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,957		4.6685  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,562		4.6812  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,537		4.6705  GBP
ADR		Sale		1,800		11.9000  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,239		4.6560  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,117		4.6728  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		777		4.6875  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		625		4.6855  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		514		4.6894  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		505		4.6500  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		475		4.6694  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		464		4.6670  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		461		4.6680  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		358		4.6800  GBP
ADR		Sale		300		11.8500  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		223		4.6890  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 Short		6,580	4.6336  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		505	4.6500  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		88	4.6550  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,805	4.6676  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,317	4.6799  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,019	4.6802  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44,366	4.6803  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,006	4.6805  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,565	4.6807  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,562	4.6813  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,880	4.6820  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,986	4.6822  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		777	4.6875  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		71,236	4.6880  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,221	4.6304  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,503	4.6506  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,161	4.6510  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,613	4.6517  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		552	4.6527  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,123	4.6528  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,752	4.6572  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,135	4.6574  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,535	4.6597  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,900	4.6626  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,593	4.6675  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,002	4.6696  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,373	4.6880  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,219	4.6659  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,974	4.6636  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		511	4.6739  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,010	4.6795  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		29,057	4.6875  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		542	4.6449  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,258	4.6497  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		5,295	4.6504  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		10,295	4.6618  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		511	4.6740  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		12,337	4.6878  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:				01 Jan 2025
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	-322,240	4.2985	European	11 Mar 2025
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-241,314	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	-104,576	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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