Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) Amend - Aviva PLC

GoldmanSachs International
23 January 2025
 

Amendment - due to the amendment of Derivative transactions, the disclosure made on 21 January for dealings on 20 January has been updated. Section 2(b) has been updated

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:

(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

AVIVA PLC

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

AVIVA PLC

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

20 January 2025

(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader 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 - disclosing today for DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

 

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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

Purchases/ sales

 

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchases

2,332,316

4.9600 GBP

4.9245 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sales

2,778,816

4.9610 GBP

4.9270 GBP

 

 

 

(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

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

577

4.9336 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,157

4.9340 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

2

4.9350 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

7,584

4.9367 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

3,271

4.9368 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

9,051

4.9381 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

182

4.9385 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

681

4.9385 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

19

4.9385 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

43

4.9385 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

45

4.9396 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

109

4.9396 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

5

4.9396 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

11

4.9396 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

17,505

4.9407 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1

4.9413 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

25,335

4.9415 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

9,219

4.9416 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

4,026

4.9416 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

28,810

4.9417 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

554

4.9417 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,745

4.9418 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

17,505

4.9420 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

47,443

4.9420 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

3,172

4.9420 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

2,115

4.9420 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

1

4.9420 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

5,100

4.9420 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

123

4.9421 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

798

4.9423 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

678

4.9423 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

459

4.9423 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

16,057

4.9423 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,020

4.9423 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

9,878

4.9423 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

8,086

4.9423 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

482

4.9423 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,428

4.9423 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

779

4.9426 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

1,299

4.9427 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

166,100

4.9442 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

329

4.9444 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

10

4.9444 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

40

4.9444 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

9,300

4.9447 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

34,981

4.9448 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1,804

4.9449 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

29,700

4.9450 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

59,329

4.9450 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

10,512

4.9450 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

5,955

4.9450 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

745

4.9461 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

2,669

4.9463 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

18,340

4.9467 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

468

4.9468 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,321

4.9470 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

5,287

4.9470 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

4,229

4.9470 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

10,574

4.9470 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,069

4.9484 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

446

4.9489 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

5,287

4.9491 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

7,215

4.9496 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,296

4.9497 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

1

4.9500 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

19,062

4.9507 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

1

4.9510 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

96

4.9518 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

20

4.9534 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

26

4.9550 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

97

4.9550 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

62

4.9550 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

3

4.9550 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

6

4.9550 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

165,799

4.9562 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

26,289

4.9562 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)


 

 



 

 

3.         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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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

 

 

 

Date of disclosure:

23 January 2025

Contact name:

Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka

Telephone number:

+33(1) 4212 1459 / +48(22) 317 4817

 

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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

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

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