Form 8.3 - AVIVA PLC

Barclays PLC

16 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:				13 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:			19,232,672	0.72%	17,441,947	0.65%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,374,272	0.09%	16,502,514	0.62%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	1,099,476	0.04%
	TOTAL:			21,606,944	0.81%	35,043,937	1.31%
(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		1,191,359		4.7620  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		109,118		4.7590  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		86,599		4.7499  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		4.7320  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		47,685		4.7500  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		38,240		4.7507  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		29,172		4.7527  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		26,814		4.7490  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		18,186		4.7543  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		11,868		4.7486  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		10,626		4.7497  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		10,436		4.7463  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		8,578		4.7623  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		8,553		4.7518  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		7,962		4.7460  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		6,777		4.7313  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		5,998		4.7508  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		5,309		4.7503  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,996		4.7485  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,972		4.7491  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,948		4.7504  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,612		4.7496  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,137		4.7501  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		831		4.7260  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		324		4.7495  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		205		4.7480  GBP
ADR		Purchase		200		12.1500  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		159		4.7544  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		134		4.7610  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		95		4.7230  GBP
ADR		Purchase		90		12.1800  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,037,775		4.7620  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		151,217		4.7590  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		68,727		4.7506  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		57,698		4.7588  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		53,484		4.7170  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		51,760		4.7320  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		50,883		4.7502  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		19,628		4.7527  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		7,063		4.7610  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		6,529		4.7495  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		6,370		4.7517  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,296		4.7541  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,219		4.7380  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,600		4.7513  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,072		4.7447  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,413		4.7473  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,279		4.7423  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,000		4.7520  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		389		4.7490  GBP
ADR		Sale		200		12.1500  USD
ADR		Sale		90		12.1800  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3		4.7600  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3		4.7630  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1		4.7525  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		554	4.7299  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,206	4.7329  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		108	4.7441  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		201	4.7443  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,727	4.7506  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,600	4.7513  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,370	4.7517  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,947	4.7519  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	4.7522  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,628	4.7528  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,099	4.7550  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,746	4.7560  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,346	4.7594  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,935	4.7610  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38,891	4.7620  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,895	4.7435  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,618	4.7443  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		348	4.7475  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,822	4.7490  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,264	4.7498  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		108,113	4.7499  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,627	4.7500  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,250	4.7514  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		601	4.7527  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,278	4.7583  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		88,162	4.7601  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,464	4.7620  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,402	4.7622  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,578	4.7623  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100	4.7640  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		412	4.7547  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		106,968	4.7170  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		286	4.7477  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		49,329	4.7502  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		49,994	4.7590  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		19,309	4.7616  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		904,051	4.7620  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		53,484	4.7170  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,274	4.7442  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		19,592	4.7476  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		389	4.7489  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		90	4.7493  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		29,172	4.7526  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		88,726	4.7619  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		904,051	4.7620  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:				16 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	-322,254	4.2985	European
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-310,536	4.5547	European
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-241,318	4.4050	European
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-120,789	5.3305	European
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-104,579	5.3176	European
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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