Form 8.3 - Aviva PLC

Citadel Group

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:	Citadel Group
(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.	N/A
(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:	N/A
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:      For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	9 December 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: Common Stock	ISIN GB00BPQY8M80 32 17/19p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	623,550	0.02	6,636	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	6,734,740	0.25	5,151,976	0.19
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	7,358,290	0.27	5,158,612	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:	N/A
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	N/A

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
Common	Buy Transaction	847	4.8020 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	165	4.8030 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,762	4.8040 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	6,421	4.8050 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,670	4.8060 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,564	4.8070 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,597	4.8080 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,382	4.8090 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,528	4.8100 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,576	4.8110 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,514	4.8120 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,364	4.8130 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,864	4.8140 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,869	4.8150 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,500	4.8160 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,261	4.8170 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	216	4.8175 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	11,186	4.8180 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,439	4.8190 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,589	4.8195 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	25,457	4.8200 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	26,250	4.8210 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	17,625	4.8220 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,559	4.8225 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	11,308	4.8230 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,482	4.8240 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	12,436	4.8250 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	29,799	4.8260 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	16,089	4.8270 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	29	4.8275 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,739	4.8280 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	281	4.8285 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	16,156	4.8290 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,174	4.8300 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	14,445	4.8310 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	499	4.8315 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,587	4.8320 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7	4.8325 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	23,970	4.8330 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	26,430	4.8340 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,011	4.8345 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,969	4.8350 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,669	4.8355 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	10,104	4.8360 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	16,119	4.8370 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	830	4.8375 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,455	4.8380 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	12,128	4.8390 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,793	4.8400 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,380	4.8410 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	14,046	4.8420 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,547	4.8425 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,684	4.8430 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	15,692	4.8440 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	15,370	4.8450 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	927	4.8460 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	31	12.4800 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	41	12.4900 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	9	12.5250 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	2,136	4.8020 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,711	4.8030 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,425	4.8040 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,520	4.8050 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,671	4.8060 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	688	4.8070 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,295	4.8120 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,086	4.8140 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,769	4.8150 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,812	4.8160 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,273	4.8170 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	15,915	4.8180 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	8,787	4.8190 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	14,208	4.8200 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	170	4.8205 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	8,664	4.8210 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,445	4.8220 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	8,618	4.8230 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,505	4.8240 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	12,266	4.8250 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	11,635	4.8260 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,259	4.8265 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	27,712	4.8270 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	18,014	4.8280 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	250	4.8285 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	21,242	4.8290 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,934	4.8295 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	25,438	4.8300 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	24,698	4.8310 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	478	4.8315 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	39,493	4.8320 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	69,146	4.8330 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	31,583	4.8340 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	40,116	4.8350 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	41,249	4.8360 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	25,917	4.8370 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,355	4.8375 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	13,152	4.8380 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	13,521	4.8385 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	15,706	4.8390 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	15,858	4.8400 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	12,613	4.8410 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	13,065	4.8420 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,081	4.8425 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	13,149	4.8430 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	16,868	4.8440 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,069	4.8445 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	19,241	4.8450 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,277	4.8460 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,358	4.8470 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10	4.8530 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	179	12.5150 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	357	12.5300 USD

(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
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	817	4.8090 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	8,761	4.8176 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	2,021	4.8220 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	2,407	4.8220 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	3,545	4.8222 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	4,797	4.8225 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	1,470	4.8228 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	889	4.8228 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	5,784	4.8228 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	1,247	4.8235 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	4,943	4.8235 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	755	4.8235 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	333	4.8240 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	11,219	4.8242 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	3,977	4.8267 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	6,607	4.8267 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	26,055	4.8267 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	48,607	4.8273 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	212,000	4.8275 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	18,724	4.8297 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	31,072	4.8297 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	122,593	4.8297 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	103,995	4.8313 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	102,574	4.8330 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	56,816	4.8330 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	44,857	4.8330 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	12,147	4.8330 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	15,707	4.8331 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	20,210	4.8331 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	80,939	4.8331 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	155	4.8340 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	1,169	4.8343 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	19,257	4.8370 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	19,257	4.8370 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	229,360	4.8400 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	202,876	4.8480 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	202,876	4.8480 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)

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 December 2024
Contact name:	Paula Santos
Telephone number*:	020 7645 9700

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].

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

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

 

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