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 | 2 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
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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 | |||
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| Interests | Short positions | ||
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| Number | % | Number | % |
| (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: | 65,251 | 0.00 | 37,298 | 0.00 |
| (2) Cash-settled derivatives:
| 4,714,371 | 0.17 | 6,528,168 | 0.24 |
| (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
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TOTAL: | 4,779,622 | 0.17 | 6,565,466 | 0.24 |
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 | 953 | 4.7940 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 148 | 4.7960 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,573 | 4.7970 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,597 | 4.8000 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 850 | 4.8010 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,403 | 4.8020 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 3,362 | 4.8025 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,786 | 4.8040 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 683 | 4.8050 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 453 | 4.8060 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,320 | 4.8070 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 606 | 4.8080 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 3,241 | 4.8090 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 33,525 | 4.8100 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 2,006 | 4.8105 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 4,260 | 4.8110 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,597 | 4.8115 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 6,884 | 4.8120 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 4,527 | 4.8130 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 4,668 | 4.8140 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,777 | 4.8145 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 12,181 | 4.8150 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 6,016 | 4.8160 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 6,800 | 4.8170 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 137 | 4.8175 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,506 | 4.8180 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 7,048 | 4.8190 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 153 | 4.8195 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 19,900 | 4.8200 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 4,480 | 4.8205 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 23,563 | 4.8210 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 2,495 | 4.8215 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 5,537 | 4.8220 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 2,902 | 4.8225 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 11,054 | 4.8230 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 27 | 4.8235 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 5,966 | 4.8240 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 14,825 | 4.8250 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 466 | 4.8255 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 18,667 | 4.8260 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 14,440 | 4.8270 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,172 | 4.8275 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 8,279 | 4.8280 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 17,468 | 4.8290 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 447 | 4.8295 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 4,557 | 4.8300 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,066 | 4.8305 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 9,147 | 4.8310 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,469 | 4.8315 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 12,731 | 4.8320 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 4,634 | 4.8330 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 102 | 4.8335 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 8,921 | 4.8340 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 354 | 4.8350 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 316 | 4.8360 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 57 | 4.8365 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,078 | 4.8370 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 630 | 4.8380 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 2,336 | 4.8390 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 481 | 4.8400 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 3,943 | 4.8410 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 4,866 | 4.8420 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 489 | 4.8425 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 29,754 | 4.8430 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,663 | 4.8440 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 8,661 | 4.8450 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 4,402 | 4.8460 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 3,888 | 4.8470 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 8,838 | 4.8480 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 19,897 | 4.8490 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 325 | 4.8495 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 12,860 | 4.8500 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 9,827 | 4.8510 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 7,854 | 4.8520 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 609 | 4.8530 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 4,360 | 4.8540 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,908 | 4.8550 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 2,496 | 4.8560 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 6,801 | 4.8570 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 5,506 | 4.8580 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,216 | 4.8590 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 5,840 | 4.8600 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 3,620 | 4.8610 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 2,359 | 4.8620 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 5,724 | 4.8630 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 58 | 4.8635 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 14,061 | 4.8640 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 3 | 4.8645 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 3,228 | 4.8650 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 31 | 4.8655 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 2,937 | 4.8660 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 165 | 4.8670 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 871 | 4.8680 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 92 | 4.8690 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1,497 | 4.8700 GBP |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 35 | 12.3500 USD |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 151 | 12.3600 USD |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 986 | 12.3700 USD |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 1 | 12.3800 USD |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 624 | 12.4000 USD |
| Common | Buy Transaction | 21 | 12.4100 USD |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 550 | 4.7900 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 1,501 | 4.7910 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 2,485 | 4.7920 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 910 | 4.7930 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 2,914 | 4.7940 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 1,392 | 4.7945 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 103 | 4.7950 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 5,137 | 4.7960 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 5,656 | 4.7970 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 5,733 | 4.7980 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 2,708 | 4.7990 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 3,907 | 4.8000 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 638 | 4.8010 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 225 | 4.8030 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 3,640 | 4.8040 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 550 | 4.8050 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 4,874 | 4.8080 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 4,351 | 4.8090 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 4,262 | 4.8100 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 11,171 | 4.8110 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 1,102 | 4.8120 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 25 | 4.8125 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 540 | 4.8130 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 13,890 | 4.8140 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 8,141 | 4.8150 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 1 | 4.8155 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 3,391 | 4.8160 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 2,114 | 4.8170 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 1,739 | 4.8180 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 59 | 4.8185 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 8,657 | 4.8190 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 10,962 | 4.8200 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 863 | 4.8210 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 2,082 | 4.8220 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 4,034 | 4.8230 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 1,772 | 4.8240 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 9,293 | 4.8250 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 11,572 | 4.8260 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 3,101 | 4.8270 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 3,267 | 4.8275 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 20,451 | 4.8280 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 11,537 | 4.8290 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 10,480 | 4.8300 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 94 | 4.8305 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 9,969 | 4.8310 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 2,911 | 4.8320 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 3,930 | 4.8330 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 5,680 | 4.8340 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 15,709 | 4.8350 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 3,141 | 4.8360 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 2,011 | 4.8370 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 605 | 4.8380 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 1,586 | 4.8390 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 6,519 | 4.8400 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 1,150 | 4.8410 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 593 | 4.8415 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 7,004 | 4.8420 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 19,426 | 4.8430 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 327 | 4.8435 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 9,352 | 4.8440 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 991 | 4.8450 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 408 | 4.8455 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 5,736 | 4.8460 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 1,130 | 4.8470 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 1,078 | 4.8480 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 2,214 | 4.8485 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 10,106 | 4.8490 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 4,576 | 4.8495 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 15,515 | 4.8500 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 2,441 | 4.8510 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 6,070 | 4.8520 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 2,486 | 4.8530 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 5,420 | 4.8540 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 2,461 | 4.8550 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 4,645 | 4.8555 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 3,457 | 4.8560 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 100 | 4.8565 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 6,771 | 4.8570 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 4,491 | 4.8580 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 67 | 4.8590 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 20,291 | 4.8595 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 8,105 | 4.8600 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 331 | 4.8610 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 4,118 | 4.8620 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 400 | 4.8625 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 3,561 | 4.8630 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 376 | 4.8635 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 7,230 | 4.8640 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 3,835 | 4.8650 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 474 | 4.8660 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 789 | 4.8670 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 158 | 4.8680 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 2,461 | 4.8700 GBP |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 40 | 12.3424 USD |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 35 | 12.3500 USD |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 26 | 12.3600 USD |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 1,512 | 12.3656 USD |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 116 | 12.3696 USD |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 986 | 12.3700 USD |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 206 | 12.3950 USD |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 623 | 12.4000 USD |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 94 | 12.4050 USD |
| Common | Sell Transaction | 25 | 12.4100 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 short position | 41 | 4.8140 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 789 | 4.8208 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 42,011 | 4.8230 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 2,926 | 4.8258 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 4,904 | 4.8263 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 13,182 | 4.8280 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Increasing short position | 13,182 | 4.8280 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 36,859 | 4.8315 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 24,146 | 4.8320 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Increasing short position | 21,032 | 4.8326 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 15,408 | 4.8328 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 11,602 | 4.8332 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 2,738 | 4.8365 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 8,285 | 4.8378 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 18,777 | 4.8397 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Increasing short position | 8,156 | 4.8421 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 14,761 | 4.8436 GBP |
| Common | CFD | Increasing short position | 39,555 | 4.8458 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) |
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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" |
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None
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(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" |
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None
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(c) Attachments
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO |
| Date of disclosure: | 3 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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
*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.
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