Form 8.3 - Aviva plc, 7 Jan 2025 07:54

07 January 2025, 07:54

Source - LSE Regulatory

RNS Number : 3977S

Societe Generale SA

07 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:	SOCIETE GENERALE SA
(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.
(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:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	06/01/2025
(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:	32 17/19p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	4,491,137	0.17	8,809,928	0.33
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	8,282,654	0.31	364,545	0.01
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	12,773,791	0.48	9,174,473	0.34

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:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

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 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7,503	4.79324
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6,450	4.77848
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	108	4.79181
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6,981	4.79181
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	11,859	4.85873
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	164,290	4.788
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	54,763	4.788
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,499	4.7915
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	19	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	22	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	23	4.802
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	25	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	38	4.802
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	39	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	45	4.8
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	57	4.802
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	61	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	90	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	103	4.769
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	154	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	230	4.802
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	233	4.817
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	296	4.769
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	334	4.838
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	335	4.801
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	336	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	374	4.802
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	388	4.801
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	397	4.769
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	412	4.817
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	433	4.8
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	456	4.838
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	467	4.813
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	495	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	519	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	548	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	550	4.813
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	602	4.786
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	648	4.801
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	700	4.801
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	801	4.838
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	845	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	951	4.838
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	336	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	465	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	516	4.811
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	779	4.802
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	839	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	663	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	683	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,153	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	987	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	163	4.838
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	169	4.838
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	174	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	184	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	255	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	255	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	265	4.838
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	300	4.785
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	330	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	627	4.823
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	839	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	935	4.777
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	955	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	963	4.785
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,015	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,039	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,039	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,041	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,148	4.771
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,173	4.776
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,190	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,312	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,371	4.838
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,373	4.786
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,426	4.775
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,436	4.776
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,524	4.783
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,528	4.777
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,529	4.783
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,547	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,555	4.787
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,559	4.785
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,777	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,843	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,870	4.828
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,912	4.825
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,928	4.827
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	83	4.79819
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	123,760	4.858
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	866	5.8375
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	7,168	4.74258
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	229,745	4.7821
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	33,642	4.7821
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	79,334	4.7821
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	55	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	89	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	49	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	124	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	119	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	52	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	133	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	154	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	96	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	798	4.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	47	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	26	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	7	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	181	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	32	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	82	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	49	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	32	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,476	4.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	866	4.8442
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	15	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	19	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	23	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	24	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	25	4.81
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	26	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	26	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	33	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	34	4.807
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	52	4.807
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	58	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	64	4.81
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	99	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	130	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	130	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	154	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	154	4.816
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	158	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	169	4.809
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.807
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	235	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	235	4.81
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	325	4.81
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	405	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	453	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	453	4.816
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	550	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	607	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	667	4.809
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	681	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	730	4.785
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	821	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	835	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	839	4.785
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	841	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	920	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	931	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,020	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,118	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,220	4.814
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,250	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,350	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,374	4.809
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,470	4.807
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	12	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	109	4.787
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	116	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	164	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	556	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	878	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,155	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	40	4.7925
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	130	4.7945
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	176	4.7925
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,026	4.8305
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,026	4.8305
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,215	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,278	4.7895
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,620	4.829
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	350	4.787
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	235	4.809
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	459	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	463	4.801
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	472	4.809
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	540	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	120	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	125	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	160	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	181	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	232	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	235	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	235	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	235	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	279	4.787
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	281	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	294	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	319	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	326	4.787
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	357	4.787
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	369	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	415	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	419	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	453	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	494	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	527	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	527	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	534	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	566	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	606	4.817
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	734	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	751	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	825	4.809
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	904	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	915	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	982	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,032	4.829
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,032	4.83
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,033	4.826
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,033	4.831
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,034	4.822
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,034	4.827
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,035	4.823
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,035	4.824
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,036	4.813
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,036	4.813
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,037	4.814
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,038	4.808
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,038	4.809
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,038	4.809
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,038	4.81
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,039	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,039	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,040	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,040	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,040	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,040	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,042	4.787
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,043	4.779
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,043	4.78
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,080	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,089	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,128	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,260	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,290	4.809
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,371	4.83
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,564	4.83
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,575	4.792
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,176	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,400	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	52	4.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	457	4.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,765	4.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,080	4.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,803	4.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,981	4.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,481	4.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,979	4.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	10,047	4.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	19,890	4.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	28,497	4.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	123,760	4.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	18,802	4.85807
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	900	5.9

(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 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	7,503	4.79324
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	6,450	4.77848
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	108	4.79181
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	6,981	4.79181
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	11,859	4.85873
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7,168	4.74258
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	229,745	4.7821
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	33,642	4.7821
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	79,334	4.7821
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	55	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	89	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	2	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	49	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	124	4.793
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	119	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	52	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	133	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	154	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	96	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	798	4.858
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	47	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	26	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	7	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	181	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	32	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	82	4.798
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	49	4.794
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	32	4.798

(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

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

Date of disclosure:	07/01/2025
Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6969

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