Form 8.3 - AVIVA PLC, 25 Mar 2025 15:03

25 March 2025, 15:03

Source - LSE Regulatory

RNS Number : 1127C

Barclays PLC

25 March 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:			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 relevant securities this form relates:			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:			24 Mar 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?			YES: 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:				14,548,849	0.54%	15,565,694	0.58%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				14,574,380	0.54%	9,066,226	0.34%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	225,365	0.01%
TOTAL:				29,123,229	1.09%	24,857,285	0.93%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	356,400	5.5775 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	200,663	5.5760 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	199,652	5.5765 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	168,826	5.5909 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	137,808	5.5764 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	134,860	5.5860 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	98,430	5.5936 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	92,400	5.5798 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	85,408	5.5788 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	72,904	5.5937 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	34,893	5.5763 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	31,126	5.5855 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	29,866	5.5859 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	23,389	5.5946 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	17,810	5.5807 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	16,482	5.5930 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	15,806	5.5948 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	14,725	5.5969 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	13,187	5.5914 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	11,784	5.5957 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	8,084	5.6023 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7,750	5.5900 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7,000	5.5877 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,488	5.5952 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,894	5.6020 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,541	5.5970 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,217	5.6000 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,690	5.5780 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,586	5.5940 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,405	5.5915 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,384	5.5950 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,324	5.5984 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,268	5.6071 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,012	5.5820 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,007	5.5960 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	985	5.6052 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	980	5.6022 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	936	5.6040 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	666	5.6080 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	664	5.5996 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	558	5.6100 GBP
ADR	Purchase	516	14.6500 USD
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	510	5.5640 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	384	5.5560 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	351	5.5920 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	304	5.5580 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	279	5.6120 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	228	5.5986 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	222	5.5880 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	192	5.5910 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	17	5.5995 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	576,636	5.5770 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	380,552	5.5760 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	164,951	5.5873 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	80,626	5.5798 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	80,552	5.5900 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	66,697	5.5850 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	64,572	5.5982 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	58,284	5.5790 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	54,236	5.5867 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	51,583	5.5892 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	42,053	5.5880 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	35,520	5.5879 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	20,733	5.5829 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	19,510	5.5919 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	18,071	5.6020 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	17,242	5.5943 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	12,924	5.5836 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	12,266	5.5800 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	9,784	5.5976 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	8,915	5.5748 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	8,876	5.5751 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	8,226	5.5749 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	7,817	5.5997 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6,801	5.5759 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,324	5.5875 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,901	5.5778 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,881	5.5705 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,690	5.5780 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,609	5.5818 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,478	5.5840 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,198	5.5600 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,012	5.5820 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	857	5.5924 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	690	5.5870 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	679	5.5960 GBP
ADR	Sale	516	14.6500 USD
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	515	5.5845 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	510	5.5640 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	384	5.5560 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	351	5.5920 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	304	5.5580 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	273	5.6000 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	215	5.5985 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	128	5.5940 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	68	5.5871 GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security	Product description	Nature of dealing	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,915	5.5748 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,876	5.5751 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,801	5.5759 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	198,685	5.5760 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	205,000	5.5796 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	82,179	5.5798 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,915	5.5804 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	20,733	5.5829 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	83,605	5.5873 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	20,698	5.5876 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	35,520	5.5879 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,485	5.5882 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	52,069	5.5892 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	41,532	5.5902 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	37,938	5.5913 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,075	5.5942 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	9,784	5.5976 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	48,381	5.5982 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	19,933	5.5997 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,797	5.5760 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	182,687	5.5762 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	137,808	5.5764 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	37,448	5.5792 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,887	5.5817 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	31,126	5.5855 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	29,866	5.5859 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	134,860	5.5860 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	14,536	5.5889 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,600	5.5899 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	94,218	5.5936 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	72,904	5.5937 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	949	5.5940 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,615	5.5941 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	23,389	5.5946 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,488	5.5952 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	664	5.5996 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,622	5.6009 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,378	5.5802 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	526	5.5756 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	1,024	5.5795 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	7,742	5.5924 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	225	5.5743 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	20,939	5.5764 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	135,266	5.5765 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	516	5.5923 GBP

(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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	Option money paid/ received per unit


(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if 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 person 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:				25 Mar 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213


SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)
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 are being disclosed:				Barclays PLC.
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this from relates:				AVIVA PLC

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	-120,785	5.3305	European	06-Jun-25
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-104,580	5.3176	European	05-Jun-25

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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