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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Aviva plc

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 8382F
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
23 April 2025
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Aviva plc

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

Direct Line Insurance Group plc

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

22 April 2025

(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

YES-Direct Line Insurance Group plc

 

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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

Purchases/ sales

 

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

32 17/19p ordinary

SALES

3,285,999

5.3820 GBP

5.2540 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

PURCHASES

2,138,585

5.3831 GBP

5.2537 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SALES

93,610

6.2696 EUR

6.2696 EUR

 

(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

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

3,400

5.3035 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

2,600

5.3035 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

300

5.3035 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

4,387

5.3035 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

23,293

5.3035 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

286,700

5.3445 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

67

5.3520 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

4,942

5.3521 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

6,735

5.3568 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

18,060

5.3580 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

312,734

5.3610 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

67,173

5.3662 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,553

5.3714 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

9,270

5.3742 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

41,736

5.3797 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

2,572

5.3809 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

21,158

5.3817 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

95,365

5.3820 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

672

5.3820 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

5,622

5.3029 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

63,663

5.3222 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,218

5.3338 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

981

5.3430 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

8,177

5.3517 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,674

5.3517 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

18,686

5.3559 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

6,405

5.3596 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

511

5.3628 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,316

5.3672 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

27,183

5.3697 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,663

5.3703 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

14,266

5.3703 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

503

5.3820 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

4,535

5.3820 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

10,600

5.3820 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,077

5.3821 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

4,199

5.3822 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

10,935

5.3480 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

112,832

5.3498 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,338

5.3517 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

437

5.3517 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

220

5.3614 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

132,556

5.3614 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

66

5.3659 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

4,882

5.3679 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,538

5.3679 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,938

5.3679 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

11,614

5.3679 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

3,803

5.3747 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,422

5.3820 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

23

5.3822 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

855

5.3831 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

5,622

5.2780 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

3,410

5.2963 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

3,218

5.3347 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,983

5.3380 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2,300

5.3388 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

4,565

5.3392 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

5,504

5.3485 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1

5.3520 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

3,261

5.3521 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

177,417

5.3552 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

4,535

5.3560 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

151

5.3576 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

461

5.3576 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

20,855

5.3586 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

47,811

5.3598 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

38,550

5.3668 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

169

5.3717 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

5,490

5.3719 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

18,008

5.3760 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

11,516

5.3771 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

93,610

5.3788 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

42,311

5.3810 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

251,548

5.3820 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

10,602

5.3820 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

258

5.3820 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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(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)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

3.         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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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

 

 

 

Date of disclosure:

23 April 2025
Contact name:

Craig Horsley
Telephone number:

+44 141 245-7736

 

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 dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

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

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