Company Announcements

Form 8.3 - AVIVA PLC

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 9080F
Barclays PLC
23 April 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:

22 Apr 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:

12,776,557

0.48%

15,640,456

0.58%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

14,600,115

0.55%

10,532,089

0.39%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

225,363

0.01%

 

 TOTAL:

 

27,376,672

1.02%

26,397,908

0.99%

(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

389,129

5.3454  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

324,788

5.3820  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

185,261

5.3801  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

94,374

5.3719  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

46,923

5.3282  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

42,534

5.3716  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

36,850

5.3269  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

30,499

5.2602  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

29,794

5.3452  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

24,013

5.3823  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

20,440

5.2879  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

19,106

5.2914  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

15,600

5.3480  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

10,579

5.3811  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

8,400

5.3609  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

8,237

5.3387  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

7,806

5.3481  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

7,367

5.3688  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

6,894

5.3675  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

6,642

5.3360  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

6,584

5.3380  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

6,004

5.3747  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

5,491

5.3640  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

5,399

5.2944  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

5,397

5.3557  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

4,821

5.3431  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

4,593

5.3828  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

4,584

5.3679  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

4,104

5.3748  GBP

ADR

Purchase

3,802

14.4999  USD

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

3,493

5.3460  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

3,360

5.3638  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

3,276

5.3689  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

3,260

5.3592  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,726

5.3642  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,697

5.3505  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,560

5.3617  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,411

5.3700  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,405

5.3581  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,300

5.3388  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,023

5.3645  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,970

5.2534  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,965

5.3732  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,722

5.3082  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,637

5.3623  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,365

5.3521  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,244

5.3520  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,165

5.3596  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,148

5.3440  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,088

5.3580  GBP

ADR

Purchase

1,060

14.5600  USD

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

860

5.3660  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

823

5.2960  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

367

5.2660  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

342

5.2920  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

251

5.3500  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

235

5.2580  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

232

5.3740  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

179

5.2840  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

101

5.2800  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

59

5.2940  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

28

5.2680  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

9

5.3720  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

959,088

5.3770  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

320,324

5.3820  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

240,236

5.3795  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

225,478

5.3700  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

147,910

5.3542  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

135,802

5.3510  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

127,685

5.3184  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

91,630

5.3572  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

72,435

5.3641  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

57,094

5.3629  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

54,140

5.3534  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

45,669

5.3819  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

38,739

5.3335  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

33,602

5.3577  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

23,364

5.3486  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

22,228

5.2610  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

19,088

5.3562  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

15,810

5.3811  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

15,670

5.3514  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

15,118

5.3546  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

14,588

5.3324  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

14,437

5.3527  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

12,428

5.3215  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

12,278

5.3564  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

11,162

5.3511  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

8,700

5.3521  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

7,183

5.2673  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

6,026

5.3701  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

5,997

5.3640  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

4,912

5.3537  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

4,716

5.3000  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

4,418

5.3580  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

4,208

5.3585  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

4,183

5.3582  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

3,838

5.3538  GBP

ADR

Sale

3,802

14.4999  USD

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

3,548

5.3565  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

3,504

5.3540  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

3,493

5.3460  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

2,951

5.3617  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

2,678

5.3292  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,682

5.3645  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,610

5.2540  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,499

5.3229  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,244

5.3520  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,148

5.3440  GBP

ADR

Sale

1,060

14.5600  USD

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,041

5.3489  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

860

5.3660  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

742

5.3480  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

367

5.2660  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

251

5.3500  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

235

5.2580  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

232

5.3740  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

153

5.3710  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

134

5.2820  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

94

5.3583  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

76

5.3421  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

28

5.2680  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

9

5.3720  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

12,428

5.3215  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

38,739

5.3335  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,041

5.3489  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

135,802

5.3510  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,162

5.3511  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

46,700

5.3523  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

816

5.3527  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

89,929

5.3542  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

88,265

5.3543  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

46,350

5.3545  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

53,502

5.3546  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,088

5.3562  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33,602

5.3577  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

112,896

5.3584  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

32,474

5.3599  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,654

5.3671  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33,400

5.3780  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

417,531

5.3792  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

32,233

5.3807  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,810

5.3811  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

160,746

5.3817  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

49,609

5.3819  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

323,043

5.3820  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

40,713

5.2802  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

179

5.2840  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,505

5.2924  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,399

5.2944  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,187

5.3033  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,722

5.3082  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

36,850

5.3269  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,642

5.3360  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,459

5.3453  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,405

5.3581  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,044

5.3592  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,023

5.3645  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,912

5.3716  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,004

5.3747  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,104

5.3748  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,868

5.3797  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,198

5.3810  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

218,534

5.3820  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

24,013

5.3823  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,593

5.3828  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,300

5.3430  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

51,100

5.3820  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

18,684

5.3552  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

35,052

5.3561  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

67,852

5.3621  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

3,802

5.3712  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

28,001

5.3815  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,286

5.2543  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,464

5.2597  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

120

5.2944  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

26,474

5.3624  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

7,158

5.3685  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:

23 Apr 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

-120,792

5.3305

European

06-Jun-26

32 17/19p ordinary

Call Options

Written

-104,571

5.3176

European

05-Jun-26









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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