9 Jun 2025 16:02
FORM 8.3 Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 8706L published at 15:20 on 06/06/2025, changes made to section 2A | |||||||
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 shortΒ positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | Β | |||||
(c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whoseΒ relevant securities this form relates: | AVIVA PLC | |||||
(d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with anΒ offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity ofΒ offeror/offeree: | Β | |||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 05 Jun 2025 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser makingΒ disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | YES:Β 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 offereeΒ 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: | 7,083,599 | 0.26% | 15,706,861 | 0.59% | |||
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: | 14,446,679 | 0.53% | 5,990,321 | 0.22% | |||
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:Β | 0 | 0.00% | 120,786 | 0.00% | |||
TOTAL:Β | 21,530,278 | 0.79% | 21,817,968 | 0.81% | |||
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors andΒ other executive options) | ||||||
Class of relevant security in relation toΒ which subscription right exists | |||||||
Details, including nature of the rightsΒ concerned and relevant percentages: | |||||||
3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Purchase and sales | ||||||
Class of relevantΒ security | Purchase/sale | Number ofΒ securities | Price per unit | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 551,959 | 6.1560 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 215,497 | 6.1559 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 157,322 | 6.1241 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 65,670 | 6.1161 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 65,605 | 6.1393 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 60,900 | 6.1350 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 33,205 | 6.1250 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 32,107 | 6.1227 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 29,647 | 6.1007 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 23,156 | 6.1551 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 11,231 | 6.1548 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 10,177 | 6.1221 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 9,374 | 6.1206 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 7,511 | 6.1259 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 5,103 | 6.1275 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 4,418 | 6.1239 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 4,088 | 6.1520 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 3,132 | 5.3176 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 2,775 | 6.1256 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 2,591 | 6.1282 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,816 | 6.1100 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,775 | 6.1312 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,653 | 6.1165 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,628 | 6.1364 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,518 | 6.1090 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,368 | 6.1280 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,136 | 6.1218 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 1,057 | 6.1076 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 949 | 6.1252 GBP | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 936 | 16.8058 USD | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 842 | 6.1346 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 653 | 6.1180 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 600 | 6.1133 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 521 | 6.1220 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 494 | 6.1080 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 486 | 6.0757 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 313 | 6.1207 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 100 | 6.1240 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 54 | 6.1085 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 17 | 6.1278 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 14 | 6.1160 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Purchase | 7 | 6.1200 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 341,196 | 6.0961 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 242,488 | 6.1501 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 186,867 | 6.1560 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 99,449 | 6.1457 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 60,282 | 6.1572 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 26,988 | 6.1408 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 16,563 | 6.1544 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 16,074 | 6.1176 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 13,746 | 6.1101 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 11,561 | 6.1117 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 11,465 | 6.1060 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 10,189 | 6.1236 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 9,454 | 6.1107 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 9,365 | 6.1477 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 7,750 | 6.1000 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 5,668 | 6.1137 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 5,257 | 6.1349 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 4,778 | 6.1329 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 4,523 | 6.1172 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 3,889 | 6.1569 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 3,412 | 6.1286 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 3,244 | 6.1545 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 3,192 | 6.1160 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 2,726 | 6.0966 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 2,252 | 6.1480 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 2,000 | 6.1280 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,973 | 6.1241 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,704 | 6.1038 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,624 | 6.1220 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,540 | 6.1134 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,347 | 6.0870 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 1,283 | 6.0960 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 974 | 6.1285 GBP | ||||
ADR | Sale | 936 | 16.8058 USD | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 931 | 6.1093 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 860 | 6.1126 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 824 | 6.1290 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 610 | 6.1226 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 447 | 6.1340 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 336 | 6.1317 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 333 | 6.0800 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 325 | 6.1106 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 325 | 6.1100 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 204 | 6.1250 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 133 | 6.1102 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 30 | 6.1397 GBP | ||||
32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 2 | 6.1140 GBP | ||||
(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions | ||||||
Class ofΒ relevantΒ security | Product description | Nature of dealing | Number ofΒ referenceΒ securities | Price perΒ unit | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 333 | 6.0800 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,347 | 6.0870 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 341,196 | 6.0961 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 931 | 6.1093 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 13,746 | 6.1101 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 133 | 6.1102 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 11,561 | 6.1117 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 860 | 6.1126 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,668 | 6.1137 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 10,489 | 6.1158 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,704 | 6.1172 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,770 | 6.1268 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 974 | 6.1284 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,412 | 6.1286 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 824 | 6.1290 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,778 | 6.1329 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,971 | 6.1442 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 130,328 | 6.1477 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 36,028 | 6.1483 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,316 | 6.1487 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,227 | 6.1519 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 16,563 | 6.1544 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,244 | 6.1545 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,377 | 6.1550 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 9,250 | 6.1551 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 918 | 6.0811 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 109 | 6.0880 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 100 | 6.0980 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 535 | 6.1046 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,058 | 6.1053 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 13,828 | 6.1075 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,560 | 6.1170 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 18,603 | 6.1211 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,136 | 6.1218 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,814 | 6.1220 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 30,631 | 6.1227 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 157,322 | 6.1241 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,775 | 6.1256 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 26,164 | 6.1258 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 60,900 | 6.1350 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,628 | 6.1364 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,643 | 6.1377 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 33,214 | 6.1521 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 481,665 | 6.1560 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 14,597 | 6.1572 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,512 | 6.1778 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 500 | 6.1300 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 75 | 6.0816 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 925 | 6.0866 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 3,062 | 6.0875 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 17,460 | 6.1237 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 15,088 | 6.1479 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 43,760 | 6.1555 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 12,116 | 6.1321 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 11,847 | 6.1382 GBP | |||
32 17/19p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 3,062 | 6.1564 GBP | |||
(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactionsΒ (including options) | ||||||
(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying | ||||||
ClassΒ ofΒ relevantΒ security | ProductΒ description | Writing,Β purchasing,Β selling,Β varying etc | NumberΒ ofΒ securitiesΒ to whichΒ optionΒ relates | ExerciseΒ priceΒ per unit | Type | ExpiryΒ date | OptionΒ moneyΒ paid/Β receivedΒ per unit |
(ii) | Exercising | Β | |||||
Class of relevantΒ security | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number ofΒ securities | Exercise price perΒ unit | |||
(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing forΒ new securities) | ||||||
Class of relevantΒ security | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (ifΒ applicable) | ||||
4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements | ||||||
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,Β formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to dealΒ or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any partyΒ to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: | |||||||
NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options orΒ derivatives | ||||||
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, betweenΒ the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:Β (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; orΒ (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to whichΒ any derivative is referenced: | |||||||
NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments | Β | |||||
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | YES | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 09 Jun 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
Β | |||||||
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/dealingsΒ are being disclosed: | Barclays PLC. | ||||||
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whoseΒ relevant securities this from relates: | AVIVA PLC | ||||||
Β | |||||||
2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES | |||||||
ClassΒ ofΒ relevantΒ security | ProductΒ description | Writing,Β purchasing,Β selling,Β varying etc | NumberΒ ofΒ securitiesΒ to whichΒ optionΒ relates | ExerciseΒ priceΒ per unit | Type | ExpiryΒ date | |
32 17/19p ordinary | Call Options | Written | -120,786 | 5.3305 | European | 6-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: | |||||||
Β | |||||||
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