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Societe Generale SA

28 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:	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	25/04/2025
(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:	40,154,103	1.50	45,915,830	1.71
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	16,618,701	0.62	5,347,296	0.20
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	56,772,804	2.12	51,263,126	1.91

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	22,938	5.43401
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,802,693	5.416
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	12,311	5.43909
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	9	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	26	5.412
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	79	5.422
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	94	5.422
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	245	5.412
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	364	5.412
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	426	5.412
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	432	5.412
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	459	5.412
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	489	5.422
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	668	5.412
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	62	5.419
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	121	5.419
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,184	5.42
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,215	5.408
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,245	5.387
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	5.379
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7	5.42
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7	5.42
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	32	5.386
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	68	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	92	5.386
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	101	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	143	5.386
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	156	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	176	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	179	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	191	5.42
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	194	5.386
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	234	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	238	5.39
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	239	5.39
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	240	5.386
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	277	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	569	5.42
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	17	5.418
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	65	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	65	5.404
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	109	5.41
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	140	5.422
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	168	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	168	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	190	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	190	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	211	5.41
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	214	5.41
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	231	5.394
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	232	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	253	5.378
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	265	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	289	5.394
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	303	5.41
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	306	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	313	5.408
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	316	5.378
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	332	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	337	5.404
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	353	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	371	5.422
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	378	5.408
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	401	5.422
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	404	5.394
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	417	5.43
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	439	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	456	5.396
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	464	5.412
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	468	5.422
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	469	5.42
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	472	5.416
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	473	5.408
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	485	5.414
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	512	5.408
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	520	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	531	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	587	5.41
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	611	5.414
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	652	5.396
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	656	5.396
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	731	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	750	5.42
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	750	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	810	5.404
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	5.418
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	5.42
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	117	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	134	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	162	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	183	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	191	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	237	5.39
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	237	5.39
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	328	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	600	5.396
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2	5.42
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	330	5.384
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	374	5.418
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	397	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	400	5.416
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	419	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	428	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	545	5.418
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	656	5.394
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	709	5.416
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	867	5.42
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	873	5.396
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	898	5.418
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	925	5.416
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	946	5.41
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	946	5.412
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	978	5.414
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	982	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,077	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,112	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,131	5.43
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,236	5.384
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,256	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,300	5.396
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,382	5.416
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,384	5.414
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,450	5.41
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,464	5.416
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,683	5.422
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,716	5.394
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,053	5.408
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,352	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,361	5.418
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,362	5.414
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,364	5.412
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,365	5.414
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,366	5.406
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,367	5.404
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,369	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,370	5.398
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,371	5.396
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,371	5.396
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,376	5.386
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,376	5.386
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,376	5.386
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,378	5.384
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,379	5.384
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,381	5.378
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,452	5.412
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,453	5.41
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,461	5.394
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,463	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,654	5.386
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	194	5.38228
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,239	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	535	5.38493
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,865	5.392
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	760	5.414
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	749	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,154	5.392
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	249	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	566	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	616	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,325	5.396
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,419	5.392
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,684	5.43
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	482	5.414
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	532	5.428
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	715	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	60	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	173	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	328	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	400	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	607	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	814	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,141	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,489	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,781	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,889	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,067	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,375	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,402	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,588	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,068	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,105	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,111	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,106	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6,899	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	7,048	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	7,507	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	7,507	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	9,268	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	10,940	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	10,940	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	13,973	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	11,724	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,239	5.438

(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	Reducing a long position	22,938	5.43401474
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	12,311	5.43908781
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	9	5.4388157
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,802,693	5.416
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	91	5.3825337191
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	444	5.3825337191

(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:	28/04/2025
Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6969

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 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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