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Societe Generale SA

20 May 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	19/05/2025
(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:	40,910,175	1.53	55,604,533	2.08
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	18,512,255	0.69	348,503	0.01
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	59,422,430	2.22	55,953,036	2.09

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	2,349	5.88293
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	326	5.9189
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,094	5.882
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	861	5.864
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	861	5.866
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,014	5.866
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	14,608	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	123	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	499	5.882
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	595	5.882
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,094	5.882
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,470	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	324	5.883
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	342	5.899
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,684	5.885
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,824	5.901
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,553	5.896
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	142	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	155	5.852
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	260	5.852
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	267	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	347	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	371	5.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	415	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	424	5.892
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	448	5.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	954	5.9
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	8	5.898
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	14	5.898
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	16	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	17	5.892
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	23	5.892
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	24	5.882
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	39	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	43	5.888
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	65	5.882
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	90	5.878
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	90	5.896
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	99	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	111	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	123	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	5.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	5.888
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	166	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	169	5.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	186	5.872
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	222	5.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	234	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	243	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	255	5.872
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	350	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	351	5.858
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	365	5.864
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	368	5.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	376	5.892
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	399	5.89
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	405	5.878
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	429	5.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	430	5.878
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	431	5.878
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	431	5.882
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	435	5.878
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	444	5.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	445	5.88
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	461	5.878
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	477	5.882
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	481	5.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	482	5.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	483	5.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	496	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	560	5.86
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	567	5.88
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	567	5.9
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	572	5.9
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	578	5.894
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	606	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	622	5.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	627	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	691	5.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	699	5.896
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	728	5.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	771	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	821	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	835	5.9
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,342	5.898
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,684	5.888
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,684	5.89
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,684	5.898
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	76	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	131	5.862
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	330	5.862
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	442	5.9
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	486	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	539	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,422	5.898
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	46	5.892
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	89	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	186	5.852
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	186	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	197	5.862
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	208	5.882
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	213	5.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	276	5.868
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	286	5.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	313	5.88
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	324	5.88
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	340	5.864
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	344	5.88
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	355	5.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	387	5.862
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	442	5.88
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	458	5.868
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	498	5.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	509	5.882
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	552	5.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	559	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	569	5.852
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	569	5.88
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	569	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	605	5.864
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	608	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	643	5.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	744	5.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	752	5.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	800	5.864
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	803	5.852
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	823	5.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	830	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	850	5.898
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	857	5.882
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	872	5.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	970	5.892
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	982	5.882
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	993	5.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,183	5.896
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,200	5.852
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,220	5.878
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,220	5.878
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,220	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,318	5.88
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,352	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,409	5.906
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,482	5.882
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,482	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,482	5.89
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,492	5.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,527	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,599	5.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,670	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,079	5.862
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,241	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,408	5.88
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,809	5.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,975	5.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,213	5.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,766	5.872
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	253	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	448	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	545	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	546	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	583	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,316	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,566	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,887	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,288	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,470	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6,316	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6,953	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	7,359	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	7,444	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	8,755	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	9,624	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	10,139	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	10,940	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	10,940	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	11,479	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	13,574	5.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	14,608	5.918

(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	Increasing a short position	2,349	5.88293
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	326	5.9189
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	123	5.918

(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:	20/05/2025
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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