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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Aviva plc.

    29 May 2025 10:40:48
  • Source: Sharecast
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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
29 May 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:

28 May 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

PURCHASES

2,336,856

6.2220 GBP

6.1000 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SALES

5,069,106

6.2220 GBP

6.0991 GBP

 

(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

1,688

6.0991 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

18

6.1000 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

6,024

6.1000 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

127

6.1000 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

189,811

6.1000 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

3,077

6.1007 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

10,728

6.1011 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

11,139

6.1012 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

89,700

6.1046 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

46,511

6.1052 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

52,558

6.1052 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

664

6.1079 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

3,500

6.1086 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

27

6.1142 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

2,194

6.1147 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

4,515

6.1149 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

48,243

6.1181 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

5,526

6.1181 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

735

6.1199 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

716

6.1199 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

414,364

6.1202 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

741

6.1202 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

118,462

6.1202 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

136,274

6.1202 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

5,084

6.1202 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

59,445

6.1202 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

142,705

6.1202 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

13,174

6.1202 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,398

6.1202 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

4,249

6.1304 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

965

6.1350 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,140

6.1354 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

17,013

6.1382 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

7,893

6.1406 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

5,562

6.1475 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

7,005

6.1687 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,785

6.1869 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

25,081

6.1005 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

35

6.1005 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

125

6.1005 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,197

6.1008 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

20,617

6.1035 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

800

6.1631 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

12,372

6.1000 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

6,935

6.1000 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

16,763

6.1000 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,018

6.1000 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

97,394

6.1000 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

10,702

6.1000 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

4,059

6.1000 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

13,588

6.1000 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,302

6.1001 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

4,742

6.1008 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

3,583

6.1008 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

7,317

6.1008 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

657

6.1012 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

2,530

6.1024 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

717

6.1034 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

16,383

6.1035 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

215

6.1040 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

168

6.1040 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,950

6.1056 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

54,588

6.1089 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

15,309

6.1112 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

58,604

6.1234 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

16,052

6.1281 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,479

6.1306 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

79,582

6.1308 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

19,070

6.1409 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

13,655

6.1439 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

4,462

6.1439 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

515

6.1470 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

208

6.1486 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

45,034

6.1506 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

3,099

6.1786 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

5,936

6.1786 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2

6.1000 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

46,135

6.1014 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

11,466

6.1119 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

684

6.1147 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

255

6.1289 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2,600

6.1463 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

488

6.1484 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2,820

6.1502 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2,015,549

6.2020 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2,722

6.2055 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

536

6.2075 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:

29 May 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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