Contact us Find us Register
Back to previous section

Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Aviva PLC.

    30 May 2025 23:11:32
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 8203K
GoldmanSachs International
30 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:

(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL

(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:

AVIVA PLC

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

29 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 the offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

YES - disclosing today for 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

758,030

6.1540 GBP

6.0880 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sales

761,769

6.1480 GBP

6.0760 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

13,378

6.0898 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

11,200

6.0967 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

101

6.0984 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

741

6.1001 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

63,088

6.1039 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

6,651

6.1055 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

1,561

6.1075 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1,259

6.1075 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

9,024

6.1078 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

260,094

6.1084 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

763

6.1099 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

600

6.1099 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

4,900

6.1148 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

51

6.1170 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

113

6.1170 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,744

6.1170 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

473

6.1170 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

2,262

6.1183 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

793

6.1186 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

35

6.1203 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

75

6.1203 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,125

6.1203 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

305

6.1203 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,230

6.1207 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

3,485

6.1234 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

3,709

6.1239 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

64

6.1246 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

140

6.1246 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

2,164

6.1246 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

587

6.1246 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

13,273

6.1255 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

6,656

6.1268 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

6,932

6.1270 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

754

6.1285 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

458

6.1289 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

31,078

6.1316 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

3,100

6.1330 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

10,300

6.1330 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

850

6.1340 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

32,795

6.1355 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

91,918

6.1357 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

305

6.1358 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

26

6.1364 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

5,214

6.1374 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

9,125

6.1389 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

12,800

6.1392 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

324

6.1392 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

717

6.1392 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

10,645

6.1392 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

2,886

6.1392 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

2,294

6.1393 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

2,736

6.1402 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

134

6.1403 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

305

6.1403 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

4,678

6.1403 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,268

6.1403 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

57,864

6.1409 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

11,222

6.1411 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

6,134

6.1415 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

62

6.1418 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

136

6.1418 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

2,063

6.1418 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

559

6.1418 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

112,586

6.1419 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

43,500

6.1421 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,087

6.1422 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

295

6.1422 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

1,259

6.1422 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

200

6.1426 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,697

6.1426 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

460

6.1426 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

15

6.1435 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

28

6.1435 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

2,359

6.1435 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

444

6.1436 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

4,799

6.1437 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

550

6.1440 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,086

6.1443 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

294

6.1443 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

10,013

6.1445 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

13,195

6.1448 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

944

6.1453 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

2,086

6.1453 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

29,885

6.1453 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

8,104

6.1453 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

39,302

6.1454 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

9,024

6.1459 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

1,561

6.1460 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

754

6.1460 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

702

6.1468 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

191

6.1468 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

73

6.1470 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing a long position

17

8.2816 USD

 

 

 

(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









 

(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)


 

 



 

 

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:

30 May 2025
Contact name:

Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka
Telephone number:

+33(1) 4212 1459 / +48(22) 317 4817

 

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.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.
 
END
 
 
FERWPUWPAUPAGUU

Compare our accounts

If you're looking to grow your money over the longer term (5+ years), we have a range of investment choices to help.

View our accounts

Halifax is not responsible for the content and accuracy of the Markets News articles. We may not share the views of the author. Understand the risks, please remember the value of your investment can go down as well as up and you may not get back the full amount you invest. We don't provide advice so if you are in any doubt about buying and selling shares or making your own investment decisions we recommend you seek advice from a suitably qualified Financial Advisor. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.