Form 8.3 - Aviva plc.


    04 June 2025 23:06:26
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 4140L
Societe Generale SA
04 June 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

03/06/2025

(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:

42,593,017

1.59

58,875,095

2.20

(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:

 

18,654,039

0.70

420,939

0.02

(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00

0

0.00

TOTAL:

61,247,056

2.29

59,296,034

2.21

   

 

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

200

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

41

6.208

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

362

6.208

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

691

6.208

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,094

6.208

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,188

6.212

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,718

6.198

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

4,020

6.201

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

4

6.152

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

36

6.174

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

63

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

79

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

83

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

90

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

91

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

93

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

108

6.152

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

110

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

114

6.188

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

119

6.18

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

123

6.18

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

134

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

136

6.152

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

137

6.176

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

142

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

144

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

150

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

150

6.18

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

153

6.152

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

156

6.178

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

158

6.18

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

161

6.178

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

164

6.18

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

168

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

180

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

193

6.152

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

237

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

255

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

300

6.164

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

300

6.168

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

300

6.188

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

318

6.152

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

349

6.188

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

413

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

413

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

423

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

430

6.18

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

456

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

483

6.182

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

512

6.176

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

517

6.176

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

550

6.166

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

588

6.152

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

594

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

599

6.202

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

608

6.164

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

631

6.152

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

684

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

764

6.168

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

800

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

802

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

830

6.17

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

863

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

898

6.174

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,054

6.176

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,057

6.192

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,203

6.176

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,205

6.194

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,223

6.176

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,238

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,331

6.192

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,363

6.188

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,364

6.152

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,378

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,385

6.176

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,508

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,546

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,554

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,684

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,684

6.174

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,684

6.178

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,684

6.178

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

5

6.176

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

417

6.174

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

417

6.198

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

492

6.178

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

509

6.192

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

520

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

617

6.178

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

626

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

672

6.164

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

724

6.154

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

749

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

753

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

786

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

828

6.18

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

998

6.154

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,472

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,584

6.176

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,660

6.152

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

158

6.182

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

340

6.182

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

340

6.196

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

502

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

557

6.166

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

870

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

898

6.18

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,225

6.168

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,302

6.154

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

3

6.174

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

6

6.174

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

257

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

259

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

329

6.194

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

340

6.194

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

355

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

376

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

378

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

384

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

386

6.176

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

453

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

491

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

525

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

542

6.196

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

552

6.174

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

553

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

621

6.182

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

721

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

814

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

850

6.182

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

978

6.176

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,095

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,370

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,461

6.174

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,461

6.176

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,461

6.194

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,461

6.196

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,697

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

306

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

178

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

154

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

168

6.148

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

307

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

165

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

196

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

988

6.16

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

165

6.148

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

622

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

836

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

256

6.154

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

158

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

979

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

168

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

167

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

352

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

210

6.154

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

158

6.148

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

284

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

320

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

153

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

216

6.16

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

787

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

95

6.18

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

220,900

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

246,719

6.19066

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

324

6.18

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

213

6.208

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

881

6.208

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

3,282

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,095

6.16

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

532

6.186

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,026

6.184

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,394

6.196

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,461

6.186

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,461

6.188

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,503

6.194

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,564

6.188

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,716

6.188

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,837

6.17

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,858

6.188

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,958

6.172

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

2,056

6.16

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

2,122

6.166

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

321

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

810

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,302

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,552

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

2,735

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

3,555

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

5,470

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

5,840

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

6,828

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

8,181

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

9,579

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

10,600

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

10,940

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

10,940

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

12,752

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

14,392

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

15,601

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

15,837

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

16,662

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

29,359

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

36,176

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

40,971

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

71,409

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

220,900

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

306

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

599

6.151

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

682

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

800

6.151

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

697

6.147

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

280

6.152

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

618

6.151

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

890

6.159

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

210

6.16

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

154

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

238

6.154

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

321

6.152

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

307

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

165

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

178

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

988

6.16

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

168

6.148

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

196

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

748

6.145

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

622

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

241

6.152

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

683

6.144

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

836

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

979

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

256

6.154

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

991

6.145

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

958

6.157

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

158

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

165

6.148

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

168

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

313

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

158

6.148

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

771

6.149

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

352

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

278

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

167

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

210

6.154

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

617

6.153

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

677

6.154

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

284

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

222

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

311

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

318

6.152

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

720

6.155

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

192

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

977

6.149

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

220

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

320

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

255

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

787

6.156

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

216

6.16

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

153

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

320

6.146

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

240

6.158

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

680

6.151

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

684

6.15

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

239

6.16

 

 

(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

200

6.162

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

246,719

6.19066

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

324

6.18

 

(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)

 

 

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

 

 

(c)        Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

04/06/2025

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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