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Societe Generale SA

12 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	11/06/2025
(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:	43,480,546	1.61	62,325,982	2.20
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	18,585,823	0.69	420,939	0.02
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	62,066,369	2.32	62,746,921	2.34

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	500	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	349	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	517	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	29	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	295	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	33	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	19	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	361	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	566	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	552	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,258	6.128
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,209	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,743	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	8,432	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,260	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,314	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6,739	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	316	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	486	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	522	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	457	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	34	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	448	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	504	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	617	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	289	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	508	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	646	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	827	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	859	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,461	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	716	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	570	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	801	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	805	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	110	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,077	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,118	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,105	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,788	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,849	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	827	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,922	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,071	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	791	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	487	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	32	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	81	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	78	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	33	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	45	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	58	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7,282	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,147	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	11,045	6.145229
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	887	6.13584
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	32	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	32	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,748	6.1545833
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	112	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,461	6.128
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	506	6.122
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	661	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	364	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	159	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,513	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	277	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	804	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,004	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	198	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	920	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	86	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	464	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	353	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	173	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	215	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	391	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	198	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	148	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	67	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	317	6.122
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	795	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,683	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,662	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	513	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	62	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	72	6.123
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	546	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	728	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,251	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	820	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	875	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,289	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	597	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	400	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	680	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	927	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	165	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	105	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	584	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,396	6.124
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6,795	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,479	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,004	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	92	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,125	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	586	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	474	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	55	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	32	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	34	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	32	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	81	6.142
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	39	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	16	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	272	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	49	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	33	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	9	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,147	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	78	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	572	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	932	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	556	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,105	6.128
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	369	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	576	6.152
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	284	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,155	6.128
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	560	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	852	6.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	232	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,674	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	657	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	282	6.16
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	873	6.148
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	811	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	305	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,148	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,224	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	928	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	262	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	690	6.128
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	440	6.128
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,140	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	892	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	590	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	690	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	216	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	442	6.128
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,120	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	873	6.128
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	815	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	590	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	558	6.128
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	568	6.13
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	303	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	876	6.128
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	897	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,058	6.136
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	586	6.132
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	897	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	927	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	882	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	388	6.146
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	446	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	180	6.144
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	288	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,105	6.14
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,100	6.138
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	852	6.126
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	932	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	223	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	574	6.134
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	558	6.154
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	291	6.154

(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	887	6.135842
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,748	6.154583272
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11,045	6.14522861
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7,609	6.144902409
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	652	6.138398121

(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:	12/06/2025
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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