Form 8.3 - Aviva plc.


    13 June 2025 23:11:08
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Societe Generale SA
13 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

12/06/2025

(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:

43,735,285

1.61

62,670,876

2.20

(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:

 

18,835,944

0.70

420,939

0.02

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

0

0.00

0

0.00

TOTAL:

62,571,229

2.34

63,091,815

2.36

   

 

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

747

6.086

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

542

6.064

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

522

6.036

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

122

6.056

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,147

6.056

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

162

6.05

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

120

6.05

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

55

6.05

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,684

6.036

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

115

6.074

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

471

6.054

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

188

6.056

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

119

6.056

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

541

6.036

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

109

6.036

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

156

6.036

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,541

6.036

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

152

6.054

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

281

6.046

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

143

6.046

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,800

6.056

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

137

6.046

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

7

6.046

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

528

6.046

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

225

6.056

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,327

6.05

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,477

6.074

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,102

6.076

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

913

6.068

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,180

6.068

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,110

6.068

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

267

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

707

6.074

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

30

6.074

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,330

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

219,142

6.091296

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

32,351

6.081216

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

4,421

6.082

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

579

6.082

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

5,821

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

36

6.09

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

72

6.04

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

8,555

6.0804562

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

132

6.066

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

77

6.066

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

70

6.066

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

77

6.066

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

77

6.066

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

105

6.066

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

73

6.066

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

407

6.078

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,237

6.078

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1

6.078

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,126

6.074

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

508

6.082

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

386

6.074

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,331

6.074

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

484

6.074

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

73

6.076

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

580

6.076

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

53

6.076

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

724

6.074

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,874

6.07

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

178

6.07

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

446

6.07

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

258

6.07

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

10

6.07

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

548

6.116

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

548

6.116

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,476

6.078

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

900

6.078

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

404

6.078

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,800

6.078

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

589

6.078

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,011

6.078

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,214

6.074

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

183

6.074

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,200

6.074

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

986

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

5,323

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

2,795

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

10,125

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,625

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

832

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

13,275

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

8,127

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

5,534

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

12,191

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

832

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

6,646

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

126

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

986

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

5,821

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

286,700

6.13

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

32

6.088

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

64

6.046

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

70

6.048

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

34

6.048

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

72

6.04

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

258

6.088

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

64

6.05

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

107

6.048

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

3,590

6.08

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

36

6.09

 

 

(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 long position

123,604

6.13

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

80,614

6.13

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

44,297

6.13

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

38,185

6.13

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

3,590

6.079088

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

411

6.043491453

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

326

6.087307626

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

8,555

6.080456235

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

32,351

6.08121604

 

(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:

13/06/2025

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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