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Societe Generale SA

18 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	17/06/2025
(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:	47,748,419	1.78	65,561,477	2.45
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	18,719,464	0.70	424,043	0.02
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	66,467,883	2.48	65,985,520	2.46

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	145	6.0511
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	555	6.05072
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	22	6.05645
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	119,459	6.04721
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6,234	6.04636
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	446	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	330	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	273,928	6.02
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	328,713	6.02
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	25	6.01
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	82	6.044
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	83	6.052
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	139	6.01
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	163	6.072
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	181	6.054
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	216	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	256	6.01
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	304	6.042
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	304	6.044
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	308	6.054
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	316	6.072
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	319	6.042
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	327	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	434	6.052
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	440	6.052
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	461	6.042
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	495	6.056
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	519	6.044
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	531	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	531	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	570	6.054
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	581	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	749	6.042
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	777	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	858	6.042
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	890	6.052
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,023	6.002
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,069	6.054
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,144	6.05
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,199	6.052
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,148	6.054
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	232	6.052
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	518	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	539	6.052
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	562	6.044
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	622	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	650	6.062
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	654	6.052
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	699	6.05
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6	6.051
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6	6.052
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6	6.053
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6	6.071
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	75	6.001
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	80	6.051
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	199	6.051
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	241	6.053
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	357	6.053
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	373	6.069
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	383	6.053
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	388	6.051
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	416	6.063
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	419	6.071
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	538	6
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	543	6.069
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	572	6.061
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	582	6.045
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	582	6.045
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	699	6.051
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	827	6.05
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,032	6.057
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,111	6.051
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,346	6.055
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	6.071
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	123	6.05
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	145	6.05
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	354	6.052
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	363	6.06
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	387	6.05
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	400	6.072
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	400	6.072
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	477	6.05
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	571	6.06
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	622	6.056
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	659	6.05
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	828	6.05
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,221	6.05
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6	6.058
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	47	6.04
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	145	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	153	6.072
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	184	6.072
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	224	6.058
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	263	6.058
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	295	6.056
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	409	6.056
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	417	6.048
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	429	6.072
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	487	6.05
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	546	6.056
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	557	6.056
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	627	6.058
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	837	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	840	6.054
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	988	6.054
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,089	6.052
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,113	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,214	6.05
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,400	6.042
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,645	6.036
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,111	6.058
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,112	6.052
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,112	6.054
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,115	6.048
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,115	6.05
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,117	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,200	6.054
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	384	6.05231
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	90	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	159	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	432	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	838	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,096	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,436	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,757	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,263	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,212	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,599	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,173	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,001	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,956	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6,164	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	9,200	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	11,894	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	20,019	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,868	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	100,148	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	74,458	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	982	6.068
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	846	6.03084
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,685,173	6.018
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	74	6
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	355	5.998
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,614	5.998
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	492	6.011
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,610	6
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	820	5.998
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	208	5.998
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	210	5.998
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	443	6
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	526	6
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	716	5.994
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	786	6.026
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,069	5.998
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,244	6.058
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,252	6.058
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,047	6.058
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	982	6.068
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	100,148	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	330	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	446	6.046
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	74,458	6.046

(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 short position	3,104	6.047267
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	328	5.99454
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	518	6.050787
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,130	6.047267
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	145	6.051105
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	22	6.056453
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	555	6.050725
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	119,459	6.047209
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity Linked Swap	Opening long position	2,685,173	6.018

(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:	18/06/2025
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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