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Societe Generale SA

27 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	26/06/2025
(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:	51,982,036	1.94	67,095,371	2.50
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	19,280,491	0.72	2,437,541	0.09
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	71,262,527	2.66	69,532,912	2.60

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	997	6.20093
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	900	6.20093
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,423	6.21084
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	441	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	375	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	662	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	375	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	432	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	490	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	229	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	54,686	6.212
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	278	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1	6.224
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	28	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	38	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	77	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	87	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	101	6.204
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	101	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	109	6.204
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	112	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	123	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	126	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	141	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	200	6.214
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	200	6.228
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	214	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	249	6.224
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	250	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	259	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	284	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	289	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	289	6.228
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	292	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	292	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	292	6.218
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	292	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	292	6.224
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	295	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	295	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	295	6.218
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	299	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	306	6.206
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	330	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	336	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	353	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	356	6.218
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	356	6.226
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	356	6.228
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	383	6.226
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	385	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	409	6.204
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	411	6.214
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	432	6.242
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	490	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	515	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	522	6.214
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	523	6.224
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	604	6.236
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	794	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,012	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,278	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,280	6.21
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,444	6.212
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,460	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,477	6.206
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	6.226
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,276	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	52	6.206
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	65	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	174	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	197	6.204
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	251	6.21
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	338	6.204
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	343	6.226
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	349	6.228
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	353	6.22
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	357	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	362	6.206
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	381	6.238
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	445	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	493	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	500	6.226
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	521	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	533	6.218
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	538	6.21
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	590	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	650	6.244
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	720	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	822	6.242
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,012	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,100	6.242
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,516	6.228
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1	6.226
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	190	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	234	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	343	6.198
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	343	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	343	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	343	6.226
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	343	6.234
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	343	6.246
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	361	6.208
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	388	6.218
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	420	6.226
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	420	6.226
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	550	6.22
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	590	6.216
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5	6.232
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	12	6.226
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	30	6.202
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	48	6.226
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	190	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	299	6.218
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	330	6.22
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	356	6.226
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	429	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	431	6.22
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	535	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	554	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	794	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	841	6.218
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	959	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	983	6.218
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	993	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,003	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,038	6.232
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,074	6.202
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,079	6.214
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,100	6.23
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,184	6.222
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,224	6.206
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,429	6.232
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,600	6.232
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,636	6.228
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,699	6.226
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,945	6.21
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,056	6.226
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	647	6.21
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,562	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,020	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	24,470	6.19979
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	157,196	6.22
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	119,507	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	60,023	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,926	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,187	6.218
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,187	6.212
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1	6.214
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	8	6.214
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,169	6.212
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	379	6.214
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2	6.212
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	93	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	634	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	904	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,186	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,387	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,615	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,830	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,958	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,105	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6,818	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	9,348	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	8,109	6.20009
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,020	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,562	6.2

(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	997	6.20093
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	900	6.20093
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,423	6.21084
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	157,196	6.22
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	119,507	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	60,023	6.2
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,926	6.2

(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:	27/06/2025
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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