Director/PDMR Shareholding

Aviva PLC

16 January 2024

 

16 January 2024

AVIVA PLC ("Aviva")

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ("PDMRs")

Aviva announces that:

Jason Storah, CEO, Aviva UK & Ireland General Insurance and PDMR purchased 14 ordinary shares through the Global Matching Share Plan on 15 January 2024 at a price of £4.34135. Full details of the share purchase are set out below.

This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014 (as incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).

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Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs) and persons closely associated with them

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Jason Storah
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer Of UK & Ireland General Insurance
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	AVIVA PLC
b)	LEI	YF0Y5B0IB8SM0ZFG9G81
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	SHARES GB00BPQY8M80
b)	Nature of transaction	Quarterly purchase of partnership shares under the Aviva global matching share plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£ 4.34135	4.710516 (Partnership Shares)
		£ 4.34135	9.421032 (Matching Shares)
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	- £ 4.34135 per share - Total Price     £61.35	14.131548 total shares
e)	Date of the transaction	2024-01-15
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, XLON

 

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