Form 8.3 AVIVA PLC

Barclays PLC

27 March 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:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				AVIVA PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(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:				26 Mar 2025
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				YES:
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?				DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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:			16,321,423	0.61%	15,345,944	0.57%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			14,375,257	0.54%	10,829,038	0.40%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	225,360	0.01%
	TOTAL:			30,696,680	1.15%	26,400,342	0.99%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		637,988		5.6241  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		316,994		5.6040  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		189,118		5.6043  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		124,534		5.6036  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		103,459		5.6042  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		96,599		5.6191  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		69,338		5.6059  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		65,585		5.6171  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		46,264		5.6185  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		39,760		5.6267  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		28,577		5.6128  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		25,619		5.6141  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		19,767		5.6142  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		16,884		5.6195  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		14,388		5.6049  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		12,740		5.6223  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		12,176		5.6140  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		11,818		5.6200  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		10,745		5.6192  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		9,572		5.6150  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		9,553		5.6131  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		8,950		5.6312  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		7,308		5.6270  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		6,685		5.6253  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		6,188		5.6339  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		5,838		5.6177  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		5,744		5.6162  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		4,785		5.6219  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,963		5.6027  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,191		5.6274  GBP
ADR		Purchase		2,600		14.5323  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,405		5.6323  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,334		5.6201  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,285		5.6203  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,019		5.6236  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,018		5.6257  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,006		5.6227  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,951		5.6340  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,923		5.6176  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,393		5.6119  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,388		5.6158  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,348		5.6300  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,070		5.6260  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,031		5.6238  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		968		5.6360  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		627		5.6080  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		616		5.6100  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		579		5.6370  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		511		5.6320  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		507		5.6380  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		389		5.6240  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		370		5.6030  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		348		5.6175  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		114		5.6280  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		56		5.6400  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		30		5.6060  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		26		5.6460  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		23		5.6373  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		15		5.6420  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		482,621		5.6085  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		129,411		5.6222  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		84,454		5.6146  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		82,303		5.6040  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		41,452		5.6127  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		39,250		5.6212  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		35,023		5.6358  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		32,731		5.6191  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		25,707		5.6352  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		21,437		5.6290  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		21,168		5.6210  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		20,924		5.6207  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		20,523		5.6235  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		19,576		5.6153  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		18,680		5.6225  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		18,514		5.6140  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		16,458		5.6183  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		14,848		5.6186  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		14,231		5.6286  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		12,871		5.6173  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		10,189		5.6028  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		8,631		5.6367  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		7,509		5.6053  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		7,464		5.6156  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		6,747		5.6220  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,987		5.6242  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,831		5.6236  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,705		5.6329  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,557		5.6180  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,933		5.6196  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,856		5.6100  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,717		5.6278  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,685		5.6296  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,548		5.6129  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,136		5.6037  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,126		5.6158  GBP
ADR		Sale		2,600		14.5323  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,586		5.6234  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,238		5.6010  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,105		5.6288  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,888		5.6300  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,414		5.6277  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,254		5.6080  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		997		5.6310  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		968		5.6360  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		909		5.6079  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		737		5.6200  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		610		5.6280  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		579		5.6260  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		507		5.6380  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		309		5.6270  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		135		5.6020  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		30		5.6060  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		26		5.6460  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		15		5.6420  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30,146	5.6154  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		783	5.6000  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,189	5.6028  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,046	5.6036  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,136	5.6037  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		214,371	5.6040  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,508	5.6044  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,509	5.6053  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		765	5.6060  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,381	5.6130  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		84,454	5.6146  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,126	5.6158  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,458	5.6183  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,924	5.6207  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		117,408	5.6214  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		129,411	5.6222  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,107	5.6226  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,831	5.6236  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		206	5.6242  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		314	5.6243  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,359	5.6246  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,414	5.6277  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		496	5.6279  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,231	5.6286  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,437	5.6290  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,707	5.6352  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35,023	5.6358  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		267,872	5.6040  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		159,679	5.6042  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,011	5.6052  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		39,426	5.6072  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,393	5.6119  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,619	5.6141  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,767	5.6142  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,249	5.6157  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,354	5.6165  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46,264	5.6185  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		96,599	5.6191  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,262	5.6211  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		637,988	5.6241  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,685	5.6253  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		598	5.6260  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	5.6320  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,188	5.6339  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,500	5.6040  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,270	5.5996  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,597	5.6104  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		45,600	5.6127  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		30,247	5.6222  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		98	5.6004  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,270	5.6043  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		36,789	5.6044  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		36,390	5.6196  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings 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 exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				YES
Date of disclosure:				27 Mar 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213
DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO
PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
Identity of the person whose positions/dealings				Barclays PLC.
are being disclosed:
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				AVIVA PLC
relevant securities this from relates:
2.				OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES
Class of relevant security	Product description	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type	Expiry date
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-120,786	5.3305	European	06 Jun 2025
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-104,574	5.3176	European	05 Jun 2025
3.				AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

 

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