Form 8.3 AVIVA PLC

Barclays PLC

28 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:				27 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:			16,741,473	0.63%	15,272,295	0.57%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			14,305,867	0.53%	11,418,210	0.43%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	225,361	0.01%
	TOTAL:			31,047,340	1.16%	26,915,866	1.01%
(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		322,344		5.5609  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		258,699		5.5900  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		192,026		5.5889  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		147,202		5.5725  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		135,207		5.5598  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		128,983		5.5635  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		97,769		5.5569  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		64,353		5.5540  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		42,240		5.5841  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		30,751		5.5465  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		26,967		5.5611  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		22,991		5.5679  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		22,861		5.5613  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		20,039		5.5432  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		19,279		5.5516  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		18,963		5.5538  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		18,400		5.5599  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		13,099		5.5559  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		12,061		5.5555  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		8,675		5.5307  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		8,646		5.5501  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		7,193		5.5560  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		6,012		5.5543  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		4,751		5.5614  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		4,592		5.5858  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,513		5.5694  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,300		5.5475  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,164		5.5887  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,831		5.5692  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,225		5.5346  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,222		5.5444  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,182		5.5530  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,102		5.5502  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,978		5.5700  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,482		5.5394  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,473		5.5980  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,463		5.5960  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,265		5.5685  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,209		5.5658  GBP
ADR		Purchase		1,200		14.6100  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,126		5.5435  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,089		5.5606  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,021		5.5380  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,007		5.5288  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		958		5.5920  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		941		5.5351  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		896		5.5460  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		725		5.5600  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		639		5.5943  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		580		5.5400  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		569		5.5580  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		543		5.5426  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		494		5.5360  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		477		5.5520  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		473		5.5500  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		342		5.5280  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		260		5.5640  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		238		5.5340  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		186		5.5780  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		100		5.5641  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		76		5.5860  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		54		5.5320  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		54		5.5490  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		39		5.5660  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		25		5.5940  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		15		5.5140  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		452,897		5.5874  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		235,537		5.5900  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		197,989		5.5876  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		47,388		5.5723  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		31,015		5.5844  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		17,915		5.5899  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		17,821		5.5783  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		17,485		5.5896  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		17,252		5.5911  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		16,916		5.5666  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		16,316		5.5867  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		12,573		5.5936  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		12,359		5.5240  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		12,181		5.5545  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		11,073		5.5765  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		9,814		5.5709  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		9,400		5.5831  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		7,376		5.5745  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		5,447		5.5546  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,859		5.5522  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,265		5.5490  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,545		5.5586  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,480		5.5773  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,388		5.5571  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,182		5.5530  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,611		5.5657  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,473		5.5980  GBP
ADR		Sale		1,200		14.6100  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,196		5.5488  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,150		5.5960  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,068		5.5495  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,021		5.5380  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		958		5.5920  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		908		5.5700  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		896		5.5460  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		725		5.5600  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		569		5.5580  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		537		5.5560  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		494		5.5360  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		487		5.5540  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		477		5.5520  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		342		5.5280  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		277		5.5500  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		260		5.5640  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		238		5.5340  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		218		5.5482  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		110		5.5780  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		76		5.5860  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		57		5.5933  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		54		5.5320  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		25		5.5940  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		15		5.5140  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		14		5.5970  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		11		5.5419  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 Short		7,300	5.5529  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		256	5.5599  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		174	5.5640  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,517	5.5709  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,881	5.5766  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		70	5.5775  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,400	5.5831  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		885	5.5833  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,015	5.5844  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		293	5.5850  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,316	5.5867  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,923	5.5888  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,485	5.5896  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,915	5.5899  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		213,376	5.5900  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,573	5.5936  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,275	5.5416  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,039	5.5432  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		622	5.5500  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		63,866	5.5540  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,307	5.5564  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		60,918	5.5565  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		135,207	5.5598  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		322,344	5.5609  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,751	5.5614  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100	5.5640  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,668	5.5660  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		105,029	5.5670  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		89,670	5.5674  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,095	5.5679  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100	5.5704  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,271	5.5781  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,033	5.5787  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,707	5.5900  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,520	5.5902  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,907	5.5584  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		213	5.5522  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,412	5.5560  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,387	5.5629  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		736	5.5656  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		48,496	5.5746  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		14	5.5971  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		75,450	5.5492  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,444	5.5638  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,200	5.5663  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		736	5.5903  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		28,754	5.5904  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:				28 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	-104,575	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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