Form 8.3 AVIVA PLC

Barclays PLC

03 April 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  relevant securities this form relates:			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:			02 Apr 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?			YES:  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:				16,629,245	0.62%	15,810,541	0.59%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				14,156,830	0.53%	11,293,960	0.42%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	225,364	0.01%
TOTAL:				30,786,075	1.15%	27,329,865	1.02%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Number of  securities	Price per unit
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	216,734	5.5919  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	187,980	5.5942  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	158,289	5.5886  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	153,199	5.5940  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	114,089	5.5675  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	101,454	5.5796  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	82,705	5.5648  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	74,812	5.5677  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	67,964	5.5808  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	64,242	5.5840  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	56,757	5.5901  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	56,317	5.5712  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	47,000	5.5771  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	34,975	5.5779  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	30,099	5.5807  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	29,866	5.5899  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	25,083	5.5929  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	24,541	5.5708  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	23,516	5.5932  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	22,518	5.5646  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	19,525	5.5663  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	18,451	5.5713  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	12,308	5.5760  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	12,227	5.5538  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	11,700	5.5686  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	10,939	5.5634  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	9,474	5.5821  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	9,355	5.5666  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	8,192	5.5819  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	8,160	5.5719  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7,924	5.5572  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6,609	5.5594  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6,533	5.5664  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6,367	5.5596  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,164	5.5621  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,434	5.5780  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,266	5.5605  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,625	5.5602  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,400	5.5487  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,397	5.5640  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,044	5.5560  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,652	5.5662  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,300	5.5636  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,180	5.5960  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,120	5.5647  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,772	5.5700  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,497	5.5660  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,376	5.5527  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,307	5.5573  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,143	5.5818  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,134	5.5788  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,027	5.5714  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	880	5.5460  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	752	5.5933  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	745	5.5520  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	735	5.5400  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	717	5.5897  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	576	5.5580  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	547	5.5910  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	433	5.5635  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	348	5.5680  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	243	5.5600  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	241	5.5880  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	200	5.5740  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	192	5.5665  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	190	5.5620  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	182	5.5800  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	175	5.5500  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	172	5.5823  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	131	5.5590  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	109	5.5380  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	79	5.5860  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	54	5.5900  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	264,099	5.5850  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	145,093	5.5898  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	84,053	5.5600  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	76,862	5.5940  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	72,687	5.5781  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	65,129	5.5910  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	30,487	5.5536  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	25,488	5.5708  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	20,560	5.5693  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	19,433	5.5900  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	16,130	5.5760  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	12,127	5.5394  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	11,194	5.5634  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	7,491	5.5806  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	7,271	5.5649  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6,378	5.5724  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,593	5.5767  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,528	5.5501  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,288	5.5743  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,907	5.5628  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,434	5.5780  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,363	5.5747  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,932	5.5640  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,904	5.5787  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,817	5.5989  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,747	5.5858  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,135	5.5613  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,044	5.5560  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,334	5.5699  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,180	5.5960  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,772	5.5700  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,712	5.5588  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,497	5.5660  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,383	5.5802  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,311	5.5434  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,297	5.5415  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,282	5.5551  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	880	5.5460  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	798	5.5650  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	745	5.5520  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	735	5.5400  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	591	5.5776  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	422	5.5580  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	348	5.5680  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	295	5.5730  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	190	5.5620  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	188	5.5740  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	187	5.5951  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	184	5.5723  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	182	5.5800  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	175	5.5500  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	109	5.5380  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	79	5.5860  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	16	5.5840  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	12,127	5.5394  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	81,973	5.5688  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	73,720	5.5796  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,384	5.5452  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13,337	5.5483  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	84,053	5.5600  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	12,766	5.5621  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,907	5.5628  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	11,194	5.5634  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	19,750	5.5762  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,904	5.5787  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	161,539	5.5808  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	39	5.5848  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	97	5.5859  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	94,635	5.5921  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	805	5.5925  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,115	5.5928  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,463	5.5931  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	12,742	5.5932  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,184	5.5940  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	890	5.5961  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,083	5.5561  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11	5.5563  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	30,800	5.5574  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	131	5.5590  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,367	5.5596  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	243	5.5600  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,625	5.5602  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,939	5.5634  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	433	5.5635  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	22,518	5.5646  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	82,705	5.5648  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,391	5.5649  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	34,902	5.5658  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,627	5.5664  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	192	5.5665  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,355	5.5666  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	114,089	5.5675  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	47,192	5.5694  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	24,541	5.5708  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	48,169	5.5712  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	18,451	5.5713  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,027	5.5714  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,797	5.5721  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	30,099	5.5807  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	67,964	5.5808  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,143	5.5818  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,192	5.5819  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	172	5.5823  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	241	5.5880  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	152,642	5.5886  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	45,524	5.5897  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	88,831	5.5932  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	752	5.5933  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	144,437	5.5940  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	187,980	5.5942  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,931	5.5609  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	200	5.5840  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	7,200	5.5940  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	11,695	5.5781  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	2,935	5.5791  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	2,216	5.5936  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	2,216	5.5603  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	3,998	5.5843  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for  new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  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 person 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:				03 Apr 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)
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  are being disclosed:				Barclays PLC.
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose  relevant securities this from relates:				AVIVA PLC
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	-120,790	5.3305	European	06-Jun-25
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-104,574	5.3176	European	05-Jun-25
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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