Form 8.3 AVIVA PLC

Barclays PLC

08 May 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:				07 May 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:			9,699,346	0.36%	18,943,252	0.71%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			18,362,704	0.69%	9,015,195	0.34%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	225,366	0.01%
	TOTAL:			28,062,050	1.05%	28,183,813	1.05%
(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		1,818,459		5.7700  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		925,478		5.8158  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		722,506		5.7760  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		346,438		5.7520  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		214,953		5.7909  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		161,814		5.8160  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		117,138		5.7861  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		83,462		5.7927  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		43,316		5.8121  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		40,466		5.8155  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		26,049		5.7943  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		17,813		5.8129  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		17,256		5.7832  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		17,134		5.7801  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		16,649		5.7967  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		13,647		5.8088  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		13,048		5.7885  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		12,228		5.7843  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		9,723		5.8006  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		8,019		5.7907  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		7,475		5.7901  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		7,284		5.7880  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		7,235		5.8040  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		6,330		5.7985  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		6,053		5.7706  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		5,188		5.8146  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		4,622		5.8034  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		4,150		5.8117  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,970		5.7921  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,604		5.7540  GBP
ADR		Purchase		3,424		15.6269  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,277		5.8038  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,968		5.7818  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,929		5.8079  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,905		5.7857  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,722		5.7920  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,225		5.8005  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,225		5.8050  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,923		5.7851  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,764		5.7687  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,200		5.7860  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,168		5.7922  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,028		5.8000  GBP
ADR		Purchase		1,020		15.5658  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		804		5.7839  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		711		5.7965  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		659		5.8123  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		583		5.8150  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		570		5.8140  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		567		5.7674  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		537		5.7800  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		524		5.8240  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		493		5.8200  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		410		5.7780  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		291		5.7820  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		267		5.8076  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		224		5.7620  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		53		5.8080  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		28		5.8100  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,266,235		5.8160  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,083,048		5.8143  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		172,938		5.7916  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		131,807		5.8018  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		106,851		5.7890  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		89,892		5.7904  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		88,394		5.7951  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		69,980		5.8019  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		64,077		5.8011  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		52,364		5.8005  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		52,010		5.8035  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		49,356		5.7804  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		46,947		5.8151  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		46,034		5.7972  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		23,164		5.7775  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		23,103		5.8138  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		22,858		5.8007  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		19,993		5.7723  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		19,096		5.8190  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		14,677		5.8091  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		13,309		5.7695  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		10,186		5.7937  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		9,173		5.7828  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		8,884		5.7930  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		8,758		5.8024  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		7,243		5.8204  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		6,072		5.8101  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		5,896		5.7680  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		5,000		5.8210  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,367		5.7962  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,840		5.8094  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,495		5.7763  GBP
ADR		Sale		3,424		15.6269  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,656		5.7699  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,387		5.7825  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,377		5.7761  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,296		5.8150  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,135		5.7853  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,557		5.7880  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,393		5.7786  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,028		5.8000  GBP
ADR		Sale		1,020		15.5658  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		973		5.8155  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		850		5.8156  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		722		5.7920  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		708		5.8140  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		628		5.8046  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		537		5.7800  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		524		5.8240  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		493		5.8200  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		410		5.7780  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		314		5.7917  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		224		5.7620  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		170		5.7940  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		157		5.7550  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		53		5.8080  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		28		5.8100  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		Increasing Long		2,656	5.7699  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,377	5.7761  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		49,356	5.7804  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		50,757	5.7848  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		106,851	5.7890  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		50,102	5.7906  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		172,938	5.7916  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		314	5.7917  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		83,833	5.7922  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,391	5.7954  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,367	5.7962  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		46,034	5.7972  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		61,458	5.7984  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,758	5.8025  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52,010	5.8035  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		58,958	5.8065  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		46,947	5.8151  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,965	5.8154  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,017	5.8155  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		392,779	5.8158  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		664,911	5.8160  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,243	5.8204  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		345,914	5.7520  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,604	5.7540  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		567	5.7674  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,764	5.7687  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,573	5.7753  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		722,506	5.7760  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		593	5.7830  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,048	5.7844  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,200	5.7860  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,475	5.7901  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		711	5.7965  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,330	5.7985  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,193	5.8091  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		113,257	5.8141  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		237	5.8143  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,413	5.8160  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		400	5.8145  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,500	5.8160  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		719	5.7875  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		72,959	5.8102  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,817,905	5.7700  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		5,371	5.7786  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		7,284	5.7879  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		12,025	5.7903  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		84,117	5.7928  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		719	5.8163  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		5,140	5.8227  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:				08 May 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	-120,789	5.3305	European	06-Jun-2026
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-104,577	5.3176	European	05-Jun-2026
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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