Form 8.3 AVIVA PLC

Barclays PLC

29 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:				28 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:			6,277,141	0.23%	18,107,298	0.68%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			16,748,029	0.63%	5,343,064	0.20%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	225,368	0.01%
	TOTAL:			23,025,170	0.86%	23,675,730	0.88%
(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		430,205		6.1560  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		356,782		6.1940  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		353,257		6.1077  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		311,791		6.1000  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		181,173		6.1316  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		73,386		6.1744  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		62,419		6.1312  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		60,683		6.1148  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		54,719		6.1464  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		51,002		6.1383  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		44,694		6.1082  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		40,077		6.1012  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		32,137		6.1414  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		32,110		6.1106  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		31,144		6.1946  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		29,653		6.1711  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		26,100		6.1967  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		24,196		6.1230  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		16,553		6.1861  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		16,442		6.1411  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		14,468		6.1107  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		12,568		6.1468  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		9,886		6.1393  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		9,806		6.1336  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		8,393		6.1466  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		7,425		6.1061  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		7,397		6.1049  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		7,278		6.1788  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		4,482		6.1385  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,217		6.1389  GBP
ADR		Purchase		3,200		16.6075  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,119		6.1510  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,963		6.1353  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,744		6.1072  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,691		6.1401  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,220		6.1360  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,215		6.1309  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,177		6.1428  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,120		6.1394  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,952		6.1460  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,866		6.1299  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,611		6.1474  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,585		6.1160  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,540		6.1080  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,458		6.1283  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,363		6.1328  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		965		6.1349  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		893		6.1396  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		777		6.1060  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		747		6.1140  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		693		6.1477  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		630		6.1413  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		553		6.1210  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		525		6.1175  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		452		6.1390  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		369		6.2240  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		306		6.1660  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		239		6.1362  GBP
ADR		Purchase		150		16.6100  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		116		6.2200  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		71		6.2180  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		68		6.1050  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		67		6.1730  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		40		6.1132  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		34		6.2120  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		21		6.1430  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		639,563		6.1000  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		474,091		6.1560  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		182,362		6.1191  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		113,448		6.1453  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		108,662		6.1005  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		100,776		6.1425  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		86,880		6.1069  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		66,168		6.1446  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		65,466		6.1497  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		59,720		6.1075  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		57,433		6.1008  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		51,678		6.1180  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		29,836		6.1025  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		26,537		6.1477  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		23,705		6.1732  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		22,749		6.1584  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		17,919		6.1832  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		16,900		6.1203  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		16,825		6.2020  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		12,800		6.1404  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		9,586		6.1067  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		7,435		6.1084  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		6,991		6.1842  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		6,827		6.1841  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		6,750		6.1072  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		6,670		6.1476  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		5,784		6.1643  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,844		6.1769  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,697		6.1392  GBP
ADR		Sale		3,200		16.6075  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,216		6.1335  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,169		6.1550  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,121		6.1091  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,866		6.1305  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,815		6.1390  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,619		6.1160  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,610		6.2088  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,594		6.1094  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,540		6.1080  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,284		6.1060  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,143		6.1348  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		978		6.1465  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		887		6.2195  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		843		6.1076  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		840		6.2120  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		813		6.1959  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		800		6.1631  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		747		6.1140  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		679		6.1105  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		678		6.1090  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		676		6.1480  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		670		6.1403  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		607		6.1460  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		601		6.1936  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		587		6.1420  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		553		6.1210  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		525		6.1175  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		451		6.1340  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		446		6.2220  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		369		6.2240  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		306		6.1660  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		164		6.1040  GBP
ADR		Sale		150		16.6100  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		116		6.2200  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		91		6.1104  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		76		6.1103  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		56		6.2210  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		50		6.2112  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		21		6.1430  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		552,356	6.1000  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		32,826	6.1003  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		108,662	6.1005  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		57,433	6.1008  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,836	6.1025  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,893	6.1038  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		113,923	6.1057  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,586	6.1067  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		86,880	6.1069  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,750	6.1072  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		59,720	6.1075  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		843	6.1076  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,121	6.1091  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,594	6.1094  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,099	6.1100  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,699	6.1102  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		460	6.1104  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		386	6.1105  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,787	6.1252  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		100,776	6.1425  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		148,105	6.1453  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		978	6.1465  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,663	6.1466  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		33,142	6.1558  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		473,638	6.1560  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		36,134	6.1660  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		813	6.1959  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		308,032	6.1000  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,748	6.1003  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		40,077	6.1012  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		185,969	6.1034  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,871	6.1089  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		115,421	6.1128  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		60,683	6.1148  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		24,196	6.1230  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,826	6.1288  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		35,000	6.1294  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		62,419	6.1312  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		97,814	6.1314  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		67,338	6.1315  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,643	6.1321  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,021	6.1330  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		429,752	6.1560  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		295	6.1818  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		356,782	6.1940  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,500	6.1461  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		86,962	6.1000  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		6,524	6.1200  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		4,113	6.2015  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,113	6.1004  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		57,141	6.1085  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		41,506	6.1160  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,725	6.1249  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		17,460	6.1283  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		71	6.2184  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,472	6.1264  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:				29 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	-120,792	5.3305	European	06 Jun 2025
32 17/19p ordinary	Call Options	Written	-104,576	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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