Form 8.3 AVIVA PLC

Barclays PLC

21 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:				20 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:			13,436,950	0.50%	15,051,750	0.56%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			14,049,884	0.52%	7,922,670	0.30%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	225,364	0.01%
	TOTAL:			27,486,834	1.03%	23,199,784	0.87%
(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		724,000		5.6440  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		713,570		5.5815  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		370,075		5.5876  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		245,878		5.5888  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		199,923		5.5580  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		156,762		5.6160  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		139,544		5.5928  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		138,066		5.5945  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		128,008		5.5791  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		85,079		5.5712  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		77,145		5.5880  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		57,410		5.5850  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		54,251		5.5742  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		36,159		5.5862  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		34,802		5.6414  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		33,510		5.5760  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		29,212		5.5748  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		23,194		5.6219  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		11,406		5.5680  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		11,207		5.6380  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		9,102		5.5869  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		8,442		5.5886  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		8,258		5.5812  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		7,769		5.5787  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		6,222		5.5500  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		6,048		5.5803  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		4,230		5.5520  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,826		5.5752  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,334		5.5662  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		3,294		5.5985  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,922		5.5785  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,775		5.6346  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,308		5.6023  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,268		5.6060  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		2,028		5.5900  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,960		5.5560  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,571		5.6040  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,331		5.6140  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,300		5.5640  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		1,123		5.5604  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		833		5.5740  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		677		5.5830  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		537		5.5980  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		514		5.6010  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		510		5.6460  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		510		5.6458  GBP
ADR		Purchase		506		14.6100  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		344		5.6400  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		326		5.6050  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		164		5.5709  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		74		5.5920  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		66		5.5923  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		50		5.5840  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		10		5.6000  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Purchase		8		5.6420  GBP
ADR		Purchase		4		14.6900  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		665,539		5.5873  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		547,866		5.5725  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		337,810		5.5886  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		237,149		5.5880  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		175,169		5.5826  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		158,963		5.5790  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		109,573		5.5670  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		71,775		5.5757  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		66,896		5.5967  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		61,037		5.5875  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		59,407		5.6087  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		54,881		5.6082  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		54,787		5.5800  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		51,151		5.5846  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		49,912		5.5952  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		44,743		5.5820  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		42,076		5.5723  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		40,523		5.5950  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		40,502		5.5959  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		22,049		5.5809  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		21,414		5.5688  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		20,567		5.5744  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		20,094		5.5702  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		17,791		5.5787  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		15,479		5.5881  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		14,378		5.5976  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		12,279		5.6380  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		12,267		5.5690  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		11,836		5.5851  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		11,406		5.5680  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		10,697		5.5879  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		10,299		5.5840  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		9,428		5.5905  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		9,270		5.6394  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		9,000		5.5716  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		7,886		5.5768  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		7,638		5.5767  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		7,543		5.6428  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		7,229		5.5993  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		6,405		5.5884  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		6,222		5.5500  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		5,301		5.5958  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		5,202		5.5760  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		5,005		5.5701  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,933		5.5998  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,494		5.5855  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,368		5.6423  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		4,230		5.5520  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,791		5.6382  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		3,116		5.5925  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,958		5.5720  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,268		5.6060  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,073		5.5480  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,044		5.6405  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		2,028		5.5900  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,701		5.5979  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,670		5.6417  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,668		5.5698  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,635		5.6419  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,574		5.6468  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,443		5.6456  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,416		5.5932  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,384		5.6460  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,331		5.6140  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,249		5.5980  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,215		5.5939  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,156		5.6439  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		1,136		5.5841  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		916		5.6426  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		888		5.6110  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		833		5.5740  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		768		5.6038  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		723		5.5916  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		677		5.5830  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		663		5.5560  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		524		5.5948  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		514		5.6010  GBP
ADR		Sale		506		14.6100  USD
ADR		Sale		390		14.5800  USD
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		351		5.5973  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		314		5.6420  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		241		5.5984  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		74		5.5920  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		10		5.6000  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		Sale		10		5.5730  GBP
ADR		Sale		4		14.6900  USD
(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		21,414	5.5688  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,267	5.5690  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,668	5.5698  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,005	5.5701  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,241	5.5723  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10	5.5743  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,638	5.5767  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		85,615	5.5804  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		175,169	5.5826  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		836	5.5839  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,136	5.5841  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,097	5.5845  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,568	5.5852  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		57,386	5.5875  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		85,731	5.5876  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,697	5.5879  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		124,419	5.5880  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,479	5.5881  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,405	5.5884  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,782	5.5905  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		723	5.5916  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		28,852	5.5934  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		26,030	5.5935  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,215	5.5939  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		524	5.5948  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,301	5.5958  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		40,502	5.5959  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		66,896	5.5967  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		351	5.5973  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,378	5.5976  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,701	5.5979  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,933	5.5998  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		466	5.6001  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		768	5.6038  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		930	5.6061  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		59,407	5.6087  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		944	5.6132  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		373	5.6360  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,044	5.6405  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		199,611	5.5580  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,873	5.5629  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		27,901	5.5692  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,442	5.5722  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		56,764	5.5737  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		29,212	5.5748  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		28,308	5.5760  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,770	5.5762  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		128,008	5.5791  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		57,410	5.5850  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		251,653	5.5873  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		31,200	5.5880  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		58,742	5.5899  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,187	5.5933  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		36,934	5.5944  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,137	5.5972  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,130	5.6002  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,088	5.6143  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		156,762	5.6160  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,178	5.5735  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,483	5.5502  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		94	5.5782  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,780	5.6436  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		184	5.5744  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		322	5.5763  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		5,780	5.5883  GBP
32 17/19p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		11,875	5.5937  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:				21 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	-104,578	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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