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REG - Citigroup Global Mkt Aviva PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

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RNS Number : 5979K  Citigroup Global Markets Limited  29 May 2025

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH

RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1. KEY INFORMATION

 (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                            Citigroup Global Markets Limited
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form  Aviva plc
 relates:

  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is        Aviva plc
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    28 May 2025
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    Direct Line Insurance Group plc
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

  If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

 

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

(a) Purchases and sales

 

 Class of relevant security  Purchases/ sales  Total number of securities  Highest price per unit paid/received  Lowest price per unit paid/received
 32 17/19p ordinary          Purchase          2,165,877                   GBP 6.2140                            GBP 6.1000
 32 17/19p ordinary          Sale              1,929,322                   GBP 6.2210                            GBP 6.1000

 

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                                Number of reference securities  Price per unit

                              e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                  position
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Short Position                                                        1,107                           GBP 6.1000
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         1,925                           GBP 6.1440
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         484                             GBP 6.1650
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         3,505                           GBP 6.1660
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         2,494                           GBP 6.1680
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         4,416                           GBP 6.1700
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         1,081                           GBP 6.1720
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         2,337                           GBP 6.1740
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         1,871                           GBP 6.1760
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         67                              GBP 6.1450
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         2,528                           GBP 6.1460
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         282                             GBP 6.1470
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         10,412                          GBP 6.1480
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         2,810                           GBP 6.1490
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         12,438                          GBP 6.1500
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         694                             GBP 6.1510
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         10,360                          GBP 6.1520
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         10,874                          GBP 6.1540
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         4,204                           GBP 6.1560
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         2,119                           GBP 6.1580
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         3,258                           GBP 6.1600
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         2,880                           GBP 6.1620
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         196                             GBP 6.1630
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         2,839                           GBP 6.1640
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         5,055                           GBP 6.1780
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         266                             GBP 6.1800
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         1,399                           GBP 6.1860
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         1,204                           GBP 6.1880
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         560                             GBP 6.1890
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         3,829                           GBP 6.1900
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         4,074                           GBP 6.1920
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         1,068                           GBP 6.1930
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         2,550                           GBP 6.1940
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         470                             GBP 6.1980
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         451                             GBP 6.2000
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Reducing Long Position                                                           76,329                          GBP 6.1002
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Reducing Long Position                                                           119,166                         GBP 6.1238
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Reducing Long Position                                                           99,078                          GBP 6.1482
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Reducing Long Position                                                           473,638                         GBP 6.1560
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         429,752                         GBP 6.1560
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Reducing Long Position                                                           357                             GBP 6.1000
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Short Position                                                        547                             GBP 6.2020
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Short Position                                                        36                              GBP 6.1000
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Short Position                                                        1,240                           GBP 6.1000
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Short Position                                                        24                              GBP 6.1000
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Increasing Long Position                                                         200                             GBP 6.1498
 32 17/19p ordinary          TRS                  Reducing Short Position                                                          15                              GBP 6.1520

 

(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

                              e.g. call option                                                                                                                        e.g. American, European etc.

 

(ii) Exercise

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit

                              e.g. call option

 

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing                 Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                              e.g. subscription, conversion

 

3. OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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:

  Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If
 there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
 None

 

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or
derivatives

 

 Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
 between the exempt principal trader 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
 securities to which any derivative is referenced:

  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state
 "none"
 None

 

 Date of disclosure:                                                          29 May 2025
 Contact name:                                                                Christopher Alexander Pollock
 Telephone number:                                                            02895 954 053

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panels Market Surveillance Unit is available
for consultation in relation to the Codes dealing disclosure requirements on
+44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panels website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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