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RNS Number : 2572N GoldmanSachs International 17 June 2025
Amendment - due to the amendment of Equity and Derivative transactions, the
disclosure made on 5(th) June for dealings on 4(th) June has been updated.
Section 2(a) & 2(b) has been updated.
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: (GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
(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: 04 June 2025
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader YES - disclosing today for DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC
making disclosures in respect of any other party to the 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 Purchases 6,844,884 6.1700 GBP 6.0800 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sales 8,406,549 6.1860 GBP 6.0800 GBP
(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 CFD Opening a long position 1,700 6.0937 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 14,785 6.0937 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 16,500 6.0937 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 23,800 6.0937 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 725,430 6.0958 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,312 6.0965 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 7,682 6.0972 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 17,859 6.0972 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 12,010 6.0975 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4,007 6.0979 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5,390 6.0991 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,578 6.0991 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 27,763 6.0993 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3,534 6.0994 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 16 6.0995 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 68,462 6.0996 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 110,420 6.0999 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 251,918 6.0999 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 53,073 6.0999 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 142,712 6.1000 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1,983 6.1000 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 20,309 6.1000 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 263 6.1000 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 393,139 6.1000 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 263 6.1000 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 44,018 6.1000 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 12,834 6.1001 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 272,828 6.1001 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 265,465 6.1004 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 6,577 6.1004 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a short position 27,667 6.1009 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3,357 6.1009 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,014 6.1009 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 78,057 6.1011 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 64,431 6.1011 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 227,193 6.1012 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 36,696 6.1012 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 244,415 6.1012 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 538 6.1014 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 6 6.1022 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 571 6.1024 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 7,700 6.1025 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 14,600 6.1025 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 513 6.1028 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 16,255 6.1028 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 25 6.1029 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 9,553 6.1039 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 11,912 6.1039 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a short position 53,073 6.1040 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 301,350 6.1044 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 31,500 6.1044 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 25,249 6.1049 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 35,900 6.1052 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 45,300 6.1052 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 2,900 6.1052 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 24,151 6.1052 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 150 6.1056 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 37,312 6.1056 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 136,991 6.1056 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 3,949 6.1056 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a short position 8,886 6.1056 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 143,350 6.1057 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 54,239 6.1104 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 15,918 6.1121 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 72,774 6.1142 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 71,675 6.1157 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 6,857 6.1160 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1,025 6.1199 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 193,800 6.1248 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 7,700 6.1248 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 12,901 6.1248 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 261 6.1275 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,375 6.1347 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 246 6.1435 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 468 6.1435 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 104 6.1469 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1,884 6.1490 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 133 6.1543 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 436 6.1551 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 411 6.1562 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,826 6.1640 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1,427 6.1673 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option 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. 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: 17 June 2025
Contact name: Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka
Telephone number: +33(1) 4212 1459 / +48(22) 317 4817
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation
to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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