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RNS Number : 0851H GoldmanSachs International 01 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: (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: 30 April 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 3,376,390 5.6356 GBP 5.5240 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sales 3,320,402 5.6100 GBP 5.5260 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 Increasing a short position 100 5.5446 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 2,242 5.5460 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 24,641 5.5470 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 19,922 5.5472 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 16,428 5.5480 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,105 5.5531 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,237 5.5531 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 140 5.5549 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 219 5.5551 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 74,977 5.5581 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 5,397 5.5597 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 1,900 5.5602 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 8,025 5.5645 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 46,916 5.5677 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 194,738 5.5705 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 26,863 5.5712 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 205,231 5.5718 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 82 5.5732 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 1,058 5.5739 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 48,917 5.5743 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 1,128 5.5747 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a short position 178,282 5.5754 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 566 5.5781 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 4,548 5.5785 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a short position 369 5.5786 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3,800 5.5794 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,512 5.5801 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 696 5.5821 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,575 5.5828 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 138,492 5.5832 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 174 5.5834 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 6,094 5.5837 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5,514 5.5837 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4,061 5.5837 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,054 5.5837 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,260 5.5837 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 611 5.5837 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 7,311 5.5837 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 495 5.5837 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 269 5.5837 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 5,986 5.5857 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3,632 5.5858 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 404 5.5858 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 848 5.5858 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 13,472 5.5858 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 23,714 5.5862 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,210 5.5870 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4,013 5.5870 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4,305 5.5870 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 8,843 5.5870 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 7,134 5.5870 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,962 5.5870 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5,129 5.5870 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 439 5.5870 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 13,068 5.5895 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 602 5.5896 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 11,973 5.5905 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 7,100 5.5911 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1,036 5.5919 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 518 5.5936 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 3,510 5.5943 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 373 5.5958 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 151 5.5978 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 216 5.5983 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 40,729 5.5992 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 55,737 5.5992 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 37,662 5.5992 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 14,542 5.5992 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 20,527 5.5992 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 5,665 5.5993 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 9 5.5994 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 1,600 5.5995 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 6,000 5.5996 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,683 5.5996 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 14,023 5.5996 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,215 5.5996 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 44,636 5.5998 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,745 5.5999 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 2,595 5.5999 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 486 5.5999 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 5,378 5.5999 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 33,817 5.6000 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1,334 5.6000 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 310,308 5.6000 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 310,308 5.6000 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 5,413 5.6000 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 93,159 5.6000 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 23,714 5.6001 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 2,878 5.6001 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 159,795 5.6001 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 8,447 5.6001 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 3,861 5.6005 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4,003 5.6006 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 51,160 5.6006 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 375 5.6007 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 46 5.6009 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 6,128 5.6014 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 1,077 5.6066 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 377 5.6101 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing a long position 5,127 7.4799 USD
(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: 01 May 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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