REG - Goldman Sachs (EPT) Aviva PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Aviva PLC
02/07/2025 12:00
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RNS Number : 4352P GoldmanSachs International 02 July 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: 01 July 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 7,035,439 6.2500 GBP 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sales 12,550,784 6.2540 GBP 6.1388 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 long position 5,731 6.1326 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,099 6.1388 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 1,433,500 6.1388 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 114,680 6.1388 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 250,000 6.1394 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 60,786 6.1399 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 307,227 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 7,682 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 254,283 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 19,969 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 21,560 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 53,489 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 10,381 6.1404 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1,679 6.1405 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1,806 6.1409 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 370 6.1410 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 687 6.1411 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,600 6.1416 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 10,900 6.1416 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 64,400 6.1416 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 22,385 6.1441 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 283 6.1481 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1,316 6.1481 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 4,880 6.1481 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 657 6.1481 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 5,768 6.1583 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 115,000 6.1593 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 12,000 6.1593 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 210 6.1653 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 86,100 6.1683 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 9,000 6.1683 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,962 6.1696 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 9,000 6.1760 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 86,100 6.1760 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 250,000 6.1797 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 1,885 6.1812 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 9,138 6.1829 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 9,058 6.1849 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a long position 5,459 6.1855 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 10,137 6.1855 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 485 6.1863 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1,585 6.1863 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 571 6.1875 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a short position 13,300 6.1888 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 114,068 6.1888 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 892 6.1920 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 1,336 6.1920 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 367 6.1920 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 811 6.1920 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a short position 60,786 6.1964 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 540 6.1981 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 110 6.1988 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 669 6.2015 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 13,785 6.2042 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 5,600 6.2045 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 1,536 6.2045 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a short position 9,267 6.2070 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 8,100 6.2177 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a short position 3,072 6.2429 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 171 6.2500 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Opening a short position 1 6.2508 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: 02 July 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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