REG - Societe Generale SA Aviva PLC - Form 8.3 - Aviva plc
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RNS Number : 8638I Societe Generale SA 15 May 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: SOCIETE GENERALE SA
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if
different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a
trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form Aviva plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(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: 14/05/2025
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date
prior to the disclosure
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making Yes: Direct Line Insurance Group plc
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.
(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: 41,076,657 1.53 51,695,563 1.93
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 15,971,412 0.60 693,206 0.03
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00 0 0.00
purchase/sell:
TOTAL: 57,048,069 2.13 52,388,769 1.96
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded
options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be
given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors'
and other employee 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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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 Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit
GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,434 5.72086
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,341 5.72086
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,684 5.708
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 799 5.762
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 400 5.71
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 589 5.738
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 304 5.75
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 341 5.748
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 467 5.748
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 758 5.71
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 945 5.75
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,411 5.758
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,716 5.692
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 2,043 5.706
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 2,160 5.708
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 19,967 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 3,557 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 567 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 257 5.732
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 837 5.732
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 5,470 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 10,940 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 136,548 5.732
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 33 5.746
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 47 5.736
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 49 5.732
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 63 5.732
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 106 5.732
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 114 5.732
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 137 5.736
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 170 5.732
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 172 5.734
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 176 5.732
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 205 5.732
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 367 5.768
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 380 5.746
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 387 5.712
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 472 5.732
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 481 5.73
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 511 5.734
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 550 5.756
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 614 5.738
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 686 5.742
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 704 5.736
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 717 5.736
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 749 5.736
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,003 5.736
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,244 5.738
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,451 5.734
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,492 5.718
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,684 5.732
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 2,772 5.734
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 20 5.736
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 478 5.716
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 491 5.736
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 512 5.734
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 517 5.738
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 522 5.75
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 566 5.732
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 690 5.736
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 760 5.736
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 445 5.734
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 66 5.734
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 709 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 850 5.734
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,076 5.768
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,085 5.754
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,109 5.74
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 3,767 5.718
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 169 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 642 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,098 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,438 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,531 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 2,735 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 2,735 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 2,858 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 3,396 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 4,355 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 6,393 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 7,874 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 10,243 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 10,940 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 10,940 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 10,940 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 10,940 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 10,940 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 10,940 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 10,940 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 10,940 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 10,940 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 10,940 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 10,940 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 19,967 5.72
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 3,557 5.72
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit GBP
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1,434 5.72086
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1,341 5.72086
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 567 5.72
(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
4. 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 person
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 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 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
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 15/05/2025
Contact name: Paul Jenkins
Telephone number: +44 20 7676 6969
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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