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RNS Number : 4489J Barclays PLC 20 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: Barclays PLC.
(b) Owner or controller of interest and short
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose AVIVA PLC
relevant securities this form relates:
(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: 19 May 2025
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making YES:
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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: 8,089,421 0.30% 15,564,208 0.58%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 14,893,417 0.56% 7,303,667 0.27%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 225,364 0.01%
TOTAL: 22,982,838 0.86% 23,093,239 0.86%
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other
executive
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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 340,051 5.8740 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 330,259 5.9180 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 273,495 5.8788 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 256,257 5.8657 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 232,645 5.8842 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 131,765 5.8857 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 74,597 5.8909 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 46,076 5.8948 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 36,427 5.8946 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 35,689 5.8969 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 33,263 5.9118 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 32,127 5.8958 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 29,969 5.8950 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 24,593 5.8861 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 23,773 5.8858 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 19,912 5.8884 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 19,737 5.8881 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 18,292 5.8904 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 18,024 5.8849 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 16,822 5.8979 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 16,459 5.8876 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 16,155 5.8894 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 15,952 5.8875 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 14,865 5.8877 GBP
ADR Purchase 14,780 15.8037 USD
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 11,162 5.8818 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 10,140 5.8866 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 9,691 5.8823 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 9,054 5.8953 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 8,446 5.9030 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 7,904 5.9012 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 7,643 5.9005 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 6,031 5.9017 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 5,848 5.8685 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 5,809 5.8923 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 3,193 5.9014 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 2,798 5.8975 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 2,100 5.8815 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,845 5.9060 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,751 5.8848 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,470 5.8930 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,435 5.8931 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,020 5.8760 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 950 5.8908 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 481 5.8870 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 218 5.8920 GBP
ADR Purchase 140 15.9800 USD
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 122 5.8794 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 87 5.9090 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 29 5.9100 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 19 5.8860 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 745,530 5.9153 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 575,433 5.9179 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 187,738 5.8839 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 180,707 5.9180 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 170,231 5.8877 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 162,086 5.8865 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 88,890 5.8801 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 77,632 5.8856 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 60,918 5.8984 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 34,339 5.9127 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 32,469 5.8918 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 30,980 5.9015 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 29,315 5.9178 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 20,235 5.8779 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 18,503 5.8879 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 18,376 5.8793 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 18,059 5.8823 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 14,890 5.9006 GBP
ADR Sale 14,780 15.8037 USD
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 13,577 5.8887 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 11,784 5.9168 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 9,473 5.8817 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 7,981 5.8844 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 7,524 5.9171 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 7,049 5.8660 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 5,830 5.8834 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 5,200 5.8866 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 4,760 5.8835 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 4,244 5.9022 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 3,700 5.8906 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 3,340 5.8780 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 3,279 5.8925 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 2,280 5.9069 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 2,226 5.8819 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,948 5.9016 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,907 5.8954 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,435 5.8937 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,433 5.8860 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,152 5.8827 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 904 5.8930 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 860 5.8799 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 811 5.8831 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 796 5.8787 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 722 5.8900 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 470 5.9080 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 342 5.8744 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 342 5.8840 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 152 5.8778 GBP
ADR Sale 140 15.9800 USD
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 93 5.9177 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 7 5.8800 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 32,469 5.8918 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 16,155 5.8894 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 99,270 5.8686 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 96,641 5.8719 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 152 5.8778 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 20,235 5.8779 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,130 5.8793 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 88,890 5.8801 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,369 5.8808 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,226 5.8819 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 11,239 5.8826 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,152 5.8827 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 77,632 5.8856 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 170,231 5.8877 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 5,700 5.8879 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 904 5.8930 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,981 5.8980 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 30,980 5.9015 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,948 5.9016 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,634 5.9022 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,519 5.9045 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,280 5.9069 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 289,867 5.9140 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 11,784 5.9168 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 7,524 5.9171 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 180,609 5.9173 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 108,433 5.9177 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 29,315 5.9178 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 575,433 5.9179 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 127,455 5.9180 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 256,257 5.8657 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 524 5.8684 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 66,045 5.8713 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 340,051 5.8740 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 273,495 5.8788 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,509 5.8853 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 597 5.8856 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 7,901 5.8866 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 10,041 5.8870 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 550 5.8872 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 13,519 5.8875 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,868 5.8887 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 218 5.8920 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 36,427 5.8946 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 46,076 5.8948 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 20,214 5.8956 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 35,689 5.8969 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 8,667 5.8992 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 69 5.9144 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 185 5.9148 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 276,888 5.9180 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,500 5.8897 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 7,049 5.8659 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 4,229 5.8733 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 19,694 5.8838 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 4,146 5.8856 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 46,972 5.9174 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 3,033 5.9175 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 7,877 5.8824 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 64,383 5.8934 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 17,504 5.9034 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry Option
of description purchasing, of price date money
relevant selling, securities per unit paid/
security varying etc to which received
option per unit
relates
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of Exercise price per
security securities unit
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant Nature of Dealings Details Price per unit (if
security applicable)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealings 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:
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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? YES
Date of disclosure: 20 May 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO
PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
Identity of the person whose positions/dealings Barclays PLC.
are being disclosed:
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose AVIVA PLC
relevant securities this from relates:
2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES
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
32 17/19p ordinary Call Options Written -120,786 5.3305 European 06-Jun-2026
32 17/19p ordinary Call Options Written -104,578 5.3176 European 05-Jun-2026
3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position
can be fully understood:
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