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RNS Number : 0287K Barclays PLC 23 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: 22 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: 8,783,767 0.33% 17,067,871 0.64%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 15,951,907 0.60% 8,084,586 0.30%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 225,365 0.01%
TOTAL: 24,735,674 0.92% 25,377,822 0.95%
(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 547,784 6.1039 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 422,352 6.0660 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 267,898 6.0740 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 167,789 6.1040 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 164,100 6.0833 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 142,111 6.0577 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 109,398 6.0574 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 66,642 6.0571 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 51,534 6.0628 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 39,736 6.0783 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 35,265 6.0616 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 30,892 6.1037 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 29,830 6.0515 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 26,836 6.0720 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 25,427 6.0520 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 15,651 6.0560 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 12,900 6.0494 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 11,695 6.0701 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 9,691 6.0521 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 7,176 6.0578 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 6,992 6.0528 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 6,800 6.0948 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 6,151 6.0633 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 4,891 6.0544 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 4,766 6.0607 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 3,214 6.0542 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 2,638 6.0509 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 2,600 6.0668 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 2,342 6.0638 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,997 6.0858 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,897 6.0562 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,867 6.0627 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,838 6.0490 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,803 6.0572 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,599 6.0599 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,160 6.0500 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,156 6.0480 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,083 6.1052 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,065 6.0620 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 1,042 6.0670 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 945 6.0960 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 848 6.0641 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 845 6.0550 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 704 6.0980 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 686 6.0760 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 660 6.0920 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 591 6.0870 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 555 6.0891 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 516 6.0470 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 516 6.0930 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 513 6.0440 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 491 6.0700 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 394 6.0650 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 351 6.0640 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 250 6.0850 GBP
ADR Purchase 122 16.3600 USD
ADR Purchase 80 16.5200 USD
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 29 6.0832 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 13 6.0370 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Purchase 7 6.0940 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,328,450 6.1025 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 691,660 6.0970 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 228,533 6.1040 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 184,483 6.1039 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 110,320 6.1030 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 109,398 6.0574 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 109,398 6.0608 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 86,097 6.1035 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 71,508 6.0595 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 71,322 6.0619 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 64,947 6.0633 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 51,834 6.0651 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 24,085 6.0605 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 23,028 6.0664 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 19,299 6.0831 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 16,928 6.0643 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 15,043 6.0630 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 14,647 6.0654 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 10,998 6.0586 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 7,566 6.0582 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 7,366 6.0583 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 7,086 6.1027 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 6,970 6.0623 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 6,895 6.0671 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 6,385 6.0559 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 5,688 6.0811 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 5,354 6.0592 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 5,118 6.0587 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 4,772 6.1037 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 4,079 6.0637 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 3,581 6.0662 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 3,476 6.0531 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 3,223 6.0612 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 3,008 6.0515 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 2,907 6.0685 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 2,779 6.0620 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 2,554 6.0581 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 2,045 6.0650 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,928 6.0591 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,848 6.0738 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,744 6.0634 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,705 6.0720 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,663 6.0600 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,117 6.0521 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,042 6.0670 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,037 6.0818 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 1,007 6.0536 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 945 6.0960 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 899 6.0750 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 845 6.0550 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 660 6.0580 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 660 6.0920 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 612 6.0660 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 591 6.0870 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 540 6.0480 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 516 6.0470 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 516 6.0930 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 513 6.0440 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 509 6.0500 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 502 6.0400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 491 6.0700 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 329 6.0632 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 250 6.0850 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 162 6.0560 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 150 6.0540 GBP
ADR Sale 122 16.3600 USD
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 97 6.0792 GBP
ADR Sale 80 16.5200 USD
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 7 6.0941 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary Sale 7 6.0940 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 7,402 6.0521 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,385 6.0559 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,796 6.0574 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 34,161 6.0588 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 11,534 6.0607 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 61,285 6.0633 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 51,834 6.0651 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 30,644 6.0660 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 7,805 6.0724 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 7,821 6.0740 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,577 6.0769 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 16,900 6.0796 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 5,688 6.0811 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,037 6.0818 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,298 6.0849 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,711 6.0874 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 7,086 6.1027 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 110,320 6.1030 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 108,298 6.1035 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,772 6.1037 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 532,328 6.1038 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 184,483 6.1039 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 544,768 6.1040 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,838 6.0490 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 12,900 6.0494 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 76 6.0500 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,877 6.0548 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,897 6.0562 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 109,398 6.0574 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,599 6.0599 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 35,265 6.0615 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 351 6.0640 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,176 6.0655 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 421,745 6.0660 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 647 6.0668 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 267,898 6.0740 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 889 6.0755 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,444 6.0797 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,507 6.0927 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 6,800 6.0948 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 15,310 6.0956 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 12,692 6.1043 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,083 6.1052 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 900 6.0596 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 14,405 6.0647 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 4,796 6.0748 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 215 6.0915 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 122 6.0504 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 24,356 6.0619 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 973 6.1044 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 3,102 6.0836 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: 23 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 -120,789 5.3305 European 06-Jun-2026
32 17/19p ordinary Call Options Written -104,576 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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