REG - Morgan Stanley & Co. Aviva PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Replacement of Aviva plc
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RNS Number : 6710P Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc 03 July 2025
AMENDMENT(2(a), 2(b))
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: Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
(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 Direct Line Insurance Group 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-Direct Line Insurance Group plc
making disclosures in respect of any other party to this 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 SALES 7,706,015 6.2471 GBP 6.1388 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary PURCHASES 7,369,416 6.2497 GBP 6.1326 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary PURCHASES 30,772 7.1543 EUR 7.1543 EUR
32 17/19p ordinary PURCHASES 5,808 8.4225 USD 8.4225 USD
32 17/19p ordinary SALES 5,808 8.4225 USD 8.4225 USD
(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 2,551 6.0231 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 17,474 6.0309 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 11,789 6.0658 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 3,621 6.1388 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 85 6.1395 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 236,548 6.1396 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 316,718 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 15,768 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 20,193 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 25 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 696 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 84,274 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 3,700 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 671 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 108,800 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 51 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 192,614 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 51 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 122 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,900 6.1421 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 119,800 6.1421 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 3,500 6.1421 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 5,900 6.1421 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 2,600 6.1421 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 12,500 6.1439 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 28,398 6.1445 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 33,952 6.1462 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 19,926 6.1465 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 21,560 6.1545 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 797 6.1570 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 9,364 6.1600 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 685 6.1612 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,073 6.1673 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 108,529 6.1687 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 14,303 6.1687 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 600 6.1689 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 12,195 6.1692 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 73,719 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 109,228 6.1703 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 3,193 6.1718 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 2,184 6.1736 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 5,377 6.1744 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 2,488 6.1755 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 618 6.1758 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 9,190 6.1807 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 9,319 6.1810 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 17,308 6.1810 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 256,022 6.1818 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 86 6.1827 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 3,125 6.1830 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,000 6.1839 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 429 6.1844 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 41,030 6.1850 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 2,433 6.1873 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 25,869 6.1875 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 82,273 6.1881 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 50,769 6.1881 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,240 6.1884 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 5,337 6.1906 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 440 6.1947 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 118,063 6.1960 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 15,858 6.0097 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,254,171 6.0586 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 29 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 43,679 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 19,848 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,025 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 20,668 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 213 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 15,136 6.1409 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 64,204 6.1440 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 4,927 6.1457 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 125,000 6.1480 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 69,809 6.1563 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 3,713 6.1619 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 441,372 6.1632 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,392,321 6.1632 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 67,281 6.1632 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 101,780 6.1633 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 312,069 6.1633 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 82,843 6.1633 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 16,720 6.1636 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 69 6.1666 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 249 6.1692 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,055 6.1694 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 16,048 6.1694 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 17,947 6.1694 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 90,756 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 258,839 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 364,185 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 263,443 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 66,215 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 573,710 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 49,210 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 591,231 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,021,714 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 386,895 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 5,570 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 657,505 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 94,597 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 284,963 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 78,716 6.1703 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 12,121 6.1703 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 8,796 6.1704 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 5,582 6.1705 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 12,538 6.1706 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,762 6.1710 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,209 6.1717 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,286 6.1736 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 357 6.1742 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 16,771 6.1818 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 3,117 6.1868 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 107,359 6.1887 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,053,543 6.2028 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 647,699 6.2028 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 291,991 6.2029 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 59,789 6.2029 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 385,535 6.2029 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 933 6.2044 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 28,216 6.2051 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 200 6.2085 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 24 6.2112 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 400 6.2144 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 63 6.1397 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 354,611 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 125 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 264,553 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 644 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 8,340 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 3,562 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 21,560 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 12,117 6.1401 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 270 6.1409 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 8,865 6.1409 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 42,174 6.1421 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 30,772 6.1422 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 19,064 6.1452 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 6,946 6.1457 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 4,851 6.1472 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 178,700 6.1477 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 24,327 6.1533 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 24,264 6.1679 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 43,050 6.1683 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 13,900 6.1683 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 6,950 6.1683 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,547,774 6.1702 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 3,643 6.1729 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 16,456 6.1750 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 43,050 6.1760 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 6,950 6.1760 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 13,900 6.1760 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,369 6.1791 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 12,296 6.1818 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 71,675 6.1819 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,427 6.1825 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 4,627 6.1828 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 802 6.1846 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 45,879 6.1850 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 15,557 6.1869 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 5,884 6.1949 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 51 6.2044 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 984 6.2044 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 276 6.2044 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 4,279 6.2121 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 2 6.2140 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 666 6.2500 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2,015 6.1400 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 37,000 6.1507 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,009 6.1631 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 503 6.1667 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 43,679 6.1760 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 471 6.1771 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 879 6.1772 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2,476 6.1780 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 16,771 6.1875 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 931 6.1882 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 4,278 6.2033 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.
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
(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
N/A N/A N/A N/A
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: 03 July 2025
Contact name: Craig Horsley
Telephone number: +44 141 245-7736
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Information Service.
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