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RNS Number : 4535S Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc 07 January 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: 02 January 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 PURCHASES 1,918,922 4.7354 GBP 4.6766 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary SALES 2,039,337 4.7362 GBP 4.6673 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 1,383 4.6673 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 143,350 4.6822 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 131,026 4.6830 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 572 4.6880 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 4,839 4.6889 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 44,669 4.6964 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,619 4.6978 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 112 4.6980 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 34 4.6994 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 989 4.6994 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 4,490 4.7032 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 235 4.7050 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 7,974 4.7089 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 50,173 4.7126 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 67,140 4.7150 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 10,198 4.7150 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 12,691 4.7150 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 48,115 4.7150 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 15,391 4.7150 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 6,600 4.7157 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 22,198 4.7160 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 19,302 4.7160 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 3,398 4.7160 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 23,162 4.7160 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 6,519 4.7193 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,475 4.7305 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 23,685 4.7310 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 7,473 4.7321 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 2,247 4.7333 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 10,508 4.7348 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 3,300 4.6793 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 9,200 4.6803 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 65,126 4.6878 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,250 4.6985 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 91,514 4.7036 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,557 4.7054 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,858 4.7079 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 30,544 4.7119 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2 4.7170 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 7,200 4.7184 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,009 4.7195 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,613 4.7241 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,095 4.7241 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 192,232 4.7278 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,272 4.7287 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 4,513 4.7306 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 77 4.7350 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 113 4.7350 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 42,334 4.7350 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 9,262 4.7354 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 25 4.7354 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 73 4.7354 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 17 4.7354 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 6,481 4.6985 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 162,054 4.7012 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 112 4.7063 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,728 4.7066 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 4,241 4.7076 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 6,519 4.7166 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,136 4.7201 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,509 4.7201 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 665 4.7217 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 8,497 4.7218 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 218 4.7218 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,271 4.7218 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 6,458 4.7263 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 2,149 4.7310 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 337 4.7350 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 630 4.7350 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 425 4.6880 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 34,728 4.6886 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 11,223 4.6886 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 51,704 4.6994 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,410 4.7039 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 11,752 4.7047 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 8,125 4.7061 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 890 4.7066 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,714 4.7140 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 10,924 4.7152 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 3,181 4.7152 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2 4.7157 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 74,078 4.7210 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 9,253 4.7237 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2,249 4.7327 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 169,849 4.7341 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,301 4.7346 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 23,884 4.7350 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 42,334 4.7350 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 340 4.7350 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,250 4.7350 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: 07 January 2025
Contact name: Craig Horsley
Telephone number: +44 141 245-7736
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 dealing 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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