RNS Number : 5711X
Barclays PLC
18 February 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

 relevant securities this form relates:

AVIVA PLC

(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:

17 Feb 2025

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

 disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

YES:

 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:

30,946,539

1.15%

27,454,354

1.03%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

10,097,050

0.38%

23,681,678

0.88%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

20,000

0.00%

486,678

0.02%

 

 TOTAL:

 

41,063,589

1.53%

51,622,710

1.93%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Number of

 securities

Price per unit

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

240,634

5.1092  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

197,749

5.1080  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

107,954

5.1151  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

63,736

5.1107  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

52,148

5.1094  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

45,684

5.1086  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

33,800

5.1110  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

28,930

5.0922  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

22,911

5.1074  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

8,854

5.1172  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

8,822

5.1109  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

7,776

5.1108  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

6,859

5.1140  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

6,155

5.0890  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

5,485

5.1045  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

5,354

5.0960  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

3,556

5.1082  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

3,326

5.1065  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,983

5.0934  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,976

5.1180  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,790

5.1160  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,339

5.0982  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,009

5.1066  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,988

5.1165  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,827

5.0962  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,777

5.0880  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,733

5.1178  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,631

5.1120  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,456

5.1060  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

969

5.1260  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

888

5.1083  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

854

5.1100  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

837

5.1116  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

723

5.0900  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

674

5.1200  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

618

5.0920  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

604

5.1240  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

594

5.1156  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

583

5.1000  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

534

5.1121  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

578

5.1000  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

504

5.0900  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

470

5.1080  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

354

5.1040  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

351

5.0920  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

200

5.0980  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

12

5.0800  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

148,216

5.1063  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

146,706

5.1082  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

104,258

5.1144  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

89,517

5.1162  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

57,230

5.1079  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

52,434

5.1139  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

30,848

5.1080  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

30,703

5.1155  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

29,159

5.1122  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

20,784

5.1130  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

18,938

5.1093  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

18,164

5.1090  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

16,752

5.1137  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

13,317

5.1198  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

12,089

5.1167  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

10,465

5.1069  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

9,380

5.0997  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

8,525

5.0980  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

6,739

5.1076  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

5,839

5.1112  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

5,256

5.1061  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

4,452

5.1114  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

4,428

5.1098  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

2,978

5.1096  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

2,935

5.1072  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

2,790

5.1160  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

2,604

5.1132  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

2,027

5.1060  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,743

5.1164  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,631

5.1120  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,445

5.1181  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,217

5.1088  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,065

5.1108  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

969

5.1260  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

861

5.1140  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

854

5.1100  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

674

5.1200  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

604

5.1240  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

597

5.1170  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

512

5.1080  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

354

5.1040  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

335

5.1080  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

351

5.0920  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

151

5.0994  GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15

5.0800  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

151

5.0994  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,256

5.1061  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,465

5.1069  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,984

5.1070  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,935

5.1072  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

76,184

5.1077  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

57,230

5.1079  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

124,871

5.1080  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,747

5.1081  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,164

5.1090  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,792

5.1096  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,322

5.1104  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,452

5.1114  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

113,587

5.1139  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33,738

5.1150  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

27,288

5.1155  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

27,172

5.1157  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

89,517

5.1162  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,849

5.1168  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,777

5.0880  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,485

5.1045  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,009

5.1066  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,251

5.1067  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

52,877

5.1077  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

255,886

5.1080  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,556

5.1082  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

888

5.1083  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

45,684

5.1086  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,402

5.1095  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,776

5.1108  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,822

5.1109  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,800

5.1110  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

534

5.1121  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

46,168

5.1122  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,567

5.1126  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,532

5.1140  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

107,954

5.1151  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,162

5.1164  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

678

5.1154  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

9,589

5.1058  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

27,734

5.1100  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

30,367

5.1166  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,445

5.1181  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,160

5.0803  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

295

5.1023  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

52,148

5.1094  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

53,053

5.1114  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

11,290

5.1179  GBP









(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions

 (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

















(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit














(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for

 new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 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 person 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:

18 Feb 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 
















SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

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

 are being disclosed:

Barclays PLC.

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

 relevant securities this from relates:

AVIVA PLC

 








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

Put Options

Purchased

-10,000

462.2400

American

19 Dec 2025

32 17/19p ordinary

Call Options

Purchased

10,000

564.9600

American

19 Dec 2025

32 17/19p ordinary

Call Options

Written

-241,312

4.4050

European

06 May 2025

32 17/19p ordinary

Call Options

Written

-120,792

5.3305

European

06 Jun 2025

32 17/19p ordinary

Call Options

Written

-104,574

5.3176

European

05 Jun 2025

32 17/19p ordinary

Call Options

Written

-10,000

564.9600

American

19 Dec 2025

32 17/19p ordinary

Put Options

Written

10,000

462.2400

American

19 Dec 2025









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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