RNS Number : 1073G
Barclays PLC
24 April 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:

23 Apr 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:

12,220,960

0.46%

16,335,351

0.61%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

15,235,894

0.57%

10,001,395

0.37%

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

0

0.00%

225,370

0.01%

 

 TOTAL:

 

27,456,854

1.03%

26,562,116

0.99%

(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

464,353

5.3937  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

437,749

5.3940  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

224,567

5.3932  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

181,502

5.4109  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

144,897

5.4018  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

100,414

5.3951  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

68,018

5.3929  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

51,525

5.4071  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

46,304

5.3931  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

45,322

5.3884  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

32,097

5.3977  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

30,625

5.3869  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

30,000

5.3765  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

28,005

5.3917  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

25,820

5.3806  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

23,112

5.4002  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

18,733

5.3800  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

17,672

5.4049  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

16,623

5.3773  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

16,015

5.3939  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

16,001

5.3885  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

14,504

5.3971  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

14,288

5.3923  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

13,695

5.3686  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

11,174

5.4120  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

11,162

5.3700  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

9,891

5.4027  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

7,808

5.3830  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

7,784

5.3845  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

6,381

5.3957  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

6,326

5.4046  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

6,231

5.3975  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

5,546

5.3987  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

5,210

5.4300  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

4,885

5.3859  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

4,469

5.3803  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

4,158

5.3759  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

3,621

5.3648  GBP

ADR

Purchase

2,778

14.4350  USD

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,443

5.3893  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

2,171

5.4079  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,819

5.3832  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,667

5.3640  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,631

5.3660  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,448

5.4191  GBP

ADR

Purchase

1,364

14.3811  USD

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,200

5.3770  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

1,164

5.3794  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

924

5.4102  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

842

5.3848  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

775

5.3880  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

710

5.3868  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

704

5.3870  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

690

5.3980  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

690

5.3978  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

544

5.3740  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

528

5.3920  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

523

5.3840  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

500

5.4380  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

500

5.4312  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

491

5.4140  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

426

5.3747  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

295

5.3944  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

266

5.3943  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

114

5.3780  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Purchase

107

5.3960  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

666,366

5.3938  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

632,410

5.3940  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

463,539

5.3945  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

239,642

5.3860  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

233,024

5.4017  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

201,888

5.3957  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

127,823

5.3917  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

124,377

5.3951  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

123,011

5.3950  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

110,000

5.4012  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

84,767

5.4092  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

69,982

5.3996  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

69,090

5.3931  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

59,449

5.3963  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

44,514

5.3936  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

35,483

5.4124  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

22,363

5.3999  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

17,417

5.3921  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

16,561

5.3914  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

11,091

5.4120  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

10,586

5.3880  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

8,303

5.3972  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

6,750

5.3790  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

6,487

5.4066  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

5,282

5.3886  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

5,031

5.3962  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

4,925

5.4280  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

4,508

5.4025  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

4,147

5.3720  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

4,146

5.4013  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

3,284

5.3960  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

3,000

5.3620  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

2,990

5.3902  GBP

ADR

Sale

2,778

14.4350  USD

ADR

Sale

1,364

14.3811  USD

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,244

5.3984  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,085

5.3828  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,018

5.4320  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

1,016

5.4160  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

690

5.3980  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

663

5.3868  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

523

5.4200  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

491

5.4141  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

491

5.4140  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

367

5.3786  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

210

5.4300  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

114

5.3780  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sale

3

5.3760  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

7

5.3819  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,032

5.3859  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

663

5.3868  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,282

5.3886  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,342

5.3894  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

127,823

5.3917  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

131,082

5.3928  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,892

5.3931  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

98,000

5.3936  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

84,518

5.3937  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

374,475

5.3940  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

123,011

5.3950  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

201,888

5.3957  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

137,156

5.3959  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

45,105

5.3962  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,303

5.3972  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,363

5.3999  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

110,000

5.4012  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,146

5.4013  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

233,024

5.4017  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,667

5.3640  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

856

5.3660  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,162

5.3700  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,000

5.3765  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,436

5.3863  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,061

5.3908  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,693

5.3925  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

60,223

5.3926  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,748

5.3938  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

164,170

5.3940  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

266

5.3943  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100,414

5.3951  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,231

5.3975  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,297

5.4018  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,326

5.4046  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

37,322

5.4121  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,457

5.4126  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,448

5.4191  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

600

5.4213  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

500

5.3756  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

731

5.3916  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

10,120

5.3979  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

600

5.3701  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,140

5.3729  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

66,946

5.3882  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

21,444

5.3944  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,226

5.3980  GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,257

5.4283  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:

24 Apr 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

Call Options

Written

-120,796

5.3305

European

06-Jun-26

32 17/19p ordinary

Call Options

Written

-104,574

5.3176

European

05-Jun-26









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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