Form 8.3 - Aviva plc

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 

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:	Qube Research & Technologies Limited
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	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: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	31-12-2024
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”	Yes - Direct Line Insurance Group plc

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(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:	192	0.000001	0	0.0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	26,634,837	0.99	0	0.0
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	26,635,029	0.99	0	0.0

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:	0
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	0

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit (GBp)

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit (GBp)
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	145	465.80
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	235	465.50
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	318	465.00
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	352	465.90
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1144	465.10
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	2151	466.00
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	160	466.70
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	175	465.50
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	212	466.80
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	314	467.60
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	333	468.60
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	433	464.00
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	491	467.10
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	495	466.20
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	500	466.10
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	515	465.45
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	516	467.40
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	518	465.40
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	527	467.95
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	532	466.90
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	534	467.50
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	566	466.30
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	625	468.55
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	635	468.15
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	681	464.40
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	719	468.40
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1026	465.00
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1039	468.05
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1465	467.70
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1503	465.05
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1790	464.90
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	2036	464.80
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	2337	465.20
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	2552	468.30
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	2800	467.80
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	2839	468.70
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	4336	468.20
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	7385	468.50
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	7531	467.90
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	13057	468.10
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	21174	468.00
32 17/19p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	116174	468.80

(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 (GBp)

Type e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit
0	0	0	0	0

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)
0	0	0	0

4. 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 person 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 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 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

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:	01-01-2025
Contact name:	Janice Falcao
Telephone number:	00442033140679

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 disclosure requirements on [phone]. The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

Category Code: RET

Sequence Number: 1271379

Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20250102T095704+0000