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Goldman Sachs (EPT) - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Aviva PLC
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RNS Number : 9571Q
GoldmanSachs International
20 December 2024
 

 

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:

(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

AVIVA PLC

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

AVIVA PLC

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

19 December 2024

(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader 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 - disclosing today for DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

 

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

1,432,751

4.6035 GBP

4.5600 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sales

3,604,129

4.6167 GBP

4.5557 GBP

 

 

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

100

4.5547 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

300

4.5547 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

2,100

4.5547 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

4,500

4.5547 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

335

4.5613 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

1,597

4.5704 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

273

4.5708 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

27,457

4.5709 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

21,236

4.5711 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

188

4.5712 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

18,113

4.5712 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

57,300

4.5717 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

9,211

4.5730 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

16,942

4.5730 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

10,019

4.5730 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

4,583

4.5730 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

57,967

4.5730 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

44,628

4.5730 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

87,605

4.5733 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

135

4.5740 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

25,600

4.5742 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

53,400

4.5742 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

4,200

4.5742 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

1,200

4.5742 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

4,895

4.5744 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

4,341

4.5744 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1,597

4.5755 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

458

4.5755 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

4,437

4.5756 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

11,036

4.5756 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

3,479

4.5758 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

9,008

4.5767 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

14,425

4.5770 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

209

4.5776 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

56,919

4.5776 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

3,552

4.5794 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

95

4.5795 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

331

4.5795 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

155

4.5798 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

423

4.5801 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

22,935

4.5816 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

795

4.5816 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

4,414

4.5821 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

24,621

4.5847 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

570

4.5851 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

27,457

4.5855 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

48,224

4.5860 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

130

4.5860 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

458

4.5860 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

58,544

4.5860 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

61,595

4.5863 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

86

4.5866 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

303

4.5866 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,305

4.5866 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

97,281

4.5867 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

5,700

4.5867 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

6

4.5915 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

19

4.5915 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

25

4.5915 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

246

4.6000 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

4,163

4.6003 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

2,100

4.6072 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

4,500

4.6072 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

300

4.6072 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

100

4.6072 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

40,077

4.6168 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

231,869

4.6168 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

18,333

4.6168 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

67,767

4.6168 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

36,841

4.6168 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

178,513

4.6168 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

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






 

(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)


 

 



 

 

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:

20 December 2024
Contact name:

Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka
Telephone number:

+33(1) 4212 1459 / +48(22) 317 4817

 

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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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