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 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:

Direct Line Insurance Group plc

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

02 January 2025

(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

YES-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

1,918,922

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

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

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

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

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

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

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.

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