RNS Number : 8339T
GoldmanSachs International
17 January 2025
 

Amendment - due to the amendment of Equity and Derivative transactions, the disclosure made on 9 December for dealings on 06 December has been updated. Section 2(a) and 2(b) has been updated.

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:

06 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"

NO

 

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

19,402,821

4.9195 GBP

4.8180 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

Sales

8,956,809

4.9175 GBP

4.8180 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

12,329

4.8189 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

11,247

4.8267 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

16

4.8269 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

17

4.8274 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

10

4.8275 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

54

4.8277 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

220

4.8277 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

140

4.8277 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

877

4.8277 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

18

4.8278 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

78

4.8279 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

143

4.8280 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

155

4.8295 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,625

4.8296 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

21,500

4.8336 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

12

4.8337 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

4

4.8345 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

4

4.8350 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

75,331

4.8355 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

36,400

4.8357 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

23,700

4.8358 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

11,460

4.8359 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

138,393

4.8360 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

655

4.8360 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

1,320

4.8360 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

217,185

4.8360 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

4

4.8360 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

5,146

4.8360 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

4,033

4.8360 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

12,046

4.8360 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

103

4.8361 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,067

4.8361 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

388

4.8361 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

1,209

4.8366 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

10,783

4.8367 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

104,284

4.8367 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

37,720

4.8370 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

12,724

4.8374 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

5,504

4.8375 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

64,302

4.8404 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

191,896

4.8453 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

2,388

4.8488 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

5,857

4.8489 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

187

4.8489 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,568

4.8489 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

165

4.8489 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

94

4.8505 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

51,138

4.8507 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,613

4.8507 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

13,550

4.8507 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,422

4.8507 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

21

4.8527 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

163

4.8545 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

6

4.8545 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

46

4.8545 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

5

4.8545 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

3,753

4.8545 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

220

4.8545 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

100,385

4.8555 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

6,500

4.8555 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1,213

4.8560 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

3,490

4.8560 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

5,977

4.8560 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

3,700

4.8563 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

15,100

4.8563 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

480,294

4.8577 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

197

4.8587 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

4

4.8588 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

9,326

4.8589 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

315

4.8589 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

2,653

4.8589 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

281

4.8589 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

82

4.8605 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

2,260

4.8608 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

2,332

4.8619 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

3

4.8637 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

19,172

4.8638 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

71,589

4.8638 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

2,062

4.8638 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

2,320

4.8638 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

2

4.8660 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

44,439

4.8666 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,588

4.8673 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

2,006

4.8674 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

4,606

4.8675 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

145

4.8675 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,222

4.8675 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

128

4.8675 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

43,005

4.8675 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

16,163

4.8681 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

83

4.8684 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

596

4.8716 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

12,202

4.8726 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

6,005

4.8743 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

34,221

4.8745 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

5,141

4.8753 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

16

4.8763 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

11,468

4.8763 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

37,713

4.8763 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

34,564

4.8810 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

783

4.8831 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

1

4.8835 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

242,205

4.8843 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

191

4.8854 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

59,685

4.8874 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

7,980

4.8882 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

139

4.8898 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

5,046,436

4.8940 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

4,540,974

4.8940 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

12,046

4.8964 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

5,734

4.8983 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing a long position

8,445

6.1720 USD

 

 

 

(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:

17 January 2025
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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