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:
|
BNP Paribas
SA
|
(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
|
21/01/2025
|
(f) In addition to the
company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in
respect of any other party to the offer?
If
it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state
"N/A"
|
Yes
If YES, specify
which:
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:
|
GB00BPQY8M80 (32 17/19p
ordinary)
|
|
Interests
|
Short
positions
|
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled:
|
22,968,866
|
0.8578
|
-24,231,738
|
-0.9050
|
(2) Cash-settled
derivatives:
|
4,132,034
|
0.1543
|
-15,517,615
|
-0.5795
|
(3) Stock-settled derivatives
(including options) and agreements to
purchase/sell:
|
86,000
|
0.0032
|
+0
|
+0.0000
|
TOTAL:
|
27,186,900
|
1.0153
|
-39,749,353
|
-1.4845
|
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:
|
|
Details, including nature of
the rights concerned and relevant percentages:
|
|
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
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
1
|
4.9334
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
12
|
4.9379
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
17
|
4.9204
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
25
|
4.9360
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
25
|
4.9360
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
26
|
4.9360
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
29
|
4.9242
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
30
|
4.9380
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
33
|
4.9190
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
37
|
4.9380
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
39
|
4.9179
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
39
|
4.9201
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
39
|
4.9249
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
39
|
4.9380
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
40
|
4.9213
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
40
|
4.9244
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
40
|
4.9270
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
43
|
4.9308
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
43
|
4.9337
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
43
|
4.9370
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
44
|
4.9404
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
45
|
4.9375
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
45
|
4.9406
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
46
|
4.9355
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
47
|
4.9296
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
47
|
4.9377
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
47
|
4.9403
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
48
|
4.9224
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
48
|
4.9279
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
49
|
4.9369
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
52
|
4.9393
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
55
|
4.9253
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
55
|
4.9330
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
55
|
4.9350
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
55
|
4.9370
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
56
|
4.9330
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
56
|
4.9350
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
56
|
4.9380
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
57
|
4.9340
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
57
|
4.9350
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
57
|
4.9380
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
73
|
4.9240
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
86
|
4.9350
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
90
|
4.9409
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
95
|
4.9334
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
105
|
4.9380
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
124
|
4.9417
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
1,158
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
1,505
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
1,660
|
4.9367
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
1,663
|
4.9424
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
2,133
|
4.9410
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
2,785
|
4.9362
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
2,794
|
4.9471
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
2,950
|
4.9365
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
5,021
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
9,792
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
13,944
|
4.9384
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
15,821
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
19,486
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
43,756
|
4.9421
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
47,424
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
60,313
|
4.9406
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
62,438
|
4.9383
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Purchase
|
204,297
|
4.9230
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-95,569
|
4.9399
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-52,240
|
4.9319
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-48,627
|
4.9336
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-47,424
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-45,821
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-41,744
|
4.9382
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-35,307
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-12,115
|
4.9353
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-11,519
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-9,569
|
4.9329
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-6,727
|
4.9291
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-5,467
|
4.9386
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-4,085
|
4.9329
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-1,065
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-993
|
4.9352
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-905
|
4.9329
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-811
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-568
|
4.9300
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-556
|
4.9200
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-445
|
4.9365
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-423
|
4.9382
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-256
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-179
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-173
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-164
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-124
|
4.9417
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-95
|
4.9334
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-90
|
4.9409
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-55
|
4.9253
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-52
|
4.9393
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-49
|
4.9369
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-48
|
4.9224
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-48
|
4.9279
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-47
|
4.9296
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-47
|
4.9377
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-47
|
4.9403
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-46
|
4.9355
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-45
|
4.9375
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-45
|
4.9406
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-44
|
4.9404
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-43
|
4.9308
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-43
|
4.9337
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-40
|
4.9213
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-40
|
4.9244
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-40
|
4.9270
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-39
|
4.9179
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-39
|
4.9201
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-39
|
4.9249
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-39
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-35
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-33
|
4.9190
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-30
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-29
|
4.9242
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-23
|
4.9416
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-17
|
4.9204
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-12
|
4.9379
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-1
|
4.9334
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Sale
|
-1
|
4.9370
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
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Closing Short Position
|
58,871
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Increasing Long Position
|
4,085
|
4.9400
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Increasing Long Position
|
905
|
4.9400
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Increasing Long Position
|
9,569
|
4.9400
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Increasing Long Position
|
35,307
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Increasing Short Position
|
-2,944
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Increasing Short Position
|
-15
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Increasing Short Position
|
-2,133
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Increasing Short Position
|
-5,021
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Increasing Short Position
|
-35,307
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Reducing Short Position
|
47,852
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Reducing Short Position
|
775
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Reducing Short Position
|
36,773
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Reducing Short Position
|
28,894
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Reducing Short Position
|
11,140
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Reducing Short Position
|
69,511
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Reducing Short Position
|
9,129
|
4.9400
GBP
|
GB00BPQY8M80
|
Contract for Difference
|
Reducing Short Position
|
12
|
4.9400
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)
|
|
|
|
|
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?
|
Yes
|
Date of disclosure:
|
22/01/2025
|
Contact name:
|
Compliance
Control Room
|
Telephone number*:
|
0207 595
9695
|
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.
*If
the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need
to be included, provided contact information has been provided to
the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.
The
Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED
DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS,
AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR
SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the
Takeover Code (the "Code")
Full name of person making disclosure:
|
BNP Paribas SA
|
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to
whose
relevant securities the disclosure
relates:
|
Aviva plc
|
2.
|
STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING
OPTIONS)
|
|
Class of
relevant
security
|
Product
description
e.g. call
option
|
Written or
purchased
|
Number of
securities
to which
option or
derivative
relates
|
Exercise
price
per unit
|
Type
e.g.
American,
European
etc.
|
Expiry
date
|
32 17/19p ordinary
(GB00BPQY8M80)
|
Call Option
|
P
|
86000
|
4.94
|
american
|
19/12/2025
|
3.
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AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
|
|
Full details should be given so that the nature of the
interest or position can be fully understood:
|
|
It
is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open
Positions) with regard to cash-settled
derivatives.
|
|
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should
be stated.
|
|
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for
consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on
+44 (0)20 7638 0129.
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