GoldmanSachs International Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Direct Line
December 20 2024 - 5:26AM
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RNS Number : 9572Q
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:
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(GS)
GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
|
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(b) Name of offeror/offeree
in relation to whose relevant securities this form
relates:
Use
a separate form for each offeror/offeree
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DIRECT LINE
INSURANCE GROUP PLC
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(c) Name of the party to the
offer with which exempt principal trader is
connected:
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AVIVA
PLC
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(d) Date dealing
undertaken:
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19 December
2024
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(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"
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YES -
disclosing today for AVIVA PLC
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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
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Class of relevant
security
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Purchases/
sales
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Total number of
securities
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Highest price per unit
paid/received
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Lowest price per unit
paid/received
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
Purchases
|
3,263,274
|
2.4270
GBP
|
2.4020
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
Sales
|
212,814
|
2.4240
GBP
|
2.4120
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
|
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10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
24,534
|
2.4141
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Reducing
a long position
|
15,912
|
2.4152
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Increasing a long position
|
4,568
|
2.4175
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
7,432
|
2.4177
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
1,220
|
2.4177
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
15,522
|
2.4191
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
7,432
|
2.4191
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
1,220
|
2.4191
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
360
|
2.4191
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Reducing
a long position
|
9,493
|
2.4198
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Reducing
a short position
|
1,414
|
2.4206
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
89,182
|
2.4229
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
14,646
|
2.4229
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
186,270
|
2.4229
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
4,334
|
2.4229
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
808,752
|
2.4232
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
236,369
|
2.4232
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
622,647
|
2.4232
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
128,502
|
2.4232
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
139,786
|
2.4232
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
63,944
|
2.4232
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
98,144
|
2.4270
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
362
|
2.4277
GBP
|
|
10 10/11p
ordinary
|
CFD
|
Opening a
short position
|
15,522
|
2.4278
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)
|
|
|
|
|
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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
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(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:
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20 December
2024
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Contact name:
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Papa Lette
and Andrzej Szyszka
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Telephone number:
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+33(1) 4212
1459 / +48(22) 317 4817
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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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