RNS Number : 4483Q
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
17 December 2024
 

AMENDMENT(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:

13 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 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

SALES

1,072,765

4.7680 GBP

4.7170 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

PURCHASES

2,240,981

4.7690 GBP

4.7160 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

PURCHASES

19,733

5.7258 EUR

5.7258 EUR

 

(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

48,739

4.7391 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

71,675

4.7446 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

5

4.7468 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

4,002

4.7478 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

6,635

4.7506 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,990

4.7506 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

5,104

4.7506 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

34,646

4.7506 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

11,053

4.7506 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

35,838

4.7521 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

101,233

4.7532 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,366

4.7551 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

39,413

4.7551 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,093

4.7618 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

18,177

4.7620 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

334

4.7170 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,520

4.7317 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

29,180

4.7392 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

903

4.7462 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

5,949

4.7484 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

7,749

4.7485 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,900

4.7498 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,966

4.7502 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

12,144

4.7502 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,258

4.7503 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

36,612

4.7504 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

27,457

4.7506 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

223,075

4.7507 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

39,576

4.7508 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

9,417

4.7523 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

128,702

4.7538 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

4,978

4.7542 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

12,569

4.7544 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

18,439

4.7545 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

11,305

4.7549 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

6,612

4.7549 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

16,137

4.7565 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

41,716

4.7570 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

5,137

4.7570 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

615

4.7571 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

5,476

4.7593 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

19,733

4.7594 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

50,993

4.7603 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

61,182

4.7604 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

16,136

4.7620 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

603

4.7620 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

197

4.7620 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

34,961

4.7621 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

857,452

4.7170 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

12,839

4.7524 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

23,922

4.7547 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

6,063

4.7620 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

18,177

4.7620 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,366

4.7620 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,496

4.7627 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2,347

4.7248 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2,520

4.7373 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,796

4.7378 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,558

4.7458 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

663

4.7484 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,865

4.7490 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

121,055

4.7506 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

21,284

4.7516 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

29,180

4.7520 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

490

4.7521 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

54,200

4.7532 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

7,383

4.7549 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

11,614

4.7550 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,603

4.7551 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

217,645

4.7568 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

17,152

4.7578 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

3,180

4.7591 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

29

4.7594 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1

4.7600 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

576

4.7616 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

833

4.7616 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

444

4.7616 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,903

4.7620 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

24

4.7620 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

20,645

4.7620 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

334

4.7620 GBP

32 17/19p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

17

4.7626 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:

17 December 2024
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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