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: | Man Group PLC |
| (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 | 29/11/2024 |
| (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 / NO / N/A
Offeree: Direct Line Insurance Group plc |
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: | 32 17/19p ordinary | |||
| Interests | ||||
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: | 12,193,987 | 0.46 | ||
| (2) Cash-settled derivatives: | 11,204,719 | 0.42 | 12,297,722 | 0.46 |
| (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 4,913,000 | 0.18 | ||
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TOTAL: | 23,398,706 | 0.87 | 17,210,722 | 0.64 |
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: |
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 |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Sale | 11,400 | 4.837 GBP |
| 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 | Equity Swap | Increasing a long position | 4,709 | 4.824 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Reducing a short position | 263 | 4.824 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Reducing a long position | 4,336 | 4.830 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 18,915 | 4.814 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Reducing a short position | 42,218 | 4.810 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 12,164 | 4.803 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 217,747 | 4.814 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 142,424 | 4.814 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Reducing a short position | 625,103 | 4.810 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Reducing a short position | 408,938 | 4.810 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 91,593 | 4.803 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 140,033 | 4.803 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 4,385 | 4.803 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 2,866 | 4.803 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 4,457 | 4.814 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Reducing a short position | 14,395 | 4.810 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 6,819 | 4.814 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Reducing a short position | 21,937 | 4.810 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 2,484 | 4.803 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 2,389 | 4.803 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 3,863 | 4.814 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 3,716 | 4.814 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Reducing a short position | 10,718 | 4.810 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Reducing a short position | 11,141 | 4.810 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 36,368 | 4.814 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 23,387 | 4.803 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Reducing a short position | 70,946 | 4.810 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Reducing a short position | 6,986 | 4.810 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 2,023 | 4.803 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 3,146 | 4.814 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 3,896 | 4.803 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 6,058 | 4.814 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Reducing a short position | 14,270 | 4.810 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 3,112 | 4.814 GBP |
| 32 17/19p ordinary | Equity Swap | Increasing a short position | 2,033 | 4.814 GBP |
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