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Societe Generale SA

15 January 2025

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:	SOCIETE GENERALE 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	14/01/2025
(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: 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:	32 17/19p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
Number	%	Number	%
(1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	6,258,309	0.23	9,460,854	0.35
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	13,276,235	0.50	2,476,402	0.09
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	19,534,544	0.73	11,937,256	0.45

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 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	451	4.695
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	451	4.695
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	451	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	447	4.719
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	657	4.678
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	620	4.6805
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	146	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	959	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	244	4.69
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	69	4.689
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	890	4.69
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	219	4.685
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	425	4.699
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	704	4.685
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	208	4.685
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,519	4.699
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.684
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,286	4.684
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	432	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	185	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	215	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	216	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	699	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	56	4.699
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	188	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	207	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	427	4.699
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	469	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	322	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,702	4.707
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	194	4.699
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	211	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	195	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	722	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	198	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,160	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	571	4.684
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	912	4.684
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,083	4.675
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,012	4.697
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	433	4.697
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	868	4.697
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	186	4.69
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	600	4.69
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	29	4.686
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	278	4.69
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	56	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	704	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	191	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	317	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	222	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,824	4.684
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	912	4.684
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	227	4.69
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,081	4.679
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	27	4.681
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	146	4.681
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,541	4.682
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	75	4.682
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	909	4.681
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	218	4.682
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,082	4.679
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,082	4.68
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6	4.682
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	633	4.683
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	132	4.683
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	621	4.68
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,081	4.68
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	955	4.683
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	758	4.678
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	704	4.682
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	938	4.683
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,071	4.705
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	42	4.679
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	494	4.679
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	525	4.679
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	202	4.691
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	704	4.691
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	208	4.691
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	530	4.6925
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	84	4.681
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	562	4.6945
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	910	4.6815
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	512	4.6815
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	730	4.6795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	651	4.6805
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	965	4.6765
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	481	4.69
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	526	4.678
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	530	4.6935
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	704	4.6915
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.6785
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	618	4.6955
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	505	4.692
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,629	4.702
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	455	4.708
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	583	4.686
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	523	4.702
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	531	4.689
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	775	4.701
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,335	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	537	4.681
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	191	4.701
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	904	4.681
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	725	4.697
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	911	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	424	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	96	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	609	4.712
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.686
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	85	4.686
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	78	4.686
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	456	4.707
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	632	4.698
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	678	4.699
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	48	4.699
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	41	4.699
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	91	4.699
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	116	4.719
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	427	4.719
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	548	4.688
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	618	4.696
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	642	4.713
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	77	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	85	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	41	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	55	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	497	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	21	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	15	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	75	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	74	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	424	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	16	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	874	4.7
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	19	4.705
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	310	4.705
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	769	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	14	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	15	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	46	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	21	4.695
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	24	4.695
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	669	4.695
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,265	4.695
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	659	4.697
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	751	4.686
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	79	4.708
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	62	4.708
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	16	4.708
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	410	4.708
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	155	4.694
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	217	4.713
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	372	4.694
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	503	4.694
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	766	4.684
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	547	4.696
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	595	4.709
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	649	4.691
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7	4.691
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	8	4.691
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	497	4.697
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.679
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.683
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	74	4.683
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	85	4.683
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,553	4.698
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	830	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	42	4.693
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3	4.697
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	798	4.682
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	438	4.697
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	128	4.697
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.683
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3	4.718
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	252	4.718
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.718
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	683	4.721
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	521	4.691
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	73	4.696
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	511	4.714
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	359	4.71
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	75	4.71
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	77	4.71
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	76	4.708
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	352	4.708
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	760	4.686
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	126	4.705
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	535	4.683
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,812	4.6992528
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	81,702	4.6879
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	135	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,990	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	15,696	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,724	4.6987239
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	273	4.6987546
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,269	4.6994165
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,052	4.6993844
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,505	4.6874488
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	264,285	4.698069
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	802,760	4.69661
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,885	5.5484
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	610	4.709
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	135	4.709
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	588	4.698
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	377	4.698
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	867	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	10,953	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,943	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,075	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	680	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,885	4.6844
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	681,439	4.709
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	15,696	4.687
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,990	4.687
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,000	5.64
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	880	5.64

(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 GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	369,330	4.69661
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	173,526	4.69661
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	160,693	4.69806879
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	118,772	4.69661
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	81,702	4.68793738
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	75,468	4.69806879
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	55,707	4.69661
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	54,186	4.69661
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	23,576	4.69806879
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	17,425	4.69661
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	10,453	4.69661
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5,505	4.68744881
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,548	4.69806879
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,361	4.69661
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	2,269	4.69941648
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	2,052	4.69938436
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,812	4.69925281
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,724	4.69872274
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	273	4.69875546
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	135	4.68770305

(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?	NO

###### Date of disclosure:	15/01/2025
###### Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
###### Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6969

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

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