Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - AVIVA PLC

Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - AVIVA PLC

BARCLAYS PLC

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY (“RI”) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a)   Name of exempt principal trader:   BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

AVIVA PLC

  relevant securities this form relates:  
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt FRIENDS LIFE GROUP LIMITED
  principal trader is connected  
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 12 December 2014
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it YES:
today disclosing, under the Code in respect FRIENDS LIFE GROUP LIMITED
  of any other party to this offer?  

2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(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:   ORD
  Interests   Short Positions
    Number   (%) Number   (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 9,666,388 0.33% 7,818,010 0.27%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 4,923,906 0.17% 5,436,980 0.18%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 380,000 0.01% 0 0.00%
           
(4)
TOTAL: 14,970,294 0.51% 13,254,990 0.45%

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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 executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:  
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

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(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant   Purchase/sale   Number of   Price per unit
security   securities  
ORD Purchase 418 4.8190 GBP
ORD Purchase 617 4.7700 GBP
ORD Purchase 698 4.8490 GBP
ORD Purchase 702 4.7780 GBP
ORD Purchase 950 4.7756 GBP
ORD Purchase 968 4.7260 GBP
ORD Purchase 980 4.7243 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,423 4.7720 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,423 4.7770 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,440 4.7580 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,457 4.7660 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,600 4.8140 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,619 4.7820 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,915 4.7200 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,102 4.7764 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,240 4.7480 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,546 4.7690 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,671 4.7760 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,171 4.7590 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,286 4.7636 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,251 4.7276 GBP
ORD Purchase 8,787 4.7758 GBP
ORD Purchase 8,983 4.7395 GBP
ORD Purchase 11,640 4.7623 GBP
ORD Purchase 26,800 4.7039 GBP
ORD Purchase 38,813 4.7297 GBP
ORD Purchase 55,500 4.6991 GBP
ORD Purchase 58,709 4.7265 GBP
ORD Purchase 64,325 4.7406 GBP
ORD Purchase 81,888 4.7600 GBP
ORD Purchase 95,611 4.6800 GBP
ORD Purchase 97,972 4.7612 GBP
ORD Purchase 244,129 4.7650 GBP
ORD Purchase 350,999 4.7681 GBP
ORD Sale 11 4.7536 GBP
ORD Sale 20 4.7505 GBP
ORD Sale 300 4.8160 GBP
ORD Sale 418 4.8190 GBP
ORD Sale 617 4.7700 GBP
ORD Sale 698 4.8490 GBP
ORD Sale 702 4.7780 GBP
ORD Sale 950 4.7756 GBP
ORD Sale 957 4.7600 GBP
ORD Sale 968 4.7260 GBP
ORD Sale 1,423 4.7720 GBP
ORD Sale 1,423 4.7770 GBP
ORD Sale 1,457 4.7660 GBP
ORD Sale 1,600 4.8140 GBP
ORD Sale 1,619 4.7820 GBP
ORD Sale 1,915 4.7200 GBP
ORD Sale 2,240 4.7480 GBP
ORD Sale 2,546 4.7690 GBP
ORD Sale 2,671 4.7760 GBP
ORD Sale 2,841 4.7336 GBP
ORD Sale 3,011 4.7669 GBP
ORD Sale 3,145 4.7942 GBP
ORD Sale 3,171 4.7590 GBP
ORD Sale 3,497 4.7711 GBP
ORD Sale 3,523 4.7580 GBP
ORD Sale 4,608 4.7765 GBP
ORD Sale 7,914 4.7058 GBP
ORD Sale 8,880 4.7755 GBP
ORD Sale 9,206 4.7707 GBP
ORD Sale 15,042 4.7783 GBP
ORD Sale 83,479 4.7310 GBP
ORD Sale 103,028 4.6800 GBP
ORD Sale 160,833 4.7293 GBP
ADR Purchase 430 14.9411 USD
ADR Purchase 4,771 14.6350 USD
ADR Sale 430 14.9411 USD
ADR Sale 4,771 14.6350 USD

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of   Product   Nature of dealing   Number of   Price per
relevant description reference unit
security     securities  
ORD SWAP Long 1,500 4.8275 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 2,400 4.8456 GBP
ORD CFD Long 7,914 4.7058 GBP
ORD CFD Long 13,700 4.8064 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 28,866 4.7741 GBP
ORD CFD Short 660 4.7660 GBP
ORD CFD Short 980 4.7243 GBP
ORD CFD Short 17,294 4.7666 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 26,800 4.7038 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 34,455 4.7766 GBP
ORD CFD Short 32,282 4.7777 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 65,382 4.7595 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 80,448 4.7857 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 145,445 4.7586 GBP
ORD CFD Short 151,883 4.7694 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 246,182 4.7589 GBP

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(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) Exercising

Class of relevant security   Product description

e.g. call option

  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)

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

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 exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

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

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?   YES
Date of disclosure: 15 Dec 2014
Contact name: Jay Supaya
Telephone number: 0207 773 0635

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. 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.

143221.01

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

Identity of the person whose positions/dealings   BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
are being disclosed:  
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose AVIVA PLC
relevant securities this from relates:  

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class   Product   Writing,   Number   Exercise   Type   Expiry
of description purchasing, of price date
relevant selling, securities per unit
security varying etc to which
option
      relates      
ORD Put Options Written 380,000 280.0000 American 19 Dec 2014

3. 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 contracts for differences (“CFDs”) or spread bets.

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 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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