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 (“RIâ€) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) | Â | Name of exempt principal trader: | Â | BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD | |
(b) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose |
AVIVA PLC |
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 | 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: | 4 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: | Â | Â | Â | ORD | |||||||
Interests | Â | Short Positions | |||||||||
 |  | Number |  | (%) | Number |  | (%) | ||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 12,355,525 | 0.42% | 5,840,779 | 0.20% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(2) | Derivatives (other than | ||||||||||
options): | 4,932,244 | 0.17% | 10,119,621 | 0.34% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(3) | Options and agreements to | ||||||||||
purchase/sell: | 1,184,139 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
 | |||||||||||
TOTAL: | 18,471,908 | 0.63% | 15,960,400 | 0.54% |
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: | Â |
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: | Â |
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 | Â | Purchase/sale | Â | Number of | Â | Price per unit | |
security | Â | securities | Â | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 297 | 5.0925 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 310 | 5.0700 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,500 | 5.0150 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,603 | 5.0775 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,749 | 5.1000 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,915 | 5.0110 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,392 | 5.0350 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,941 | 5.0453 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,975 | 5.1050 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,002 | 5.0800 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,480 | 5.0850 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 5,218 | 5.0550 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 6,681 | 5.0697 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 7,841 | 5.0950 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 7,881 | 5.0300 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 8,000 | 5.0575 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 9,742 | 5.0450 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 10,015 | 5.0750 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 10,272 | 5.0451 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 10,322 | 5.0100 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 10,596 | 5.0431 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 11,070 | 5.0510 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 13,800 | 5.0250 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 14,200 | 5.0473 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 33,501 | 5.0538 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 37,270 | 5.0600 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 37,781 | 5.0546 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 40,097 | 5.0500 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 58,217 | 5.0583 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 59,312 | 5.0452 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 62,855 | 5.0428 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 138,152 | 5.0416 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 478,629 | 5.0415 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 114 | 5.0961 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 297 | 5.0925 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 310 | 5.0700 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 410 | 5.0520 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,500 | 5.0150 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,749 | 5.1000 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,170 | 5.0161 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,392 | 5.0350 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,002 | 5.0800 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,480 | 5.0850 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,600 | 5.0100 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,562 | 5.1050 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,144 | 5.0809 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,275 | 5.0816 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 7,841 | 5.0950 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 7,881 | 5.0300 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 9,202 | 5.0837 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 9,742 | 5.0450 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 10,015 | 5.0750 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 10,431 | 5.0517 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 13,800 | 5.0250 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 14,223 | 5.0648 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 22,381 | 5.0536 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 25,898 | 5.0558 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 30,717 | 5.0506 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 36,457 | 5.0550 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 37,270 | 5.0600 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 39,375 | 5.0328 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 40,097 | 5.0500 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 59,735 | 5.0529 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 81,824 | 5.0570 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 261,021 | 5.0713 GBP | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 300 | 15.7700 USD | ||||
ADR | Purchase | 395 | 15.7450 USD | ||||
ADR | Sale | 300 | 15.7700 USD | ||||
ADR | Sale | 395 | 15.7450 USD |
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of | Â | Product | Â | Nature of dealing | Â | Number of | Â | Price per | |
relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
security | Â | Â | securities | Â | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 410 | 5.0520 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 806 | 5.0295 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 3,400 | 5.0752 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 14,956 | 5.0462 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 15,000 | 5.1045 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 15,761 | 5.0548 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 15,813 | 5.0647 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 21,523 | 5.0659 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 25,500 | 5.0141 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 30,051 | 5.0671 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 37,370 | 5.0336 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 113,167 | 5.0893 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 131,169 | 5.0601 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 600 | 5.0254 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 641 | 5.0101 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 1,915 | 5.0110 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 2,300 | 5.0551 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 4,483 | 5.0157 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 6,113 | 5.0631 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 22,576 | 5.0136 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 24,363 | 5.0105 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 36,736 | 5.0646 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 44,573 | 5.0649 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 138,152 | 5.0416 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 478,629 | 5.0415 GBP |
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security | Â | Product description e.g. call option | Â | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. | Â | Number of securities to which option relates | Â | Exercise price per unit | Â |
Type
e.g. American, European etc. |
 | Expiry date |  | Option money paid/ received per unit |
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant security | Â |
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 | Â |
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? | Â | YES | |
Date of disclosure: | 5 Dec 2014 | ||
Contact name: | Rajesh Muthanna | ||
Telephone number: | 020 3555 4634 |
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.
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 “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Identity of the person whose positions/dealings | Â | BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD | |
are being disclosed: | Â | ||
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | AVIVA PLC | ||
relevant securities this from relates: | Â |
2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES
Class | Â | Product | Â | Writing, | Â | Number | Â | Exercise | Â | Type | Â | Expiry | |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price | date | ||||||||
relevant | selling, | securities | per unit | ||||||||||
security | varying etc | to which | |||||||||||
option | |||||||||||||
 |  |  | relates |  |  |  | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 804,139 | 5.6110 | European | 11 Dec 2014 | |||||||
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 (“CFDsâ€) 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.