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)	Â	Name of exempt principal trader:	Â	BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC
(b)		Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose		AVIVA PLC
Â		relevant securities this form relates:		Â
(c)		Name of the party to the offer with which exempt		FRIENDS LIFE GROUP LIMITED
Â		principal trader is connected		Â
(d)		Date position held/dealing undertaken:		10 December 2014
(e)		Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it		YES:
		today disclosing, under the Code in respect		FRIENDS LIFE GROUP LIMITED
Â		of any other party to this offer?		Â

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	ADR	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
				Interests				Short Positions
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		0		0.00%		8		0.00%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(3)		Options and agreements to
		purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
											Â
		TOTAL:		0		0.00%		8		0.00%

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
ADR		Purchase		100		15.4000 USD
ADR		Purchase		230		15.5257 USD
ADR		Purchase		300		15.4733 USD
ADR		Purchase		300		15.5100 USD
ADR		Purchase		300		15.5190 USD
ADR		Purchase		300		15.5483 USD
ADR		Purchase		400		15.3800 USD
ADR		Purchase		400		15.5200 USD
ADR		Purchase		500		15.5264 USD
ADR		Purchase		924		15.5389 USD
ADR		Purchase		1,192		15.4839 USD
ADR		Purchase		1,275		15.5133 USD
ADR		Purchase		1,800		15.5099 USD
ADR		Purchase		3,100		15.5400 USD
ADR		Purchase		3,183		15.5396 USD
ADR		Purchase		3,915		15.5005 USD
ADR		Purchase		7,960		15.5003 USD
ADR		Purchase		18,435		15.5469 USD
ADR		Sale		100		15.4000 USD
ADR		Sale		100		15.5201 USD
ADR		Sale		130		15.5300 USD
ADR		Sale		200		15.5375 USD
ADR		Sale		200		15.5700 USD
ADR		Sale		300		15.5703 USD
ADR		Sale		400		15.5200 USD
ADR		Sale		500		15.5264 USD
ADR		Sale		500		15.5640 USD
ADR		Sale		2,300		15.5378 USD
ADR		Sale		3,735		15.5504 USD
ADR		Sale		7,207		15.5397 USD
ADR		Sale		7,979		15.5021 USD
ADR		Sale		9,482		15.4968 USD
ADR		Sale		11,500		15.5461 USD

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of relevant security

Â

Product description e.g. CFD

Â

Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Â

Number of reference securities

Â

Price per unit

(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.

Â

Expiry date

Â

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security

Â

Product description e.g. call option

Â

Number of securities

Â

Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Â

Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

Â

Details

Â

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	NO
Date of disclosure:		11 Dec 2014
Contact name:		James Gibson
Telephone number:		020 3555 4619

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 [e-mail]. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.