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Form 8.3 - Friends Life Group

4th Mar 2015 14:22

RNS Number : 5503G
Societe Generale SA
04 March 2015
 



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:

Société Générale S.A.

(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

Friends Life Group Limited

(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

03/03/2015

(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 : Aviva 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:

 

Ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

14,958,211

1.06

907,023

0.06

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

0

0.00

3,254,964

0.23

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00

0

0.00

 

TOTAL:

14,958,211

1.06

4,161,987

0.29

 

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

Ordinary

Purchase

2,677

4.054

Ordinary

Purchase

2,677

4.054

Ordinary

Purchase

2,677

4.054

Ordinary

Purchase

2,677

4.054

Ordinary

Purchase

594

4.054

Ordinary

Purchase

3,993

4.054

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

4.106

Ordinary

Purchase

100

4.107

Ordinary

Purchase

158

4.108

Ordinary

Purchase

381

4.106

Ordinary

Purchase

500

4.108

Ordinary

Purchase

886

4.106

Ordinary

Purchase

1,269

4.108

Ordinary

Purchase

2,658

4.117

Ordinary

Purchase

588

4.054

Ordinary

Purchase

1,234

4.091

Ordinary

Purchase

1,010

4.092

Ordinary

Purchase

665

4.092

Ordinary

Purchase

693

4.092

Ordinary

Purchase

363

4.091

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

4.104

Ordinary

Purchase

389

4.104

Ordinary

Purchase

588

4.054

Ordinary

Purchase

2,677

4.054

Ordinary

Purchase

546

4.095

Ordinary

Purchase

42

4.095

Ordinary

Purchase

1,249

4.097

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

4.106

Ordinary

Purchase

26,681

4.09126

Ordinary

Purchase

2,660

4.114

Ordinary

Purchase

1,257

4.114

Ordinary

Purchase

1,083

4.114

Ordinary

Purchase

1,033

4.113

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

4.076

Ordinary

Purchase

1,535

4.072

Ordinary

Purchase

633

4.072

Ordinary

Purchase

2,660

4.114

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

4.113

Ordinary

Purchase

217

4.113

Ordinary

Purchase

2,057

4.103

Ordinary

Purchase

1,592

4.106

Ordinary

Purchase

1,018

4.061

Ordinary

Purchase

40

4.112

Ordinary

Purchase

422

4.112

Ordinary

Purchase

4,933

4.112

Ordinary

Purchase

342

4.093

Ordinary

Purchase

625

4.093

Ordinary

Purchase

1,202

4.093

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

4.078

Ordinary

Purchase

155

4.078

Ordinary

Purchase

484

4.078

Ordinary

Purchase

516

4.08

Ordinary

Purchase

1,243

4.08

Ordinary

Purchase

2,038

4.062

Ordinary

Purchase

491

4.06

Ordinary

Purchase

2,206

4.061

Ordinary

Purchase

1,000

4.066

Ordinary

Purchase

1,232

4.066

Ordinary

Purchase

1,159

4.1

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

4.111

Ordinary

Purchase

500

4.111

Ordinary

Purchase

2,555

4.064

Ordinary

Purchase

500

4.109

Ordinary

Purchase

500

4.109

Ordinary

Purchase

1,450

4.093

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

4.082

Ordinary

Purchase

1,007

4.072

Ordinary

Purchase

1,007

4.072

Ordinary

Purchase

139

4.072

Ordinary

Purchase

161

4.072

Ordinary

Purchase

1,218

4.103

Ordinary

Purchase

608

4.103

Ordinary

Purchase

1,021

4.086

Ordinary

Purchase

532

4.086

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

4.088

Ordinary

Purchase

2,072

4.106

Ordinary

Purchase

1,379

4.112

Ordinary

Purchase

469

4.061

Ordinary

Purchase

1,123

4.101

Ordinary

Purchase

964

4.101

Ordinary

Purchase

221

4.101

Ordinary

Purchase

894

4.076

Ordinary

Purchase

534

4.082

Ordinary

Purchase

15,265

4.054

Ordinary

Purchase

3

4.0925

Ordinary

Purchase

15

4.093

Ordinary

Sale

2,677

4.054

Ordinary

Sale

5,353

4.054

Ordinary

Sale

2,677

4.054

Ordinary

Sale

5,353

4.054

Ordinary

Sale

1,338

4.054

Ordinary

Sale

844

4.101

Ordinary

Sale

166

4.101

Ordinary

Sale

34

4.101

Ordinary

Sale

17

4.101

Ordinary

Sale

77

4.101

Ordinary

Sale

200

4.101

Ordinary

Sale

500

4.054

Ordinary

Sale

536

4.054

Ordinary

Sale

909

4.054

Ordinary

Sale

445

4.101

Ordinary

Sale

847

4.118

Ordinary

Sale

890

4.101

Ordinary

Sale

853

4.118

Ordinary

Sale

351

4.102

Ordinary

Sale

593

4.102

Ordinary

Sale

1,418

4.102

Ordinary

Sale

315

4.102

Ordinary

Sale

564

4.102

Ordinary

Sale

545

4.11

Ordinary

Sale

735

4.122

Ordinary

Sale

897

4.122

Ordinary

Sale

67

4.122

Ordinary

Sale

728

4.123

Ordinary

Sale

1,250

4.105

Ordinary

Sale

1,250

4.101

Ordinary

Sale

609

4.11

Ordinary

Sale

698

4.109

Ordinary

Sale

588

4.054

Ordinary

Sale

1,776

4.104

Ordinary

Sale

1,139

4.054

Ordinary

Sale

652

4.099

Ordinary

Sale

1

4.099

Ordinary

Sale

299

4.099

Ordinary

Sale

800

4.101

Ordinary

Sale

101

4.101

Ordinary

Sale

890

4.102

Ordinary

Sale

6,378

4.098

Ordinary

Sale

56,174

4.095566

Ordinary

Sale

648

4.114

Ordinary

Sale

113

4.1

Ordinary

Sale

531

4.1

Ordinary

Sale

276

4.1

Ordinary

Sale

999

4.093

Ordinary

Sale

336

4.093

Ordinary

Sale

1,250

4.111

Ordinary

Sale

1,250

4.093

Ordinary

Sale

85

4.093

Ordinary

Sale

2,581

4.078

Ordinary

Sale

586

4.078

Ordinary

Sale

185

4.072

Ordinary

Sale

633

4.072

Ordinary

Sale

2,785

4.072

Ordinary

Sale

815

4.072

Ordinary

Sale

888

4.106

Ordinary

Sale

5,327

4.106

Ordinary

Sale

880

4.106

Ordinary

Sale

611

4.1

Ordinary

Sale

279

4.1

Ordinary

Sale

1,013

4.099

Ordinary

Sale

1,000

4.093

Ordinary

Sale

888

4.111

Ordinary

Sale

676

4.061

Ordinary

Sale

500

4.061

Ordinary

Sale

500

4.061

Ordinary

Sale

510

4.11

Ordinary

Sale

139

4.11

Ordinary

Sale

1,250

4.095

Ordinary

Sale

74

4.098

Ordinary

Sale

1,139

4.098

Ordinary

Sale

202

4.098

Ordinary

Sale

612

4.08

Ordinary

Sale

2,007

4.08

Ordinary

Sale

1,089

4.08

Ordinary

Sale

1,182

4.08

Ordinary

Sale

825

4.084

Ordinary

Sale

804

4.109

Ordinary

Sale

688

4.086

Ordinary

Sale

2,406

4.108

Ordinary

Sale

345

4.103

Ordinary

Sale

1,250

4.103

Ordinary

Sale

1,250

4.103

Ordinary

Sale

101

4.103

Ordinary

Sale

584

4.102

Ordinary

Sale

635

4.119

Ordinary

Sale

693

4.114

Ordinary

Sale

659

4.115

Ordinary

Sale

383

4.111

Ordinary

Sale

1,250

4.111

Ordinary

Sale

520

4.104

Ordinary

Sale

1,250

4.103

Ordinary

Sale

343

4.103

Ordinary

Sale

685

4.108

Ordinary

Sale

203

4.108

Ordinary

Sale

888

4.109

Ordinary

Sale

416

4.108

Ordinary

Sale

786

4.108

Ordinary

Sale

616

4.061

Ordinary

Sale

19

4.061

Ordinary

Sale

500

4.061

Ordinary

Sale

500

4.061

Ordinary

Sale

877

4.087

Ordinary

Sale

415

4.109

Ordinary

Sale

424

4.11

Ordinary

Sale

41

4.114

Ordinary

Sale

200

4.058

Ordinary

Sale

212

4.059

Ordinary

Sale

199

4.065

Ordinary

Sale

4,872

4.054

Ordinary

Sale

2,677

4.054

Ordinary

Sale

1,071

4.054

Ordinary

Sale

79

4.065

Total Purchases

137,192

Total Sales

166,039

 

(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

 

(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"

 

 

 

 

(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"

 

 

 

 

(c) Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

04/03/2015

Contact name:

Jean-Baptiste GICQUEL

Telephone number:

+44 20 7676 6826

 

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 [email protected]. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's 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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