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Form 8.3 - Friends Life Group

26th Feb 2015 13:34

RNS Number : 9850F

Societe Generale SA

26 February 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	25/02/2015
(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:	15,111,427	1.07	1,216,764	0.09
(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:	15,111,427	1.07	4,471,728	0.32

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	921	4.152
Ordinary	Purchase	892	4.152
Ordinary	Purchase	1,340	4.152
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	41	4.147
Ordinary	Purchase	524	4.179
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.157
Ordinary	Purchase	956	4.152
Ordinary	Purchase	779	4.152
Ordinary	Purchase	597	4.148
Ordinary	Purchase	401	4.148
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.158
Ordinary	Purchase	1,278	4.181
Ordinary	Purchase	249	4.181
Ordinary	Purchase	882	4.183
Ordinary	Purchase	708	4.184
Ordinary	Purchase	269	4.184
Ordinary	Purchase	115	4.183
Ordinary	Purchase	76	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	1,062	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	229	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	1,068	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	34	4.152
Ordinary	Purchase	179	4.147
Ordinary	Purchase	2,050	4.157
Ordinary	Purchase	876	4.194
Ordinary	Purchase	1,379	4.194
Ordinary	Purchase	54	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	93	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	208	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	1,071	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	66	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	38	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	266	4.179
Ordinary	Purchase	612	4.179
Ordinary	Purchase	1,254	4.159
Ordinary	Purchase	72	4.159
Ordinary	Purchase	395	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	333	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	1,373	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	130	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	306	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	270	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	307	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	172	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	535	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.15
Ordinary	Purchase	1,579	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	949	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	286	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	630	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	253	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	959	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	200	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	688	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	400	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	271	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	452	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	7	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	1,326	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	394	4.181
Ordinary	Purchase	610	4.181
Ordinary	Purchase	898	4.183
Ordinary	Purchase	385	4.183
Ordinary	Purchase	521	4.183
Ordinary	Purchase	503	4.183
Ordinary	Purchase	449	4.183
Ordinary	Purchase	1,756	4.183
Ordinary	Purchase	880	4.176
Ordinary	Purchase	74	4.144
Ordinary	Purchase	1,153	4.177
Ordinary	Purchase	167	4.177
Ordinary	Purchase	880	4.174
Ordinary	Purchase	880	4.174
Ordinary	Purchase	882	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	300	4.183
Ordinary	Purchase	402	4.183
Ordinary	Purchase	880	4.177
Ordinary	Purchase	702	4.184
Ordinary	Purchase	880	4.176
Ordinary	Purchase	1,269	4.143
Ordinary	Purchase	534	4.143
Ordinary	Purchase	731	4.143
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.155
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.185
Ordinary	Purchase	860	4.172
Ordinary	Purchase	22	4.172
Ordinary	Purchase	880	4.177
Ordinary	Purchase	1,326	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.155
Ordinary	Purchase	488	4.178
Ordinary	Purchase	280	4.145
Ordinary	Purchase	880	4.173
Ordinary	Purchase	4,943	4.158
Ordinary	Purchase	4,700	4.158
Ordinary	Purchase	243	4.158
Ordinary	Purchase	696	4.166
Ordinary	Purchase	186	4.166
Ordinary	Purchase	72,768	4.1690063
Ordinary	Purchase	765	4.189
Ordinary	Purchase	439	4.186
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.18
Ordinary	Purchase	506	4.18
Ordinary	Purchase	743	4.152
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.159
Ordinary	Purchase	876	4.189
Ordinary	Purchase	1,624	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	1,006	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	507	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	135	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	242	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	717	4.189
Ordinary	Purchase	159	4.189
Ordinary	Purchase	956	4.179
Ordinary	Purchase	361	4.179
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	247	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	882	4.168
Ordinary	Purchase	178	4.149
Ordinary	Purchase	280	4.15
Ordinary	Purchase	882	4.168
Ordinary	Purchase	882	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	689	4.186
Ordinary	Purchase	92	4.187
Ordinary	Purchase	878	4.187
Ordinary	Purchase	372	4.187
Ordinary	Purchase	610	4.187
Ordinary	Purchase	67	4.144
Ordinary	Purchase	1,768	4.156
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.156
Ordinary	Purchase	11	4.144
Ordinary	Purchase	880	4.173
Ordinary	Purchase	876	4.192
Ordinary	Purchase	561	4.174
Ordinary	Purchase	700	4.173
Ordinary	Purchase	1,752	4.189
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.157
Ordinary	Purchase	1,314	4.192
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.157
Ordinary	Purchase	876	4.191
Ordinary	Purchase	878	4.187
Ordinary	Purchase	1,314	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	2,532	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	1,242	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	1,242	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	99	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	99	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	1,314	4.19
Ordinary	Purchase	878	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	882	4.166
Ordinary	Purchase	882	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	503	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	1,211	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	717	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	597	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.155
Ordinary	Purchase	8	4.155
Ordinary	Purchase	876	4.155
Ordinary	Purchase	878	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	1,109	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.187
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	76	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	219	4.173
Ordinary	Purchase	633	4.174
Ordinary	Purchase	1,900	4.152
Ordinary	Purchase	130	4.174
Ordinary	Purchase	217	4.174
Ordinary	Purchase	237	4.174
Ordinary	Purchase	878	4.18
Ordinary	Purchase	119	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	186	4.159
Ordinary	Purchase	698	4.159
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.155
Ordinary	Purchase	573	4.149
Ordinary	Purchase	880	4.174
Ordinary	Purchase	327	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	342	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.18
Ordinary	Purchase	1,320	4.17
Ordinary	Purchase	235	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	570	4.154
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.152
Ordinary	Purchase	316	4.177
Ordinary	Purchase	370	4.177
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.152
Ordinary	Purchase	247	4.177
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	1,073	4.177
Ordinary	Purchase	314	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.15
Ordinary	Purchase	534	4.152
Ordinary	Purchase	2,200	4.147
Ordinary	Purchase	3,134	4.147
Ordinary	Purchase	1,282	4.147
Ordinary	Purchase	800	4.147
Ordinary	Purchase	876	4.188
Ordinary	Purchase	178	4.146
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	4.155
Ordinary	Purchase	758	4.17
Ordinary	Purchase	82	4.17
Ordinary	Purchase	705	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	179	4.17
Ordinary	Purchase	1,044	4.171
Ordinary	Purchase	880	4.176
Ordinary	Purchase	1,518	4.176
Ordinary	Purchase	1,028	4.176
Ordinary	Purchase	463	4.176
Ordinary	Purchase	953	4.176
Ordinary	Purchase	1,338	4.153
Ordinary	Purchase	886	4.15
Ordinary	Purchase	238	4.175
Ordinary	Purchase	556	4.175
Ordinary	Purchase	5,000,000	4.167
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.156
Ordinary	Purchase	786	4.187
Ordinary	Purchase	28	4.173
Ordinary	Purchase	884	4.157
Ordinary	Purchase	134,400	4.1564
Ordinary	Sale	1,239	4.165004
Ordinary	Sale	525	4.183
Ordinary	Sale	937	4.183
Ordinary	Sale	76	4.154
Ordinary	Sale	1,068	4.154
Ordinary	Sale	551	4.15
Ordinary	Sale	6,321	4.153
Ordinary	Sale	357	4.153
Ordinary	Sale	1,238	4.153
Ordinary	Sale	1,606	4.153
Ordinary	Sale	2,677	4.153
Ordinary	Sale	2,677	4.153
Ordinary	Sale	2,677	4.153
Ordinary	Sale	2,677	4.153
Ordinary	Sale	936	4.153
Ordinary	Sale	1,071	4.153
Ordinary	Sale	2,677	4.153
Ordinary	Sale	1,071	4.153
Ordinary	Sale	1,606	4.153
Ordinary	Sale	2,677	4.153
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	4.169
Ordinary	Sale	800	4.15
Ordinary	Sale	16,448	4.16328
Ordinary	Sale	1,767	4.188
Ordinary	Sale	862	4.154
Ordinary	Sale	370	4.161
Ordinary	Sale	150	4.16
Ordinary	Sale	1,152	4.16
Ordinary	Sale	150	4.16
Ordinary	Sale	670	4.16
Ordinary	Sale	500	4.16
Ordinary	Sale	129	4.161
Ordinary	Sale	1,173	4.16
Ordinary	Sale	528	4.16
Ordinary	Sale	150	4.16
Ordinary	Sale	219	4.161
Ordinary	Sale	1,416	4.174
Ordinary	Sale	2,496	4.174
Ordinary	Sale	1,752	4.189
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	4.185
Ordinary	Sale	1,307	4.185
Ordinary	Sale	627	4.189
Ordinary	Sale	1,514	4.189
Ordinary	Sale	1,236	4.189
Ordinary	Sale	13	4.159
Ordinary	Sale	223	4.159
Ordinary	Sale	631	4.159
Ordinary	Sale	686	4.148
Ordinary	Sale	870	4.148
Ordinary	Sale	2,050	4.148
Ordinary	Sale	817	4.148
Ordinary	Sale	82	4.17
Ordinary	Sale	94	4.179
Ordinary	Sale	570	4.179
Ordinary	Sale	176	4.179
Ordinary	Sale	284	4.171
Ordinary	Sale	111	4.171
Ordinary	Sale	26,765	4.148
Ordinary	Sale	26,765	4.148
	Total Purchases	5,373,690
	Total Sales	132,717

(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

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

134,400

4.1564

(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"

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

Date of disclosure:	26/02/2015
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.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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