3rd Dec 2014 10:07
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) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed: | Artemis Investment Management LLP |
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient | |
(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: | 02 December 2014 |
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? | YES - Aviva Plc
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2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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: | 16,865,071 | 1.20 | ||
(2) Derivatives (other than options): | ||||
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: | ||||
TOTAL: | 16,865,071 | 1.20 | ||
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(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security | Purchase/sale
| Number of securities | Price per unit |
Ordinary | Sale | 9,385.00 | 3.7495 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 2,820.00 | 3.75 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 114,176.00 | 3.751 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 4,403.00 | 3.754 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 3,327.00 | 3.7545 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 20,172.00 | 3.755 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 1,630.00 | 3.756 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 3,298.00 | 3.7565 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 6,445.00 | 3.7575 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 22,873.00 | 3.758 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 3,203.00 | 3.7585 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 4,089.00 | 3.759 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 15,576.00 | 3.76 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 8,851.00 | 3.761 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 1,458.00 | 3.762 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 4,747.00 | 3.763 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 3,414.00 | 3.764 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 3,797.00 | 3.765 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 892.00 | 3.7659 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 4,307.00 | 3.766 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 27,090.00 | 3.767 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 7,748.00 | 3.7675 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 224.00 | 3.7679 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 37,113.00 | 3.768 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 29,732.00 | 3.7685 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 23,805.00 | 3.769 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 18,281.00 | 3.7695 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 1,125.00 | 3.7699 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 106,658.00 | 3.77 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 1,543.00 | 3.7705 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 7,941.00 | 3.771 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 19,926.00 | 3.772 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 10,167.00 | 3.7725 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 27,829.00 | 3.773 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 11,227.00 | 3.7735 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 79,073.00 | 3.774 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 3,653.00 | 3.7745 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 57,385.00 | 3.775 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 6,665.00 | 3.7755 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 25,354.00 | 3.776 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 17,410.00 | 3.777 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 4,938.00 | 3.7775 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 46,345.00 | 3.778 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 51,357.00 | 3.779 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 17,064.00 | 3.7795 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 23,154.00 | 3.78 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 395.00 | 3.781 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 7,145.00 | 3.7815 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 4,501.00 | 3.782 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 2,819.00 | 3.783 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 9,207.00 | 3.784 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 3,351.00 | 3.7845 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 29,481.00 | 3.785 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 1,149.00 | 3.7855 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 780.00 | 3.7859 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 11,048.00 | 3.786 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 1,299.00 | 3.7865 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 13,555.00 | 3.787 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 12,351.00 | 3.788 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 1,249.00 | 3.79 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 818,273.00 | 3.8 GBP |
Ordinary | Sale | 181,727.00 | 3.807 GBP |
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
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) 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 |
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(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) |
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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(c), 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 person 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.
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(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" |
None.
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(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO |
| Date of disclosure: | 03 December 2014 |
| Contact name: | Richard Smithson |
| Telephone number: | 0207 399 6063 |
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 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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