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Form 8.3 - Friends Life Group Ltd

20th Mar 2015 14:56

RNS Number : 0822I

Societe Generale SA

20 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	19/03/2015
(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:	21,552,427	1.53	2,271,256	0.16
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	3,666,576	0.26
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	21,552,427	1.53	5,937,832	0.42

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	645	4.29
Ordinary	Purchase	670	4.29
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.316
Ordinary	Purchase	830	4.316
Ordinary	Purchase	1,745	4.306
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.31
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.31
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.31
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.31
Ordinary	Purchase	841	4.314
Ordinary	Purchase	120	4.314
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	691	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.311
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.31
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.31
Ordinary	Purchase	254	4.315
Ordinary	Purchase	2,027	4.315
Ordinary	Purchase	521	4.315
Ordinary	Purchase	2,548	4.315
Ordinary	Purchase	1,626	4.324
Ordinary	Purchase	4,868	4.304
Ordinary	Purchase	170	4.304
Ordinary	Purchase	2,440	4.239
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	4.319
Ordinary	Purchase	1,281	4.317
Ordinary	Purchase	13,548	4.3162452
Ordinary	Purchase	911	4.3175851
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.293
Ordinary	Purchase	337	4.301
Ordinary	Purchase	556	4.301
Ordinary	Purchase	99	4.322
Ordinary	Purchase	548	4.308
Ordinary	Purchase	553	4.308
Ordinary	Purchase	2,660	4.308
Ordinary	Purchase	3,847	4.308
Ordinary	Purchase	523	4.308
Ordinary	Purchase	10,000	4.308
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.299
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.3
Ordinary	Purchase	573	4.299
Ordinary	Purchase	626	4.299
Ordinary	Purchase	960	4.314
Ordinary	Purchase	6	4.314
Ordinary	Purchase	2,007	4.324
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.314
Ordinary	Purchase	1,936	4.324
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	4.324
Ordinary	Purchase	3,559	4.315
Ordinary	Purchase	694	4.312
Ordinary	Purchase	179	4.312
Ordinary	Purchase	840	4.305
Ordinary	Purchase	1,588	4.321
Ordinary	Purchase	1,126	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	124	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	4.307
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.323
Ordinary	Purchase	1,159	4.323
Ordinary	Purchase	1,033	4.324
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.326
Ordinary	Purchase	949	4.326
Ordinary	Purchase	858	4.325
Ordinary	Purchase	825	4.325
Ordinary	Purchase	239	4.282
Ordinary	Purchase	2,059	4.282
Ordinary	Purchase	235	4.282
Ordinary	Purchase	914	4.315
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.307
Ordinary	Purchase	621	4.315
Ordinary	Purchase	130	4.315
Ordinary	Purchase	838	4.318
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.301
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.306
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.318
Ordinary	Purchase	650	4.318
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.318
Ordinary	Purchase	53	4.318
Ordinary	Purchase	420	4.318
Ordinary	Purchase	767	4.319
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	4.319
Ordinary	Purchase	1,118	4.318
Ordinary	Purchase	1,750	4.307
Ordinary	Purchase	1,670	4.301
Ordinary	Purchase	498	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	498	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	780	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	531	4.317
Ordinary	Purchase	504	4.317
Ordinary	Purchase	547	4.317
Ordinary	Purchase	5,359	4.321
Ordinary	Purchase	2,679	4.321
Ordinary	Purchase	1,580	4.321
Ordinary	Purchase	873	4.321
Ordinary	Purchase	1,281	4.313
Ordinary	Purchase	487	4.321
Ordinary	Purchase	1,580	4.321
Ordinary	Purchase	10,267	4.321
Ordinary	Purchase	108	4.321
Ordinary	Purchase	596	4.321
Ordinary	Purchase	2,222	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	568	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	718	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	1,100	4.31
Ordinary	Purchase	214	4.301
Ordinary	Purchase	1,067	4.301
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.3
Ordinary	Purchase	710	4.3
Ordinary	Purchase	563	4.298
Ordinary	Purchase	370	4.3
Ordinary	Purchase	855	4.3
Ordinary	Purchase	558	4.3
Ordinary	Purchase	361	4.31
Ordinary	Purchase	1,639	4.31
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.319
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	4.31
Ordinary	Purchase	549	4.308
Ordinary	Purchase	1,149	4.309
Ordinary	Purchase	1,900	4.305
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.297
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	4.318
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	4.318
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	541	4.307
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	1,172	4.314
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.314
Ordinary	Purchase	47,972	4.3069361
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	4.31
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.31
Ordinary	Purchase	114	4.323
Ordinary	Purchase	244	4.323
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.297
Ordinary	Purchase	843	4.297
Ordinary	Purchase	1,256	4.315
Ordinary	Purchase	211	4.308
Ordinary	Purchase	2,273	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	150	4.319
Ordinary	Purchase	2,732	4.338
Ordinary	Purchase	579	4.338
Ordinary	Purchase	1,257	4.319
Ordinary	Purchase	838	4.319
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.318
Ordinary	Purchase	6,324	4.312
Ordinary	Purchase	964	4.27
Ordinary	Purchase	178	4.269
Ordinary	Purchase	7,469	4.323
Ordinary	Purchase	434	4.323
Ordinary	Purchase	805	4.321
Ordinary	Purchase	318	4.321
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	1,698	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	211	4.319
Ordinary	Purchase	802	4.32
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	4.316
Ordinary	Purchase	300	4.314
Ordinary	Purchase	500	4.322
Ordinary	Purchase	545	4.326
Ordinary	Purchase	1,988	4.28
Ordinary	Purchase	335	4.30843
Ordinary	Purchase	300,000	4.299661
Ordinary	Purchase	446,451	4.176454
Ordinary	Purchase	40,295	4.3
Ordinary	Purchase	520,000	4.2227
Ordinary	Sale	684	4.304
Ordinary	Sale	143	4.319
Ordinary	Sale	2,934	4.318
Ordinary	Sale	156	4.309
Ordinary	Sale	463	4.307
Ordinary	Sale	582	4.309
Ordinary	Sale	268	4.307
Ordinary	Sale	1,260	4.308
Ordinary	Sale	693	4.319
Ordinary	Sale	265	4.32
Ordinary	Sale	552	4.322
Ordinary	Sale	490	4.32
Ordinary	Sale	175	4.315
Ordinary	Sale	663	4.315
Ordinary	Sale	917	4.324
Ordinary	Sale	567	4.314
Ordinary	Sale	942	4.315
Ordinary	Sale	1,254	4.324
Ordinary	Sale	1,128	4.312
Ordinary	Sale	740	4.319
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	4.318
Ordinary	Sale	1,752	4.319
Ordinary	Sale	28	4.32
Ordinary	Sale	557	4.32
Ordinary	Sale	374	4.316
Ordinary	Sale	596	4.316
Ordinary	Sale	1,904	4.316
Ordinary	Sale	57,366	4.3166987
Ordinary	Sale	136	4.3
Ordinary	Sale	180	4.3
Ordinary	Sale	1,260	4.3
Ordinary	Sale	2,500	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	838	4.316
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	4.315
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	4.315
Ordinary	Sale	592	4.309
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	4.323
Ordinary	Sale	1,700	4.322
Ordinary	Sale	394	4.32
Ordinary	Sale	516	4.32
Ordinary	Sale	48	4.32
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	4.32
Ordinary	Sale	545	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	2,226	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	266	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	626	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	3,000	4.292
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	4.318
Ordinary	Sale	2,352	4.318
Ordinary	Sale	1,084	4.292
Ordinary	Sale	39	4.324
Ordinary	Sale	854	4.324
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	4.312
Ordinary	Sale	626	4.312
Ordinary	Sale	861	4.312
Ordinary	Sale	696	4.309
Ordinary	Sale	3,200	4.309
Ordinary	Sale	322	4.307
Ordinary	Sale	1,053	4.307
Ordinary	Sale	694	4.312
Ordinary	Sale	221	4.329
Ordinary	Sale	1,995	4.3070025
Ordinary	Sale	268	4.314
Ordinary	Sale	70	4.314
Ordinary	Sale	161	4.314
Ordinary	Sale	379	4.314
Ordinary	Sale	6,784	4.3075545
Ordinary	Sale	844	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	838	4.313
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	4.318
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	4.314
Ordinary	Sale	500	4.314
Ordinary	Sale	57	4.315
Ordinary	Sale	45	4.28
Ordinary	Sale	999	4.28
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	4.28
Ordinary	Sale	1,627	4.28
Ordinary	Sale	873	4.329
Ordinary	Sale	268	4.329
Ordinary	Sale	882	4.329
Ordinary	Sale	40	4.316
Ordinary	Sale	1,004	4.319
Ordinary	Sale	1,500	4.324
Ordinary	Sale	583	4.313
Ordinary	Sale	834	4.32
Ordinary	Sale	4,441	4.319
Ordinary	Sale	186	4.264
Ordinary	Sale	497	4.264
Ordinary	Sale	90	4.264
Ordinary	Sale	1,088	4.319
Ordinary	Sale	467	4.264
Ordinary	Sale	6	4.264
Ordinary	Sale	281	4.264
Ordinary	Sale	39	4.264
Ordinary	Sale	149	4.264
Ordinary	Sale	42	4.264
Ordinary	Sale	536	4.264
Ordinary	Sale	161	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	161	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	375	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	268	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	620	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	268	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	268	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	95	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	2,479	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	533	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	54	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	77	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	311	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	836	4.327
Ordinary	Sale	567	4.32
Ordinary	Sale	15,884	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	4.316
Ordinary	Sale	2,679	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	873	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	13,337	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	10,491	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	2,679	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	2,679	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	2,679	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	2,679	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	2,679	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	810	4.327
Ordinary	Sale	1,254	4.32
Ordinary	Sale	765	4.329
Ordinary	Sale	4,278	4.309
Ordinary	Sale	198	4.311
Ordinary	Sale	630	4.309
Ordinary	Sale	664	4.31
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	4.291
Ordinary	Sale	842	4.298
Ordinary	Sale	597	4.309
Ordinary	Sale	527	4.318
Ordinary	Sale	885	4.314
Ordinary	Sale	2,491	4.319
Ordinary	Sale	26,569	4.3139919
Ordinary	Sale	5,070	4.275
Ordinary	Sale	1,672	4.322
Ordinary	Sale	94	4.318
Ordinary	Sale	705	4.318
Ordinary	Sale	852	4.294
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	4.309
Ordinary	Sale	90	4.309
Ordinary	Sale	1,257	4.309
Ordinary	Sale	863	4.329
Ordinary	Sale	86	4.267
Ordinary	Sale	399	4.268
Ordinary	Sale	160	4.268
Ordinary	Sale	501	4.267
Ordinary	Sale	570	4.269
Ordinary	Sale	2,933	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	2,884	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	543	4.27
Ordinary	Sale	584	4.271
Ordinary	Sale	1,993	4.292
Ordinary	Sale	889	4.308
Ordinary	Sale	921	4.33
Ordinary	Sale	5,056	4.285
Ordinary	Sale	304	4.286
Ordinary	Sale	451	4.286
Ordinary	Sale	213	4.283
Ordinary	Sale	844	4.286
Ordinary	Sale	788	4.319
Ordinary	Sale	200	4.317
Ordinary	Sale	120	4.317
Ordinary	Sale	150	4.317
Ordinary	Sale	853	4.317
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	4.316
Ordinary	Sale	2,170	4.316
Ordinary	Sale	566	4.304
Ordinary	Sale	553	4.309
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	4.325
Ordinary	Sale	527	4.323
Ordinary	Sale	473	4.323
Ordinary	Sale	747	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	1,015	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	838	4.318
Ordinary	Sale	863	4.302
Ordinary	Sale	1,263	4.29
Ordinary	Sale	426	4.312
Ordinary	Sale	290	4.312
Ordinary	Sale	247	4.311
Ordinary	Sale	2,235	4.312
Ordinary	Sale	54	4.2625
Ordinary	Sale	53,587	4.32
Ordinary	Sale	1	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	19	4.322
Ordinary	Sale	53,587	4.321
Ordinary	Sale	630	4.299
Ordinary	Sale	16	4.27
Ordinary	Sale	500	4.282
Ordinary	Sale	335	4.318
Ordinary	Sale	300,000	4.29
Ordinary	Sale	446,451	4.181309
Ordinary	Sale	40,295	4.311015
	Total purchases	1,574,875
	Total sales	1,194,380

(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

520,000

4.227

(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:	20/03/2015
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.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

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