For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer F&C Commercial
of existing shares to which voting rights are Property Trust Limited
attached:ii
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to
qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): Restatement of notification following completion of Aviva X
plc's acquisition of Friends Life Group Ltd
3. Full name of person(s)
subject to the Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
notification obligation:
iii
Registered Holder:
Available upon request 1,501,098*
BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 156,553*
Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 1,682,135*
Friends Life Limited 173,561,262*
4. Full name of London Capital Holdings Limited 275,950*
shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.): St Christopher's Place Limited 3,822,800*
iv
Vidacos Nominees Limited 22,430*
*denotes direct interest
Chase Nominees Limited 102,821
Vidacos Nominees Limited 182,956
5. Date of the
transaction and date on 27/06/2014 - Date of original notification
which the threshold is
crossed or 13/04/2015 - Aviva plc acquisition of Friends Life Group Ltd
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer 15/04/2015
notified:
7. Threshold(s) that is/ Restatement of Friends Life Group Ltd holding of 24.96%, dated
are crossed or 27/06/2014
reached: vi, vii
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering
shares to the triggering transaction
transaction
if possible Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting
using of of of shares rights rights x
the ISIN CODE Shares Voting
Rights Direct Direct xi Indirect Direct Indirect
xii
Ordinary
Shares
189,378,871 189,378,871 181,308,005 181,022,228 285,777 22.65% 0.03%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date xiii Conversion Period xiv rights that may be rights
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting
financial price date xvii Conversion instrument refers to rights xix, xx
instrument period xviii
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
181,308,005 22.68%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services
Limited, Friends Life Group Limited andFriends Provident International Limited,
with the following chains of controlled undertakings:-
- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited:
- Aviva plc (Parent Company)
- Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc)
- Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group
Holdings Limited)
- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva
Investors Holdings Limited)
Friends Life Group Limited:
- Aviva plc (Parent Company)
- Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc)
- Friends Life Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings
Limited)
Friends Provident International Limited:
- Aviva plc (Parent Company)
- Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc)
- Aviva Life Holdings UK Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings
Limited)
- Friends Life FPG Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Life Holdings UK
Limited)
- Friends Life FPL Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends Life FPG Limited)
- Friends Life Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends Life FPL Limited)
- Friends Life and Pensions Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends Life
Limited)
- Friends Provident International Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends
Life and Pensions Limited)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: See Section 4
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:
13. Additional information: Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of
799,366,108, as per the Company's Total Voting Rights
announcement of 1st October 2014.
14. Contact name: Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc
15. Contact telephone number: 01603 684420