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                  £000       
 Net insurance premium revenue                                        21,730    2,622     24,352     7,118     1,468        -                       32,938     
 Fee and commission income                                            14,431    1,326     15,757     19,000    12           -                       34,769     
 Net investment return                                                92,909    43,364    136,273    (29,550)  1,822        112                     108,657    
 Total revenue (net of reinsurance payable)                           129,070   47,312    176,382    (3,432)   3,302        112                     176,364    
 Other operating income                                               1,224     5,141     6,365      2,553     479          -                       9,397      
 Segmental income/(expenses)                                          130,924   52,453    182,747    (879)     3,781        112                     185,761    
 Net insurance contract claims and benefits incurred                  (68,903)  (61,287)  (130,190)  (3,851)   376          -                       (133,665)  
 Net change in investment contract liabilities                        (40,343)  (467)     (40,810)   29,581    -            -                       (11,229)   
 Fees, commission and other acquisition costs                         (870)     (14)      (884)      (11,581)  (157)        -                       (12,622)   
 Administrative expenses:                                                                                                                                      
 Amortisation charge on software assets                               -         -         -          (1,340)   -            -                       (1,340)    
 Depreciation charge on property and equipment                        (22)      -         (22)       (180)     -            -                       (202)      
 Other                                                                (5,283)   (4,607)   (9,890)    (4,909)   (1,734)      (2,178)                 (18,711)   
 Operating expenses                                                   (603)     -         (603)      (2,308)   -            -                       (2,911)    
 Financing costs                                                      -         (1)       (1)        (403)     -            (822)                   (1,226)    
 Share of profit/(loss) from associates                               -         -         -          (428)     -            -                       (428)      
 Profit/(loss) before tax and consolidation adjustments               14,270    (13,923)  347        3,702     2,226        (2,888)                 3,427      
 Other operating expenses:                                                                                                                                     
 Charge for amortisation of acquired value of in-force business       (2,324)   (302)     (2,626)    (1,725)   (294)        -                       (4,645)    
 Charge for amortisation of acquired value of customer relationships  -         -         -          (114)     -            -                       (114)      
 Fees, commission and other acquisition costs                         -         -         -          1,572     -            -                       1,572      
 Segmental income less expenses                                       11,946    (14,225)  (2,279)    3,435     1,972        (2,888)                 240        
 Profit before tax                                                    11,946    (14,225)  (2,279)    3,435     1,972        (2,888)                 240        
 Income tax credit/(expense)                                                              144        (333)     (684)        1,110                   237        
 Profit after tax                                                                         (2,135)    3,102     1,288        (1,778)                 477        
 
 
(iv) Segmental balance sheet as at 30 June 2016 
 
                                  CA           S&P          Movestic     Waard Group  Other Group Activities  Total        
                                  £000         £000         £000         £000         £000                    £000         
 Total assets                     1,835,090    1,187,101    2,380,344    204,527      35,631                  5,642,693    
 Total liabilities                (1,715,423)  (1,145,106)  (2,307,514)  (125,701)    (53,537)                (5,347,281)  
 Net assets                       119,667      41,995       72,830       78,826       (17,906)                295,412      
 Investment in associates         -            -            4,721        -            -                       4,721        
 Additions to non-current assets  -            -            11,894       7            -                       11,901       
 
 
(v)  Segmental income statement for the year ended 31 December 2016 
 
                                                                      CA         S&P        UK Total   Movestic   Waard Group  Other Group Activities  Total      
                                                                      £000       £000       £000       £000       £000         £000                    £000       
 Net insurance premium revenue                                        42,103     4,886      46,989     14,903     2,658        -                       64,550     
 Fee and commission income                                            29,000     2,610      31,610     41,296     26           -                       72,932     
 Net investment return                                                206,748    131,155    337,903    169,130    8,464        184                     515,681    
 Total revenue (net of reinsurance payable)                           277,851    138,651    416,502    225,329    11,148       184                     653,163    
 Other operating income                                               2,568      10,792     13,360     3,751      503          -                       17,614     
 Segmental income                                                     280,419    149,443    429,862    229,080    11,651       184                     670,777    
 Net insurance contract claims and benefits incurred                  (139,748)  (123,454)  (263,202)  (7,695)    (1,464)      -                       (272,361)  
 Net change in investment contract liabilities                        (98,393)   (2,206)    (100,599)  (168,508)  -            -                       (269,107)  
 Fees, commission and other acquisition costs                         (1,641)    (23)       (1,664)    (25,089)   (330)        -                       (27,083)   
 Administrative expenses:                                                                                                                                         
 Amortisation charge on software assets                               -          -          -          (1,243)    -            -                       (1,243)    
 Depreciation charge on property and equipment                        -          -          -          (197)      -            -                       (197)      
 Other                                                                (11,017)   (9,443)    (20,460)   (12,800)   (3,664)      (8,251)                 (45,175)   
 Operating expenses                                                   (1,203)    (1)        (1,204)    (3,209)    -            19                      (4,394)    
 Financing costs                                                      -          (2)        (2)        (1,629)    -            (1,641)                 (3,272)    
 Share of profit from associates                                      -          -          -          150        -            -                       150        
 Profit before tax and consolidation adjustments                      28,417     14,314     42,731     8,860      6,193        (9,689)                 48,095     
 Other operating expenses:                                                                                                                                        
 Charge for amortisation of acquired value of in-force business       (5,643)    (604)      (6,247)    (3,554)    (618)        -                       (10,419)   
 Charge for amortisation of acquired value of customer relationships  -          -          -          (236)      -            -                       (236)      
 Fees, commission and other acquisition costs                         -          -          -          3,245      -            -                       3,245      
 Segmental income less expenses                                       22,774     13,710     36,484     8,315      5,575        (9,689)                 40,685     
 Profit/(loss) before tax                                             22,774     13,710     36,484     8,315      5,575        (9,689)                 40,685     
 Income tax (expense)/credit                                                                (6,663)    (7)        (1,721)      2,986                   (5,405)    
 Profit/(loss) after tax                                                                    29,821     8,308      3,854        (6,703)                 35,280     
 
 
(vi) Segmental balance sheet as at 31 December 2016 
 
                                  CA           S&P          Movestic     Waard Group  Other Group Activities  Total        
                                  £000         £000         £000         £000         £000                    £000         
 Total assets                     1,829,944    1,217,546    2,718,156    207,160      122,957                 6,095,763    
 Total liabilities                (1,728,019)  (1,155,556)  (2,638,490)  (122,655)    (57,482)                (5,702,202)  
 Net assets                       101,925      61,990       79,666       84,505       65,475                  393,561      
 Investment in associates         -            -            5,433        -            -                       5,433        
 Additions to non-current assets  -            -            11,894       -            -                       11,894       
 
 
5.   Business combinations 
 
On 5 April 2017, Chesnara plc acquired the entire issued share capital (100%) of Legal & General Nederland
Levensverzekering Maatschappij N.V. (Legal & General Nederland) an open book life assurance company based in Netherlands,
from Legal & General Group plc, a UK based financial services group for a total consideration of E161,236,164
(approximately £137.5m), comprising E160.0m base consideration plus interest for the period to completion of E1.2m.  On 11
April 2017, it was announced that the newly acquired company was to be re-branded as Scildon.  Scildon's policy base is
predominantly made up of individual protection and savings contracts. It is open to new business and sells protection,
individual savings and group pension contracts via a broker-led distribution model.  The acquisition creates scale and
presence in the Dutch market and leaves us well positioned to take advantage of any further value adding opportunities that
may arise. 
 
The acquisition of this shareholding has given rise to a profit on acquisition of £20.7m calculated as follows: 
 
                                                                         Book Value  Provisional fair value adjustments  Fair value  
                                                                         £000        £000                                £000        
 Assets                                                                                                                              
 Intangible assets                                                                                                                   
 Deferred acquisition costs                                              11,763      (11,763)                            -           
 Acquired value of in-force business                                     -           66,296                              66,296      
 Software assets                                                         1,002       -                                   1,002       
 Property and equipment                                                  4,022       -                                   4,022       
 Investment properties                                                   981         -                                   981         
 Reinsurers' share of insurance contract provisions                      1,314       -                                   1,314       
 Financial assets:                                                                                                                   
 Holdings in collective investment schemes at fair value through income  811,715     -                                   811,715     
 Debt securities at fair value through income                            1,058,393   -                                   1,058,393   
 Insurance and other receivables                                         15,567      -                                   15,567      
 Prepayments                                                             12,647      -                                   12,647      
 Total financial assets                                                  1,898,322   -                                   1,898,322   
 Deferred tax asset                                                      8,168       -                                   8,168       
 Defined benefit pension scheme surplus                                  1,056       -                                   1,056       
 Income taxes                                                            127         -                                   127         
 Cash and cash equivalents                                               19,533      -                                   19,533      
 Total assets                                                            1,946,288   54,533                              2,000,821   
 Liabilities                                                                                                                         
 Insurance contract provisions                                           1,736,389   -                                   1,736,389   
 Derivatives                                                             23,725      -                                   23,725      
 Deferred tax liabilities                                                10,919      13,634                              24,553      
 Payables related to direct insurance contracts                          31,967      -                                   31,967      
 Income taxes                                                            10,324      -                                   31,967      
 Other payables                                                          15,595      -                                   10,324      
 Total liabilities                                                       1,828,919   13,634                              1,842,553   
 Net assets                                                              117,369     40,899                              158,268     
                                                                                                                                     
 Net assets acquired                                                                                                     158,268     
 Total consideration, paid in cash                                                                                       (137,526)   
                                                                                                                                     
 Profit arising on business combination                                                                                  20,742      
 
 
The assets and liabilities at the acquisition date in the table above are stated at their provisional fair values and may
be amended for 12 months after the date of acquisition in accordance with IFRS 3, Business Combinations.  It should be
noted that a restatement of insurance contract provisions is planned to take place in the second half of 2017, as reported
in note 1 Basis of preparation.  The Group does not anticipate that this change in measurement basis for insurance contract
liabilities will materially alter the overall reported profit arising on acquisition as any consequential change in
insurance contract liabilities is expected to result in an equal and opposite change to the "acquisition value of in-force
business" intangible asset. 
 
Acquired receivables:  Within the net assets acquired are reinsurance related and other receivable balances totalling
£16.9m, which are held at fair value.  For all receivables other than reinsurers' share of insurance contract provisions
the gross contractual amounts receivable are equal to fair value.  The reinsurers' share of insurance contract provisions
receivable balance of £1.3m is discounted as a result of the long-term nature of this asset. 
 
Acquired value of in-force business:  The acquisition has resulted in the recognition of net of tax intangible asset
amounting to £49.7m, which represents the present value of the future post-tax cash flows expected to arise from policies
that were in force at the point of acquisition.  The asset has been valued using a discounted cash flow model that projects
the future surpluses that are expected to arise from the business.  The model factors in a number of variables, of which
the most influential are; the policyholders' ages, mortality rates, expected policy lapses, expenses that are expected to
be incurred to manage the policies and future investment growth, as well as the discount rate that has been applied.  This
asset will be amortised over its expected useful life. 
 
Gain on acquisition:  As shown above, a gain of £20.7m has been recognised on acquisition.  Under IFRS 3, a gain on
acquisition is defined as being a "bargain purchase".  At the point of price negotiation and subsequent deal completion,
Legal & General was following a strategic plan to dispose of non-core businesses, which included its Dutch operation. In
the opinion of the Directors this resulted in a disposal pricing strategy for Legal & General Nederland that sought to
offer an attractive investment opportunity for potential buyers. 
 
Acquisition-related costs:  The costs in respect of the transaction amounted to £8.1m.  £4.1m of these costs have been
included in Administration Expenses, of which £3.8m was recognised within the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive
Income in 2016, with the remainder recognised in the current period.  Transaction costs of £3.3m were incurred in respect
of the equity fund-raising and were deducted from equity in 2016.  Debt fund-raising costs amounted to £0.8m and will be
amortised over the life of the loan using the effective interest rate method of amortisation. 
 
Results of Scildon:  The results of Scildon have been included in the consolidated financial statements of the Group with
effect from 5 April 2017. Net insurance premium revenue for the period was £37.0m, with contribution to overall
consolidated profit before tax of £7.0m, before the amortisation of the AVIF and deferred acquisition cost intangible
assets.  Had Scildon been consolidated from 1 January 2017, the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income would have
included net insurance premium revenue of £94.6m, and would have contributed £5.4m to the overall consolidated profit
before tax. 
 
6.   Borrowings 
 
                                                  Unaudited        30 June  31 December  
                                                  2017                      2016         2016    
                                                  £000                      £000         £000    
 Bank loan                                        101,665                   52,580       52,697  
 Amount due in relation to financial reinsurance  37,957                    31,157       34,146  
 Total                                            139,622                   83,737       86,843  
 
 
The bank loan subsisting at 30 June 2017 comprises the following: 
 
-    on 3 April 2017 tranche one of a new facility was drawn down, amounting to £40.0m.  This facility is unsecured and is
repayable in ten six-monthly instalments on the anniversary of the draw down date.  The outstanding principal on the loan
bears interest at a rate of 2.00 percentage points above the London Inter-Bank Offer Rate and is repayable over a period
which varies between one and six months at the option of the borrower. The proceeds of this loan facility were utilised,
together with existing Group cash, to repay in full, the pre-existing loan facilities totalling £52.8m. 
 
-    on 3 April 2017 tranche two of the new loan facility was drawn down, amounting to E71.0m.  As with tranche one, this
facility is unsecured and is repayable in ten six-monthly instalments on the anniversary of the draw down date.  The
outstanding principal on the loan bears interest at a rate of 2.00 percentage points above the European Inter-Bank Offer
Rate and is repayable over a period which varies between one and six months at the option of the borrower. 
 
The fair value of the sterling bank loan at 30 June 2017 was £40,000,000 (31 December 2016: £52,800,000). 
 
The fair value of the euro denominated bank loan at 30 June 2017 was E71,000,000 (£62,329,910). 
 
The fair value of amounts due in relation to financial reinsurance was £37,903,000 (31 December 2016: £34,396,000). 
 
Bank loans are presented net of unamortised arrangement fees.  Arrangement fees are recognised in profit or loss using the
effective interest rate method. 
 
7.   Financial instruments fair value disclosures 
 
The table below shows the determination of the fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities according to a
three-level valuation hierarchy.  Fair values are generally determined at prices quoted in active markets (Level 1). 
However, where such information is not available, the Group applies valuation techniques to measure such instruments. 
These valuation techniques make use of market-observable data for all significant inputs where possible (Level 2), but, in
some cases it may be necessary to estimate other than market-observable data within a valuation model for significant
inputs (Level 3). 
 
The Group held the following financial instruments at fair value at 30 June 2017.  There have not been any transfers of
assets or liabilities between levels of the fair value hierarchy. There are no non-recurring fair value measurements. 
 
 Fair value measurement at 30 June 2017 using                                                             
                                                                Level 1    Level 2    Level 3  Total      
 Financial assets                                               £000       £000       £000     £000       
 Equities                                                                                                 
 Listed                                                         497,569    -          -        497,569    
 Holdings in collective investment schemes                      5,032,115  11,422     -        5,043,537  
 Debt securities - fixed rate                                                                             
 Government Bonds                                               935,306    2,699      -        938,005    
 Corporate Bonds                                                667,169    -          -        667,169    
 Debt securities - floating rate                                                                          
 Listed                                                         6,002      -          -        6,002      
 Total debt securities                                          1,608,477  2,699      -        1,611,176  
 Policyholders' funds held by the group                         245,687    -          -        245,687    
 Derivative financial instruments                               418        1,996      -        2,414      
 Total                                                          7,384,266  16,117     -        7,400,383  
 Current                                                                                       4,862,206  
 Non-current                                                                                   2,538,177  
 Total                                                                                         7,400,383  
                                                                                                          
 Financial liabilities                                                                                    
 Investment contracts at fair value through income              -          3,281,368  -        3,281,368  
 Liabilities related to policyholders' funds held by the group  245,687    -          -        245,687    
 Derivative financial instruments                               -          23,188     -        23,188     
 Total                                                          245,687    3,304,556  -        3,550,243  
                                                                                                          
 
 
Holdings in collective investment schemes 
 
Included within Holdings in collective investment schemes are amounts held by Scildon, which represents a unit-linked fund
containing a mixture of government bonds. The value of the fund is calculated using an internal market model. These amounts
have been classified as level 2 in the above hierarchy table as the overall fund price is not collectively quoted but is
valued using market-observable data. 
 
Debt securities 
 
The debt securities classified as Level 2 are Dutch government bond-type products, held by our newly acquired Dutch
subsidiary Scildon. These assets are valued by the use of valuation models maintained by the holding investment managers,
using the Dutch government interest rate curve plus an additional 20 basis point margin to represent the illiquid nature of
the assets. 
 
These assets have been classified as Level 2 because the third-party valuation models include observable inputs to the
valuation of these assets, including yield curves. 
 
Derivative financial instruments 
 
Within derivative financial instruments is a financial reinsurance embedded derivative related to our Movestic operation.
The Group has entered into a reinsurance contract with a third party that has a section that is deemed to transfer
significant insurance risk and a section that is deemed not to transfer significant insurance risk. The element of the
contract that does not transfer significant insurance risk has two components and has been accounted for as a financial
liability at amortised cost and an embedded derivative asset at fair value. 
 
The embedded derivative represents an option to repay the amounts due under the contract early at a discount to the
amortised cost, with its fair value being determined by reference to market interest rate at the balance sheet date. It is,
accordingly, determined at Level 2 in the three-level fair value determination hierarchy set out above. 
 
The derivative balance classified as a Level 2 liability, predominantly relates to interest rate swaps held within our
Scildon operation, to hedge some of the risk of changes in the value of its obligations under insurance contract
liabilities. The valuation of these derivatives is modelled using market observable variables and are hence classified as
Level 2. 
 
Investment contract liabilities 
 
The Investment contract liabilities in Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy represent the fair value of non-linked and
guaranteed income and growth bonds liabilities valued using established actuarial techniques utilising market observable
data for all significant inputs, such as investment yields. 
 
Except as detailed in the following table, the Directors consider that the carrying value amounts of financial assets and
financial liabilities recorded at amortised cost in the financial statements are approximately equal to their fair values: 
 
                                                                  
                         Carrying amount           Fair value     
                         30 June          30 June  31 December    30 June  30 June  31 December  
                         2017             2016     2016           2017     2016     2016         
                         £000             £000     £000           £000     £000     £000         
                                                                                                 
 Financial liabilities:                                                                          
 Borrowings              139,622          83,737   86,843         140,233  84,536   87,196       
                                                                                                   
 
 
Borrowings consist of bank loans and an amount due in relation to financial reinsurance. 
 
The fair value of the bank loans are taken as the principal outstanding at the balance sheet date. 
 
The amount due in relation to financial reinsurance is fair valued with reference to market interest rates at the balance
sheet date. 
 
There were no transfers between levels 1, 2 and 3 during the period. 
 
The Group holds no Level 3 liabilities as at the balance sheet date. 
 
8.   Defined benefit pension scheme obligations 
 
Scildon has a defined benefit plan, the costs of which are calculated using the projected unit credit method. This means
that the cost of providing pensions charged to the profit and loss account are placed over the service lives of employees,
according to actuarial calculations. The obligations are calculated as the difference between the present value of pension
obligations, net of the fair value of the existing plan assets.  The present value of pension liabilities is determined by
discounting the expected future retirement benefits at the rate of return on high quality corporate bonds in euros, which
have a similar remaining period to when the pension payments are expected to be incurred. Any deficiency is recognised as a
liability in the consolidated balance sheet, and any surplus is recognised as an asset.  Actuarial gains and losses arising
from deviations from expected outcomes are recognised as revaluations through other comprehensive income and are recognised
directly in equity. 
 
Scildon is required to contribute a cost covering premium. This cost covering premium contains the actuarial cost of newly
arising unconditional benefits (using the pension fund's assumptions), the related administration cost and related buffer
requirements.  The pension fund does not guarantee the nominal benefits. In case of underfunding the nominal benefits can
be reduced.  Scildon is not obliged to pay for: 
 
-    Past service benefit increases due to wage increases; 
 
-    Past service benefit increases due to (full) indexation of past service benefits to active participants; 
 
-    Past service benefit increases due to (full) indexation of past service benefits to deferred participants and
participants receiving benefits; 
 
-    Catch up contributions (e.g. for a transitory plan); and 
 
-    Fund deficits. 
 
Vested benefits have been funded with the pension fund which manages the assets.  Newly arising benefits are funded through
contributions to the pension fund.  The agreement between Scildon and the pension fund contains provisions that the pension
fund may grant discounts and/or restitutions to Scildon, if the funding position of the pension fund exceeds a certain
level and outlooks are positive. 
 
The assets and liabilities of the defined benefit scheme are shown below. 
 
                                      30 June   
                                      2017      
                                      £000      
 Total fair value of assets           46,217    
 Present value of scheme liabilities  (45,802)  
 Net surplus in the scheme            415       
 
 
The surplus at the date of acquisition was £1,056,000.  The movement to 30 June 2017 is primarily due to current service
costs, together with broadly offsetting asset and liability valuation movements.  There were no employer contributions into
the scheme in the period post acquisition. 
 
9.   Approval of consolidated report for the six months ended 30 June 2017 
 
This condensed consolidated report was approved by the Board of Directors on 30 August 2017.  A copy of the report will be
available to the public at the Company's registered office, 2nd Floor, Building 4, West Strand Business Park, West Strand
Road, Preston, PR1 8UY and at www.chesnara.co.uk. 
 
SECTION D:  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 
 
financial calendar 
 
31 August 2017 
 
Interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2017 announced. 
 
7 September 2017 
 
Ex dividend date. 
 
8 September 2017 
 
Interim dividend record date 
 
11 October 2017 
 
Interim dividend payment date. 
 
29 March 2018 
 
Results for the year ending 31 December 2017 announced. 
 
KEY CONTACTS 
 
Registered and Head Office 
 
2nd Floor, Building 4 
 
West Strand Business Park 
 
West Strand Road 
 
Preston 
 
Lancashire 
 
PR1 8UY 
 
Tel:  01772 972050 
 
www.chesnara.co.uk 
 
Legal Advisors 
 
Ashurst LLP 
 
Broadwalk House 
 
5 Appold Street 
 
London 
 
EC2A 2HA 
 
Addleshaw Goddard LLP 
 
One St Peter's Square 
 
Manchester 
 
M2 3DE 
 
Auditor 
 
Deloitte LLP 
 
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor 
 
Saltire Court 
 
20 Castle Terrace 
 
Edinburgh 
 
EH1 2DB 
 
Registrars 
 
Capita Asset Services 
 
The Registry 
 
34 Beckenham Road 
 
Beckenham 
 
Kent 
 
BR3 4TU 
 
Joint Stockbrokers 
 
Panmure Gordon 
 
One New Change 
 
London 
 
EC4M 9AF 
 
Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited 
 
Bond Street House 
 
14 Clifford Street 
 
London 
 
W1S 4JU 
 
Bankers 
 
National Westminster Bank plc 
 
135 Bishopsgate 
 
London 
 
EC2M 3UR 
 
The Royal Bank of Scotland 
 
8th Floor, 135 Bishopsgate 
 
London 
 
EC2M 3UR 
 
Lloyds Bank plc 
 
3rd Floor, Black Horse House 
 
Medway Wharf Road 
 
Tonbridge 
 
Kent 
 
TN9 1QS 
 
Public Relations Consultants 
 
FWD 
 
145 Leadenhall Street 
 
London 
 
EC3V 4QT 
 
Corporate Advisors 
 
Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited 
 
Bond Street House 
 
14 Clifford Street 
 
London 
 
W1S 4JU 
 
GLOSSARY 
 
 AGM                    Annual General Meeting.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 ALM                    Asset Liability Management - management of risks that arise due to mismatches between assets and liabilities.                                                                                                                                                   
 APE                    Annual Premium Equivalent - an industry wide measure that is used for measuring the annual equivalent of regular and single premium policies.                                                                                                                   
 CA                     Countrywide Assured plc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 CALH                   Countrywide Assured Life Holdings Limited and its subsidiary companies.                                                                                                                                                                                         
 Cash Generation        This represents the operational cash that has been generated in the period.  The cash generating capacity of the group is largely a function of the movement in the solvency position of the insurance subsidiaries within the group, and takes account of the  
                        buffers that management has set to hold over and above the solvency requirements imposed by our regulators. Cash generation is reported at a group level and also at an underlying divisional level reflective of the collective performance of each of the     
                        divisions prior to any group level activity.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 DNB                    De Nederlandsche Bank is the central bank of the Netherlands and is the regulator of our Dutch subsidiaries,                                                                                                                                                    
 DPF                    Discretionary Participation Feature - A contractual right under an insurance contract to receive, as a supplement to guaranteed benefits, additional benefits whose amount or timing is contractually at the discretion of the issuer.                          
 Dutch Business         Scildon and the Waard Group, consisting of Waard Leven N.V., Hollands Welvaren Leven N.V., Waard Schade N.V. and Waard Verzekeringen B.V.                                                                                                                       
 EcV                    Economic Value is a financial metric that is derived from Solvency II own funds that is broadly similar in concept to European Embedded Value. It provides a market consistent assessment of the value of existing insurance businesses, plus adjusted net asset 
                        value of the non-insurance business within the group.                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 FCA                    Financial Conduct Authority.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 FI                     Finansinspektionen, being the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority.                                                                                                                                                                                          
 Form of Proxy          The form of proxy relating to the General Meeting being sent to Shareholders with this document.                                                                                                                                                                
 FSMA                   The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 of England and Wales, as amended.                                                                                                                                                                                   
 Group                  The company and its existing subsidiary undertakings.                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 Group Own Funds        In accordance with the UK's regulatory regime for insurers it is the sum of the individual capital resources for each of the regulated related undertakings less the book-value of investments by the group in those capital resources.                         
 Group SCR              In accordance with the UK's regulatory regime for insurers it is the sum of individual capital resource requirements for the insurer and each of its regulated undertakings.                                                                                    
 Group Solvency         Group solvency is a measure of how much the value of the company exceeds the level of capital it is required to hold in accordance with Solvency II regulations.                                                                                                
 HCL                    HCL Insurance BPO Services Limited.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 IFRS                   International Financial Reporting Standards.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 IFA                    Independent Financial Adviser.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 KPI                    Key performance indicator.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 LGN                    LGN or Legal & General Nederland refers to the legal entity Legal & General Nederland Levensverzekering Maatschappij N.V acquired by Chesnara in April 2017.                                                                                                    
 London Stock Exchange  London Stock Exchange plc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 LTI                    Long-Term Incentive Scheme - A reward system designed to incentivise executive directors' long-term performance.                                                                                                                                                
 Movestic               Movestic Livförsäkring AB.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 Modernac               Modernac SA, an associated company which is 49% owned by Movestic.                                                                                                                                                                                              
 New business           The present value of the expected future cash inflows arising from business written in the reporting period.                                                                                                                                                    
 Official List          The Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority.                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 Ordinary Shares        Ordinary shares of five pence each in the capital of the company.                                                                                                                                                                                               
 Own Funds              Own Funds - in accordance with the UK's regulatory regime for insurers it is the sum of the individual capital resources for each of the regulated related undertakings less the book-value of investments by the company in those capital resources.           
 ORSA                   Own Risk and Solvency Assessment.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 PRA                    Prudential Regulation Authority.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 QRT                    Quantitative Reporting Template.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 ReAssure               ReAssure Limited.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 Resolution             The resolution set out in the notice of General Meeting set out in this document.                                                                                                                                                                               
 RMF                    Risk Management Framework.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 Scildon                Scildon.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 Shareholder(s)         Holder(s) of Ordinary Shares.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 Solvency II            A fundamental review of the capital adequacy regime for the European insurance industry. Solvency II aims to establish a set of EU-wide capital requirements and risk management standards and has replaced the Solvency I requirements.                        
 SICAV                  A type of open-ended investment fund in which the amount of capital in the fund varies according to the number of investors. Shares in the fund are bought and sold based on the fund's current net asset value.                                                
 STI                    Short-Term Incentive Scheme - A reward system designed to incentivise executive directors' short-term performance.                                                                                                                                              
 SCR                    In accordance with the UK's regulatory regime for insurers it is the sum of individual capital resource requirements for the insurer and each of its regulated undertakings.                                                                                    
 Swedish Business       Movestic and its subsidiaries and associated companies.                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 S&P                    Save & Prosper Insurance Limited and Save & Prosper Pensions Limited.                                                                                                                                                                                           
 TCF                    Treating Customers Fairly - a central PRA principle that aims to ensure an efficient and effective market and thereby help policyholders achieve fair outcomes.                                                                                                 
 TSR                    Total Shareholder Return, measured with reference to both dividends and capital growth.                                                                                                                                                                         
 UK or United Kingdom   The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 UK Business            CA and S&P.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 
 
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