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RNS Number : 7189B
GoldmanSachs International
08 January 2015
Amendment - due to the amendment of Options transactions, the disclosure made on 07 January for dealings on 06 January has been updated. Section 2(c) has been updated.
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader:
(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
(b) 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
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:
FRIENDS LIFE GROUP LIMITED
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
06 January 2015
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?
YES - disclosed previously for AVIVA PLC
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
Purchases/ sales
Total number of securities
Highest price per unit paid/received
Lowest price per unit paid/received
Ordinary
Purchases
2,039,709
3.5720 GBP
3.5240 GBP
Ordinary
Sales
977,027
3.5840 GBP
3.5260 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
Ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
3,583
3.5260 GBP
Ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
14,543
3.5500 GBP
Ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
8,389
3.5513 GBP
Ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
14,836
3.5513 GBP
Ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
218,812
3.5537 GBP
Ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
323,154
3.5537 GBP
Ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
100,934
3.5653 GBP
Ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
149,066
3.5653 GBP
Ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
175,616
3.5537 GBP
Ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
240,538
3.5537 GBP
(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
Ordinary
Call Option
Purchasing
1,029,613
3.7064 GBP
EUROPEAN
08/04/2015
0.0406 GBP
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
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)



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(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
3. 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 exempt principal trader 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
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader 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
Date of disclosure:
08 January 2015
Contact name:
Aadithya Rao and Yiannis Bardis
Telephone number:
+44(20) 7051 9046 / +44(20) 7774 7107
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 monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. 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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