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National Bank of CanadaAnnouncement

05/12/2014 18:31

RNS Number : 0497Z
GoldmanSachs International
05 December 2014
Amendment - due to the amendment of Derivative transactions, the disclosure made on 04 December for dealings on 03 December has been updated. Section 2(b) 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
AVIVA PLC
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:
FRIENDS LIFE GROUP LIMITED
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
03 December 2014
(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 FRIENDS LIFE GROUP LIMITED
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
25p ordinary
Purchases
1,466,708
5.0850 GBP
4.9937 GBP
25p ordinary
Sales
2,928,189
5.0900 GBP
4.9820 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
25p ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
4
5.0424 GBP
25p ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
28
5.0424 GBP
25p ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
9,936
5.0500 GBP
25p ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
140
5.0552 GBP
25p ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
321
5.0583 GBP
25p ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
199,877
5.0620 GBP
25p ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
2,472
5.0634 GBP
25p ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
12,303
5.0635 GBP
25p ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
33,726
5.0639 USD
25p ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
578
5.0645 USD
25p ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
124,964
5.0652 GBP
25p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
25,949
5.0485 GBP
25p ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
13,900
5.0612 GBP
25p ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
32,400
5.0612 GBP
25p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a short position
35,858
5.0727 GBP
25p ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a short position
29,109
5.0727 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
(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:
05 December 2014
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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