Chesnara PLC Statement regarding market speculation (7954P)

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RNS Number : 7954P

Chesnara PLC

22 November 2016

22 November 2016

Chesnara plc

Statement regarding market speculation

Chesnara plc notes recent press speculation and can confirm that discussions are underway with a third party that may or may not lead to an acquisition by the Company. A further statement will be issued, as and if appropriate, in due course.

Enquiries

John Deane, Chief Executive, Chesnara plc - 01772 972079

Roddy Watt, FWD Consulting - 0207 280 0651 / 07714 770493

This release contains information, which may be of a price sensitive nature, that Chesnara is making public in a manner consistent with the EU Market Abuse Regulation and other regulatory obligations.

Notes to Editors

Chesnara plc ('Chesnara'), which listed on the London Stock Exchange in May 2004, is the owner of Countrywide Assured plc ('CA plc'), Protection Life Company Limited ('PL'), Movestic Livförsäkringar AB ('Movestic') and Chesnara Holdings BV, the intermediate holding company of the 'Waard Group'.

CA plc is a UK life assurance subsidiary that is closed to new business. In June 2005 Chesnara acquired a further closed life insurance company - City of Westminster Assurance - for GBP47.8m. With effect from 30 June 2006, CWA's policies and assets were transferred into CA plc. Save & Prosper Insurance Limited and its subsidiary, Save & Prosper Pensions Limited, were acquired on 20 December 2010 for GBP63.5 million. With effect from 31 December 2011, the business of Save & Prosper was transferred into CA plc. On 28 November 2013 Chesnara acquired Direct Line Life Insurance Company Limited (subsequently renamed Protection Life Company Limited) from Direct Line Group plc for GBP39.3m. On 31 December 2014 the PL business transferred into CA plc. CA plc operates an outsourced business model.

Movestic, a Swedish life assurance company which originally focused on pensions and savings, was acquired on 23 July 2009 for GBP20 million. The company is open to new business and seeks to grow its position in the Swedish unit-linked market. Its proposition was strengthened in February 2010 with the acquisition of the operations of Aspis Försäkringar Liv AB which has a risk and health product bias.

The Waard Group, a Netherlands-based Group comprising three closed book insurance companies and a servicing company, was acquired on 19 May 2015 for EUR69.9m. The Waard Group, comprising Waard Leven N.V., Hollands Welvaren Leven N.V., Waard Schade N.V. and Tadas Verzekeringen B.V. was previously owned by DSB Beheer B.V., a Dutch financial services Group. The policy base of the Waard Group is predominantly term life policies, with some unit linked policies and some non-life policies. Further details are available on the Company's website (www.chesnara.co.uk).

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