Morgan Stanley Inv Management Ltd Form 8.3 - Friends Life Group Ltd (8640J)

TIDMFLG

RNS Number : 8640J

Morgan Stanley Inv Management Ltd

10 April 2015

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

   1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
 (a) Identity of the person whose dealings are being disclosed:           Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited 
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 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if 
 different from 1(a): 
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 (c) Name of offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form   FRIENDS LIFE GROUP LTD. 
 relates: 
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 (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state   AVIVA PLC 
 this and specify identity 
 of offeror/offeree: 
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 (e) Date dealing undertaken:                                             09 April 2015 
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 (f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today            NO 
 disclosing, under the Code in 
 respect of any other party to this offer? 
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   2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

 
 Class of relevant security: 
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                                                          Interests         Short positions 
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                                                       Number        %        Number      % 
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 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:    21,727,774    1.54% 
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 (2) Derivatives (other than options): 
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 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: 
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   TOTAL:                                            21,727,774*   1.54% 
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* of which 4,570,392 (0.32) is non-voting

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)

 
 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: 
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 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: 
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   3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
   (a)        Purchases and sales 
 
 Class of relevant security   Purchase/sale   Number of securities   Price per unit 
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 Ordinary                         SALE                377              4.302 GBP 
  ISIN: GG00B62W2327 
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   (b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
    Class of relevant       Product description      Nature of dealing         Number of reference      Price per unit 
         security                 e.g. CFD         e.g. opening/closing a           securities 
                                                    long/short position, 
                                                   increasing/reducing a 
                                                    long/short position 
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   (c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
   Class of       Product        Writing,      Number of       Exercise          Type       Expiry date   Option money 
   relevant     description    purchasing,     securities      price per         e.g.                        paid/ 
   security      e.g. call       selling,       to which         unit         American,                   received per 
                   option      varying etc.      option                        European                       unit 
                                                relates                          etc. 
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   (ii)        Exercising 
 
 Class of relevant security   Product description   Number of securities   Exercise price per unit 
                                e.g. call option 
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   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant security         Nature of dealing          Details   Price per unit (if applicable) 
                               e.g. subscription, conversion 
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   4.         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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or 
  any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: 
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 NONE 
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   (b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives 
 
 Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person 
  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: 
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 NONE 
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   (c)        Attachments 
 
 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?   NO 
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 Date of disclosure:    10 April 2015 
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 Contact name:          Maria Rubio 
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 Telephone number:      020 7425 1140 
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