Regulatory Filings • Nov 21, 2023
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Incorporated in England with limited liability (Registered number 02468686)
£7,000,000,000
Euro Note Programme
This Supplementary Prospectus (the "Supplementary Prospectus", which definition shall also include all information incorporated by reference herein) to the base prospectus dated 16 June 2023 as supplemented by the supplementary prospectus dated 11 September 2023 (together, the "Prospectus", which definition includes the Prospectus as supplemented, amended or updated from time to time and includes all information incorporated by reference therein), constitutes a supplementary prospectus for the purposes of Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of the domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended (the "UK Prospectus Regulation") and is prepared in accordance with the £7,000,000,000 Euro Note Programme (the "Programme") established by Aviva plc (the "Issuer").
Terms defined in the Prospectus have the same meaning when used in this Supplementary Prospectus.
This Supplementary Prospectus is supplemental to, and should be read in conjunction with, the Prospectus issued by the Issuer and all documents which are incorporated herein or therein by reference.
This Supplementary Prospectus has been approved by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA"), which is the competent authority for the purposes of the UK Prospectus Regulation, as a supplementary prospectus to the Prospectus. The Prospectus constitutes a base
prospectus in compliance with the UK Prospectus Regulation for the purpose of giving information with regard to the issue of Notes under the Programme.
The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Supplementary Prospectus. To the best of the knowledge of the Issuer (having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in this Supplementary Prospectus is in accordance with the facts and makes no omission likely to affect its import.
The purpose of this Supplementary Prospectus is to:
Paragraph 5 of the "Recent business developments" section on page 173 of the Prospectus is deleted in its entirety and replaced as set out below:
"On 16 November 2023, the Issuer made an announcement via the Regulatory News Service (RNS) which disclosed the Group's third quarter trading update for the nine months to 30 September 2023. The Issuer reported an estimated Solvency II cover ratio, on a shareholder basis, of 200 per cent. at 30 September 2023. The Issuer reported a Solvency II debt leverage ratio of 31.6 per cent. at 30 September 2023, which includes the redemption of £259 million Tier 2 notes in full at their optional first call date in July 2023; and a pro forma Solvency II debt leverage ratio of 30.6 per cent. at 30 September 2023 after allowing for the maturity of €315 million senior notes in October 2023 which marks the conclusion of the Issuer's deleveraging programme. The Issuer reported that centre liquidity as at the end of October 2023 was £1.5 billion."
The sub-section of the Prospectus headed "Directors of the Issuer" under "Management of the Issuer" in "Description of the Group" on page 174 of the Prospectus, together with the details of Shonaid Jemmett-Page and Jim McConville, shall be updated as set out below:
The following is a list of directors of the Issuer and their principal directorships (if any) performed outside the Group which are, or may be, significant with respect to the Issuer, as at 16 November 2023. The business address of each of the directors referred to below is at St Helen's, 1 Undershaft, London EC3P 3DQ.
| Name | Responsibilities in relation to the Issuer |
Other significant directorships |
|---|---|---|
| Shonaid Jemmett-Page | Independent Non-Executive Director |
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited (Chair) ClearBank Limited (Chair) |
217984/13432 582269570 2
QinetiQ Group Plc (Non-Executive Director)
| Jim McConville | Independent Non-Executive Director |
National Galleries of Scotland (Trustee)" |
|---|---|---|
The Canada selling restrictions on pages 180 to 181 of the Prospectus shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced as set out below:
Each Dealer has represented and agreed, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree, that:
Each Canadian Purchaser is hereby advised:
The Singapore selling restrictions on page 183 of the Prospectus shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced as set out below:
Each Dealer has acknowledged, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to acknowledge, that the Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore under the Securities and Futures Act 2001, of Singapore as modified or amended from time to time (the "SFA").
Accordingly, each Dealer has represented and agreed, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree, that it has not offered or sold any Notes or caused the Notes to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase and will not offer or sell any Notes or cause the Notes to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, and has not circulated or distributed, nor will it circulate or distribute, this Prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Notes, whether directly or indirectly, to any person in Singapore other than:
NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 309B(1) OF THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES ACT 2001 OF SINGAPORE, AS MODIFIED OR AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE "SFA") AND THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES (CAPITAL MARKETS PRODUCTS) REGULATIONS 2018 OF SINGAPORE (THE "CMP REGULATIONS 2018") – In connection with Section 309(B) of the SFA and the CMP Regulations 2018, unless otherwise specified before an offer of Notes, the Issuer has determined, and hereby notifies all persons (including all relevant persons as defined in Section 309A(1) of the SFA)), that all Notes issued or to be issued under the Programme are 'prescribed capital markets products' (as defined in the CMP Regulations 2018) and Excluded Investment Products (as defined in MAS Notice SFA 04-N12: Notice on the Sale of Investment Products and MAS Notice FAA-N16: Notice on Recommendations on Investment Products)."
The no significant change statement of the Issuer at page 236 of the Prospectus is updated as set out below:
"There has been no significant change in the financial performance or financial position of the Group since 30 June 2023, being the date to which the Issuer's last published interim financial information (as set out in the Issuer's unaudited interim half year report for the six months to 30 June 2023) was prepared."
Copies of all documents or information incorporated by reference in this Supplementary Prospectus and the Prospectus can be obtained from the Issuer as described in the Prospectus or are otherwise available for viewing free of charge on the website of the Regulatory News Service operated by the London Stock Exchange at www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/marketnews/marketnews-homes.html.
To the extent that there is any inconsistency between (a) any statement in this Supplementary Prospectus or any statement incorporated by reference into the Prospectus by this Supplementary Prospectus, and (b) any other statement in or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus prior to the date of this Supplementary Prospectus, the statements in (a) above will prevail.
If documents which are incorporated by reference themselves incorporate any information or other documents therein, either expressly or implicitly, such information or other documents will not form part of this Supplementary Prospectus for the purposes of the UK Prospectus Regulation except where such information or other documents are specifically incorporated by reference to this Supplementary Prospectus or where this Supplementary Prospectus is specifically defined as including such information.
Save as disclosed in this Supplementary Prospectus and any supplement previously issued by the Issuer, there has been no other significant new factor, material mistake or inaccuracy relating to information included in the Prospectus since publication of the Prospectus.
No person is authorised to give any information or to make any representation not contained in the Prospectus or this Supplementary Prospectus, and any information or representation not so contained must not be relied upon as having been authorised by or on behalf of the Issuer or the Dealers. The delivery of the Prospectus and/or this Supplementary Prospectus at any time does not imply that there has been no change in the affairs of the Issuer since the date hereof, or that the information contained in either of them is correct as at any time subsequent to each of their respective dates.
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