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Aviva PLC Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2017

May 10, 2017

4708_rns_2017-05-10_98883920-dad4-445f-a582-c0aa3a3afa05.pdf

Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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Resolution 24

PURCHASE OF OWN 8³/8% CUMULATIVE IRREDEEMABLE PREFERENCE SHARES BY THE COMPANY

  1. That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make one or more market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of 8³/8% cumulative irredeemable preference shares of £1 each in the capital of the Company (8³/8% preference shares) provided that: (a) the maximum aggregate number of 8³/8% preference shares authorised to be purchased is 100 million; (b) the minimum price which may be paid for an 8³/8% preference share is 25 pence (exclusive of expenses payable by the Company in connection with the purchase); (c) the maximum price which may be paid for an 8³/8% preference share (exclusive of expenses payable by the Company in connection with the purchase) is an amount equal to the higher of: (i) 105% of the average of the middle-market quotations for an 8³/8% preference share, as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which that 8³/8% preference share is purchased; and (ii) an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent trade of an 8³/8% preference share and the highest current independent bid for a 8³/8% preference share on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out; and (d) this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the date of the passing of this resolution or, if earlier, 1 July 2018, save that the Company may make a contract to purchase 8³/8% preference shares under this authority before the expiry of the authority, which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of the authority, and may make a purchase of 8³/8% preference shares in pursuance of any such contract.