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Aviva PLC Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2017

May 10, 2017

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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Resolution 22

PURCHASE OF OWN ORDINARY 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 (the Act)) of ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the capital of the Company (ordinary shares) provided that: (a) the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares authorised to be purchased is 406 million; (b) the minimum price which may be paid for an ordinary 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 ordinary 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 ordinary share, as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which that ordinary share is purchased; and (ii) an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent trade of an ordinary share and the highest current independent bid for an ordinary 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 ordinary 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 ordinary shares in pursuance of any such contract.