Aviva 2013 Annual Report Download - page 316

Aviva plc
Annual report and accounts 2013
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Shareholder services
Shareholder profile as at 31 December 2013
By category of shareholder Number of shareholders %* Number of shares %*
Individual 548,969 97.03 264,080,246 8.96
Banks and nominee companies 14,031 2.48 2,631,081,144 89.28
Pension fund managers and insurance companies 221 0.04 1,107,028 0.04
Other corporate bodies 2,573 0.45 50,671,204 1.72
Total 565,794 100 2,946,939,622 100
By size of shareholding Number of shareholders %* Number of shares %*
1
–
1,000 510,676 90.26 141,776,379 4.81
1,001
–
5,000 48,894 8.64 93,490,932 3.17
5,001
–
10,000 3,524 0.62 24,602,884 0.84
10,001–250,000 2,166 0.38 89,126,377 3.02
250,001
–
500,000 144 0.03 52,216,902 1.77
500,001 and above 389 0.07 2,524,576,690 85.67
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)+ 1 0.00 21,149,458 0.72
Total 565,794 100 2,946,939,622 100
+ The number of registered ordinary shares represented by ADRs. Please note that each Aviva ADR represents two (2) ordinary shares.
* Percentages do not necessarily add up due to rounding.
2014 financial calendar
Annual General Meeting 30 April 2014
Announcement of first quarter Interim Management Statement 15 May 2014
Announcement of unaudited half-year results 7 August 2014
Announcement of third quarter Interim Management Statement 30 October 2014
2013 final dividend dates – ordinary shares
Ex-dividend date 2 April 2014
Record date 4 April 2014
Last day for Dividend Reinvestment Plan election 24 April 2014
Dividend payment date* 16 May 2014
* Please note that the ADR local payment date will be approximately five business days after the proposed dividend date for ordinary shares.
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
 The 2014 AGM will be held at the QEII Conference Centre,
Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE on
Wednesday, 30 April 2014 at 11am.
 Details of each resolution to be considered at the meeting
are provided in the Notice of AGM, which is available on the
Company’s website at www.aviva.com/agm.
 Shareholders can vote electronically at
www.investorcentre.co.uk/eproxy, in person by attending
the meeting, or by completing and returning the relevant
voting card(s) by post.
 The voting results for the 2014 AGM will be accessible on
the Company’s website at www.aviva.com/agm shortly after
the meeting.
 If you are unable to attend the AGM but would like to ask
the directors a question in connection with the business
of the meeting, you can do so by sending a question to
the group company secretary by email to
[email protected]. We will endeavour to
provide you with a response as soon as possible.
AGM voting instructions
 Completed proxy instructions must be submitted to the
Company’s Registrar, Computershare Investor Services PLC
(Computershare), as soon as possible, but in any event to
arrive by no later than:
 Monday, 28 April 2014 at 11am for ordinary shareholders;
and
 Friday, 25 April 2014 at 11am for members of the Aviva
Share Account, participants in the Vested Share Account
and the Aviva All Employee Share Ownership Plan.
Dividends
 Dividends on ordinary shares are normally paid in May and
November – please see the table above for the key dates in
respect of the 2013 final dividend.
 Dividends on preference shares are normally paid in March,
June, September and December – please visit
www.aviva.com/preferenceshares for the latest dividend
payment dates.
 Holders of ordinary and preference shares will receive any
dividends payable in sterling and holders of ADRs will receive
any dividends payable in US dollars.
 The Company has decided to introduce a Dividend
Reinvestment Plan. The plan provides the option for eligible
shareholders to reinvest their cash dividend in additional
ordinary shares in the Company. For further information
please visit www.aviva.com/ecomms. Completed application
forms should be sent to the Company’s Registrar,
Computershare, by no later than 5pm on Thursday,
24 April 2014.
Direct credit of dividend payments
 If you would like to have your cash dividends paid directly
into your bank or building society account, or if you would
like to have your dividends reinvested please visit
www.aviva.com/dividends for more information or contact
Computershare using the contact details overleaf.
Overseas global dividend service
 The Global Payments Service provided by Computershare
enables shareholders living overseas to elect to receive their
dividends in a choice of over 65 international currencies. For
further details and fees for this service please visit
www.investorcentre.co.uk/faq and select the Dividends and
Payments tab, followed by Global Payment Service.