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Aviva plc Annual report and accounts 2014
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Shareholder profile as at 31 December 2014
By category of shareholder Number of shareholders %* Number of shares %*
Individual 530,405 97.50 245,842,458 8.33
Banks and nominee companies 11,815 2.17 2,640,824,058 89.50
Pension fund managers and insurance companies 282 0.05 1,611,105 0.05
Other corporate bodies 1,527 0.28 62,209,719 2.11
Total 544,029 100 2,950,487,340 100
By size of shareholding Number of shareholders %* Number of shares %*
1
–
1,000 493,005 90.62 135,763,008 4.60
1,001
–
5,000 45,333 8.33 85,991,246 2.91
5,001
–
10,000 3,172 0.58 22,086,301 0.75
10,001–250,000 1,958 0.36 82,002,362 2.78
250,001
–
500,000 151 0.03 52,963,150 1.80
500,001 and above 409 0.08 2,539,223,495 86.06
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)+ 1 0.00 32,457,778 1.10
Total 544,029 100 2,950,487,340 100
+ 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.
2015 financial calendar
Aviva General Meeting in respect of the proposed Acquisition of Friends Life 11am on 26 March 2015
Annual General Meeting 11am on 29 April 2015
Announcement of first quarter Interim Management Statement 7 May 2015
* The full financial calendar will be available at www.aviva.com/investor-relations/financial-calendar
2014 final dividend dates – ordinary shares
Ex-dividend date (ordinary)* 8 April 2015
Record date (ordinary and ADR) 9 April 2015
Last day for Dividend Reinvestment Plan election 23 April 2015
Dividend payment date* 15 May 2015
* Please note that the ADR local payment date will be approximately five business days after the proposed dividend date for ordinary shares. The ex-dividend date for ADR holders will be 7 April 2015.
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
• The 2015 AGM will be held at The QEII Centre, Broad
Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE on Wednesday, 29
April 2015 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 2015 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, please e-mail the group company secretary at
[email protected].
AGM voting instructions
• Completed proxy instructions must be submitted to the
Company’s Registrar, Computershare Investor Services PLC
(Computershare), to arrive by no later than:
• Monday, 27 April 2015 at 11am for ordinary shareholders;
and
• Friday, 24 April 2015 at 11am for members of the Aviva Share
Account and participants in the Vested Share Account and the
Aviva All Employee Share Ownership Plan.
• ADR holders should submit instructions to Citibank, N.A., the
Depositary, by no later than 10am on Thursday, 23 April
2015.
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 2014 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 offers a Dividend Reinvestment Plan which
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/dividends.
• Completed application forms must be sent to the Company’s
Registrar, Computershare, by no later than 5pm on 23 April
2015.
Direct credit of dividend payments
• If you would like to have your cash dividends paid directly into
your bank or building society account, or 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.
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