25 Oct 2018 07:00
CHESNARA plc
("Chesnara" or "the Company")
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25 October 2018
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LEI Number: 213800VFRMBRTSZ3SJ06
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BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN
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Name of applicant: | Chesnara plc | |||
Name of scheme: | Block listing for the Company's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Scheme, Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Scheme, Share Save Scheme and Scildon Share Bonus Plan. | |||
Period of return: | From: | 25th April 2018 | To: | 25th October 2018 |
Balance of un-allotted securities under scheme(s) from previous return: | 450,000 | |||
Plus: The amount by which the block scheme(s) has been increased since the date of the last return (if any increase has been applied for): | Nil | |||
Less: Number of securities issued/allotted under scheme(s) during period (see LR3.5.7G): | Nil | |||
Equals: Balance under scheme(s) not yet issued/allotted at end of period: | 450,000 | |||
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Name of contact: | Al Lonie |
Telephone number of contact: | +44 (0) 1772 972050 |
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For further information, please contact:
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Roddy Watt
Director, Capital Markets
FWD
Forward thinking communications
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T - 020 7280 0651
E - roddy.watt@fwdconsulting.co.ukΒ
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Notes to Editors
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Chesnara plc ('Chesnara'), which listed on the London Stock Exchange in May 2004, is the owner of Countrywide Assured plc ('CA plc'), Movestic LivfΓΆrsΓ€kringar AB ('Movestic') and Chesnara Holdings BV. Chesnara Holdings BV is the intermediate holding company of 'Waard Group' and 'Scildon'.
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CA plc is a UK life assurance subsidiary that is closed to new business. In June 2005 Chesnara acquired a further closed life insurance company - City of Westminster Assurance - for Β£47.8m. With effect from 30 June 2006, CWA's policies and assets were transferred into CA plc. Save & Prosper Insurance Limited and its subsidiary, Save & Prosper Pensions Limited, were acquired on 20 December 2010 for Β£63.5 million. With effect from 31 December 2011, the business of Save & Prosper was transferred into CA plc. On 28 November 2013 Chesnara acquired Direct Line Life Insurance Company Limited (subsequently renamed Protection Life Company Limited) from Direct Line Group plc for Β£39.3m. On 31 December 2014 the PL business transferred into CA plc. CA plc operates an outsourced business model.
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Movestic, a Swedish life assurance company which originally focused on pensions and savings, was acquired on 23 July 2009 for Β£20 million. The company is open to new business and seeks to grow its position in the Swedish unit-linked market. Its proposition was strengthened in February 2010 with the acquisition of the operations of Aspis FΓΆrsΓ€kringar Liv AB which has a risk and health product bias.
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The Waard Group, a Netherlands-based Group comprising three closed book insurance companies and a servicing company, was acquired on 19 May 2015 for β¬69.9m. The Waard Group, comprising Waard Leven N.V., Hollands Welvaren Leven N.V., Waard Schade N.V. and Tadas Verzekeringen B.V. was previously owned by DSB Beheer B.V., a Dutch financial services Group. The policy base of the Waard Group is predominantly term life policies, with some unit linked policies and some non-life policies. On 5 April 2017 Chesnara completed its acquisition of Legal & General Nederland Levensverzeikering Maatschappij N.V. ('LGN') for β¬161.2 million. The LGN business which has been renamed Scildon, is in the Dutch life assurance market, and as with our Swedish subsidiary Movestic, Scildon writes protection and pension new business.Β
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Further details are available on the Company's website (www.chesnara.co.uk).
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