SCRIP Dividend Scheme Mailing

RNS Number : 9024P

Aviva PLC

01 April 2009

 



Aviva plc

1 April 2009

AVIVA plc - SCRIP DIVIDEND SCHEME

Aviva Scrip Dividend Scheme Mailing to Shareholders

Aviva plc (the 'Company') has today issued to shareholders its Scrip Dividend explanatory booklet and Mandate Form. The Aviva Scrip Dividend Scheme is subject to shareholder approval at the Company's Annual General Meeting, which will be held on Wednesday, 29 April 2009 at 11 am at The Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS. 

The documents listed below have today been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing facility at: 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E15 5HS. 

• Aviva Scrip Dividend Booklet

• Aviva Scrip Dividend Mandate Form

• Chairman's covering letter

The Aviva Scrip Dividend Booklet will be made available on the Company's website at www.aviva.com

Scrip Dividend Calculation Price

The scrip calculation price for the 2008 final dividend proposed to be paid on 15 May 2009 is 227.35p.  This is the reference price at which Aviva plc ordinary shares will be issued to shareholders who have elected to receive shares in lieu of cash dividends through participation in the Aviva Scrip Dividend Scheme. The scrip calculation price is based on the average of the middle market quotations of Aviva plc ordinary shares derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five consecutive business days on 25, 26, 27, 30 and 31 March 2009 inclusive.

Shareholders will be sent a mandate form and information on the Aviva Scrip Dividend Scheme on 1 April 2009. If shareholders have any queries regarding the Scrip Dividend Scheme or require another mandate form they should contact the Company's Registrar, Equiniti, on 0871 384 2953*.  The mandate form must be returned to Equiniti to arrive by no later than 5pm on 24 April 2009 in order for it to be effective for the 2008 final dividend.

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Contact:

Kirsty Cooper, Deputy Group Company Secretary

Telephone - 020 7662 6646

Liz Nicholls, Assistant Company Secretary

Telephone - 020 7662 8358

01 April 2009

 

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