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Form SW55063 Job ID 57630 Size A4 Pages 1 Colour CMYK UK FINANCIAL HISTORY 1950 – 2015 Version FEBRUARY 2016 Operator Info

1 ALI 29/02/16 2 ALI 07/03/16 Barclays Equity Index £156,840 3 Dividends Reinvested 4 5 £100,000 6 Big Bang in the city London Olympics Interest rates hit 15% • 7 Northern Rock crisis • • 8 ECONOMIC INDICATORS Berlin Wall comes down Japanese• earthquake • • 9 30 Unemployment tops 3 million Bangladesh factory disaster RPI – annual % change (quarterly) • • 10 Stockmarket hits 62 England, , Northern Ireland introduce smoking ban • Lockerbie disaster • 11 25 Bank base rates (quarterly avg.) • Scotland introduces smoking ban Bin Laden killed • • 12 First test tube baby born 20 GDP – annual % change (quarterly) • • ‘Black Wednesday’ stockmarket crisis Banking debt crisis hits UK Nelson Mandela dies 13 • • 14 15 London wins Olympic bid Greek bail-outs • UK gets £2,300 million from IMF • Single European Market begins • • 15 UK Interest Rates set at 0.5% Ebola outbreak Barclays Equity Price Index 10 • £9,558 £10,000 • Ex-Dividends Proof number 1 2 3 4 Barclays Gilt Index 5 Japanese interest rates at record low of 0.5% £8,631 • Ceasefire in Vietnam • Income Reinvested Mandatory checks 0 Poll Tax riots Hong Kong handover Plaza accord • bail-out £5,554 UK Building Society Index • • • Income Reinvested -5 UK joins EEC News of World closes New Brand - use approved template (check size) • • War in Iraq Cuba/US• reconciliation Falklands War • • £3,058 Retail Prices Index Footer/Form number/version date is correct • • -10 • UK leaves ERM Millennium celebrations 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 • • Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee • Spell check • • North Sea oil discovered Death of Princess of Wales Scottish independence referendum USSR Lunik reaches the moon • • • If Spec changes — notify the Account Manager • • Berlin Wall constructed Eurozone debt crisis • £1,000 Check version date matches DMS • • Elizabeth II’s coronation Credit crunch rocks USA Global climate change agreement • “Rivers of Blood” – Powell Nelson Mandela freed • Bay of Pigs invasion • • • FSA replaced by FCA/PRA COMPARE ALTERATIONS TO MARKED UP PDF • • • becomes • DNA structure deciphered Crimea/Ukraine crises Kennedy assassinated Maastricht Treaty • • • Chernobyl disaster • • Layout/text • • Official opening of Scottish Parliament End of rationing Gaddafi killed Remove bad line breaks/check paragraph returns not in text • Brighton bomb Good Friday Agreement Tsunami strikes Asia • • • • The Shard opens German reunification • Bombings in London VW •emission scandal Check all hyphenation/n-dashes Personal Computer launched by IBM • • • Irish bail-out Moon landing 60th anniversary of VE Day • Quote marks/apostrophes appear correctly Malaysia Airlines crashes • Poll Tax introduced in Scotland • • Strikes, unemployment and the Winter of Discontent • • Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee • European debt crisis • Remove double spaces (except deliberate) • • £100 Decimalisation Chinese stockmarket crash Barclays Gilt Price Index Telephone numbers/dates/postcodes are not split • The Miners’ Strike Barings collapse Enron bankruptcy scandal • £81 England win World Cup • The Gulf War • • Ex-Income • • No full stop after URLs • Stone of Destiny stolen • AIDS identified Eurozone unemployment hits historic high • The Suez crisis WorldCom bankruptcy ISIS offensive • Yuri Gagarin – First man in space • • Folio/page numbers are in correct order/position Stalin dies • Bomb rocks World Trade Centre Typhoon Yolanda devastates Philippines • • • Value of £100 indexed from 1950. “You’ve never had it so good” – Macmillan “Pound in your pocket” – Wilson Compact Disc launched Economic downturn affects the world Page headings/folios match contents • • • • Oscar Pistorius trial • Everest conquered Black Monday – stockmarket falls 25% World population reaches 7bn Scales calculated on a logarithmic basis. US combat troops arrive in Vietnam • September 11th • • • Paris attacks Fonts used (see INFO panel)” • • Figures calculated on a gross basis. Images/graphics On The Waterfront Gigi Dr No Alfie Love Story The Towering Inferno Grease E.T. Platoon Pretty Woman Forrest Gump Saving Private Ryan Chicago Casino Royale Avatar King’s Skyfall The Source: Barclays Equity Gilt Study, Speech Force Awakens Datastream and Internal. Tables/boxes/charts/graphs are on brand (Guidelines page 58) £10 Past Performance is not a reliable 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 indicator of future results. In a building Infographics Guidelines page 59) society deposit account your capital is Graphs/charts match figures and axis correctly ATTLEE CHURCHILL EDEN MACMILLAN HOME WILSON HEATH WILSON CALLAGHAN THATCHER MAJOR BLAIR BROWN CAMERON readily available and generally secure. Miscellaneous Most recent logos and images are used Scottish Widows Limited. Registered in England and Wales No. 3196171. Registered office in the at 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Financial Services Register number 181655. Check FSA replaced with FCA and “Services” to “Conduct” Colour split (CMYK or spot) • • SW55063 03/16 Forms can be completed Envelopes/letters – check position Operator info BRAND CHECKED (INITIALS) OPERATOR CHECKED Initials ALI ALI

Date 29/02/16 07/03/16