8th Jun 2009 07:00
R-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Friends Provident Plc issuer of existing shares to which voting rights
are attached:
2. Reason for notification (yes/no) An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights
are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): 3. Full name of person(s) Lloyds Banking Group Plc subject to notification obligation:
4. Full name of shareholder(s) See Section 9
(if different from 3): 5. Date of transaction (and 4 June 2009
date on which the threshold is
crossed or reached if different): 6. Date on which issuer 5 June 2009 notified:
7. Threshold(s) that is/are Increase to above 9% Direct/Indirect
crossed or reached: 8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction of shares the triggering transaction If possible use ISIN code Number of Number of Number Number of voting
Percentage of shares voting of rights voting rights rights shares Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ord 10p 209,060,285 209,060,285 5,495,121 5,495,121 203,946,844
0.236% 8.770% Shares GB0030559776 B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ No. of voting rights Percentage of instrument date conversion period/ that may be acquired voting rights date (if the instrument exercised/converted) N/A Total (A+B) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 209,441,965 9.006%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
179,292,709 Shares (7.710%) are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests).
26,120,908 shares (1.123%) are under the control of Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Insight Investment Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests).
Proxy Voting: 10. Name of proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy N/A
holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will N/A
cease to hold voting rights: 13. Additional information: Notification using the total voting rights figure of 2,325,488,737 14 Contact name: Kenny Melville 15. Contact telephone name: 0131 243 8671
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