20th Jan 2009 17:03
TR-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 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): Disclosure of holdings following the acquisition, by Lloyds Banking Group plc, of HBOS plc. This Yes notification supersedes any notifications previously issued by Lloyds TSB Group plc and/or HBOS plc.
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 16 January 2009
date on which the threshold is
crossed or reached if different): 6. Date on which issuer 19 January 2009 notified:
7. Threshold(s) that is/are Direct/Indirect 8%
crossed or reached: 8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering of shares the triggering transaction transaction If possible use ISIN code Number Number of Number Number of voting Percentage of voting of voting of rights rights shares rights shares Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect Ord 10p 164,418,114 164,418,114 3,343,781 3,343,781 190,803,090 0.144% 8.210% 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 194,146,871 8.354%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
169,030,100 Shares (7.274%) 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). 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 2,323,883,675 14 Contact name: Kenny Melville 15. Contact telephone name: 0131 243 8671
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