TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Friends Provident Group 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) Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
subject to notification
obligation:
4. Full name of shareholder Registered Holder:
(s) (if different from 3):
BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 18,042,416*
BT Globenet Nominees Limited 23,800*
Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 112,337,723*
Chase Nominees Limited 3,949,345*
CUIM Nominee Limited 4,539,911*
Vidacos Nominees Limited 107,789*
* denotes direct interest
BNP Paribas - London 995,788
Chase Nominees Limited 19,555,027
State Street Nominees Limited 12,644,623
Vidacos Nominees Limited 25,154,496
5. Date of transaction (and 19 August 2009
date on which the threshold
is crossed or reached if
different):
6. Date on which issuer 20 August 2009
notified:
7. Threshold(s) that is/are 6% to 5% Change at Direct Interest Level
crossed or reached:
8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering
of shares to the triggering transaction
transaction
If
possible
use ISIN
code
Number of Number of Number of Number of Percentage of voting
shares voting rights shares voting rights rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ordinary 193,849,034 193,849,034 197,350,918 139,000,984 58,349,934 5.94% 2.49%
Shares
GB00B3T69350
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ No. of voting rights Percentage of voting
instrument date conversion period/ that may be acquired rights
date (if the instrument
exercised/converted)
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting rights
financial date Conversion rights instrument
instrument price period refers to
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
197,350,918 8.43%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services
Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:-
Aviva Investors Global Services Limited:
* Aviva plc (Parent Company)
* Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc)
* Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group
Holdings Limited)
* Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva
Investors Holdings Limited)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder: See Section 4
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder
will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease
to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information: Figures are based on a total number of voting rights
of 2,340,000,000
14 Contact name: Neil Whittaker
15. Contact telephone name: 01603 684420