Friends Provident shares

Tjrw1985

Hi, I am trying to help my gran who was given some shares in friends provident when they floated on the LSE in 2001.

I cannot find a share certificate but found a letter saying she had authenticated her entitlement and need not do anything.

She says she has never received a dividend payment for them. Does anyone know where I can start to find out any information.

Thanks

opinions4u

I'd start here:

http://www.friendslife.co.uk/common/layouts/subSectionLayout.jhtml?pageId=fpcouk/SitePageSimple%3Ashareholder_services_landing_page#

Ifts

On 5 November 2009, Friends Provident was acquired by Resolution Limited.

http://www.friendslife.co.uk/common/layouts/subSectionLayout.jhtml?pageId=fpcouk/SitePageSimple%3Ashareholder_services_landing_page

Access your shareholdings online
To manage your shareholding in Resolution Limited online, please click HERE. You will need your Shareholder Reference Number and postcode. If you previously held shares in Friends Provident Group plc, or in the Friends Provident Group plc Share Account, your new Shareholder Reference Number issued to you on 5 November 2009 replaces any Shareholder Reference Numbers you held in relation to shares held in Friends Provident Group plc.

http://www.resolution.gg/investor-relations/shareholder-information.aspx

Friends Provident Shares also discussed in this thread:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2461855

Tjrw1985

Thanks.

I have just phoned Equiniti and they are saying that she sold the shares as soon as they were listed, although she has said, she never did that.

The forms are still in the booklet so I know she never gave permission for them to be sold. Could possibly be held by the courts, so that is my next step.

twohooter_2

I had shares in Friends Provident which was then bought out by Resolution. I was away from home when a letter from Resolution landed on my doormat saying that my Resolution Shares would be automatically sold unless I instructed them not to do so. As I was away I missed the deadline and the shares were sold for a pittance - I can't remember how much but I was disappointed. I was also a little cross that the timespan between writing to me and actually selling the shares was short. Had I have had time to react I would have kept the Resolution shares. I suspect your Resolution shares were automatically sold on your behalf a couple of years ago! Someone must have been sent the notifiation and subsequent cheque.

FLife

Hello, I work at Friends Life. There is a Shareholder Services department within Friends Life who will be able to help your grandmother with her query. Shareholder Services can be contacted at:

Shareholder Services
Friends Life Group
Milford
Salisbury
SP1 2TW

Please note that data protection regulations will restrict Friends Life to dealing directly with your grandmother and will not be able to provide personal information about her to you.

Hope this helps