Can anybody help? Friends Provident / Scottish Provident

mrblood

I am posting this on behalf of my brother. The other day he asked for my help. He found some old letters from 2001/2002 in the loft.
* One set of letters (Friends Provident) explained that if successfully floated on the stock market then he would be entitled to 376 shares.
* The other set of letters (Scottish Provident) follows a similar demutualisation process and has a compensation offer.
The first question I have is can I find out if he still has shares in Friends Provident (as I believe the company has changed hands a number of times)?
My other question is (he isn't sure if he got the compensation paid back in 2002!) from Scottish Provident - can I check anywhere to see if this was paid out?
If anyone out there can point me in the right direction I would be really appreciative.

Thanks in advance,

Simon.

wmb194

I really wish people would throw their old letters away - 99% of the time people just forget that they sold their shares, cashed in their accounts etc. - but, via being acquired by the second Resolution plc, Friends Provident ultimately became part of Aviva, so I guess you could contact its registrar, Computershare. Over the years he should have received dividends and communications about being bought at various points, changing name and so on. If not, the registrar didn't have his address - did he move? - or, usually more likely in these situations, he sold them.
https://www.aviva.com/investors/manage-your-shares/

ffacoffipawb

Friends Provident is part of Aviva now. Taken over a few years ago.

I think that Scottish Provident is now part of Phoenix plc.

Eco_Miser

wmb194 said:

I really wish people would throw their old letters away - 99% of the time people just forget that they sold their shares, cashed in their accounts etc.

Or, since the documentation may be required for filling in tax forms etc., write on the letter what action they took,  and file all the letters, including disposal and receipt of proceeds, together.

MarkCarnage

Scottish Provident (the life and pensions business anyway) did ultimately become part of Phoenix, having been owned by Abbey National/Santander for a bit along the way. Good luck with checking that out! Is there any good reason why he thinks that he might not have got the money?