Annual Report and Accounts 2007

Financial Statements

Notes to the consolidated accounts

19. Principal Group undertakings

Principal subsidiary undertakings of the Group as at 31 December 2007 are shown below.

Unless otherwise stated, they are undertakings incorporated in England and Wales or Scotland and have only one class of issued ordinary shares. The voting rights are equal to the percentage holdings unless otherwise stated. Other subsidiaries do not materially affect the results of the Group.

Subsidiary undertaking Activity % held
UK Life & Pensions    
Friends Provident Life & Pensions Limited* Insurance 100
Friends Provident Life Assurance Limited Insurance 100
Friends Provident Pensions Limited Insurance 100
Friends Provident Reinsurance Services Limited Reinsurance 100
Friends Provident Management Services Limited* Management services 100
Pantheon Financial Limited IFA distribution business 100
Sesame Group Limited IFA distribution business 100
International Life & Pensions    
Friends Provident International Limited (i) Insurance 100
Lombard International Assurance SA (ii) * Insurance 100
Asset Management    
F&C Asset Management plc* Holding company  
Ordinary shares   52.19
Variable rate cumulative preference shares   100
F&C Managed Pension Funds Limited Insurance 52.19
FP Fund Managers Limited Asset management 52.19
F&C Managers Ltd (formerly ISIS Investment Management Limited) Asset management 52.19
F&C Fund Management Limited Asset management 52.19
F&C Portugal Gestao de Patrimonios SA (iii) Asset management 52.19
F&C Ireland Limited (iv) Asset management 52.19
F&C Netherlands BV (v) Asset management 52.19
F&C Management Limited Asset management 52.19
F&C Luxembourg (ii) Asset management 52.19
F&C Investment Business Limited Investment trust management 52.19
F&C Asset Management Services Limited Management services 52.19
F&C Treasury Limited Treasury management 52.19
F&C Commercial Property Trust plc (vi) Property company 52.75

* Held directly by Friends Provident plc (all other companies are held indirectly)

  1. Incorporated in the Isle of Man
  2. Incorporated in Luxembourg
  3. Incorporated in Portugal
  4. Incorporated in Ireland
  5. Incorporated in The Netherlands
  6. Incorporated in Guernsey