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If you hold shares in As a customer of The Share called what; who has been companies which were Centre you can also speak taken over by whom, and originally in either the public with our expert advisers for whether your shares in one or mutual sectors, you may free advice on how well the company have now well find they're no longer shares fit with your become shares in many. investment aims, by calling who you thought they were! And on pages 6 and 7 our AdviceLine … it's an Many have merged, split, you'll find an easy to use list ideal way to keep up to been taken over or have of those ex-privatisation date and ensure you've simply changed their name. and mutual companies that got your investments in This guide enables you to are still available for you to good order and you just quickly work out just who's invest in. pay for the call at your who. And on pages 6 to 7 normal call rate. you'll find a summary of each share's history, with its Who's Who? initial price, and first The name on the share Table A 4 dealing date. certificate you hold may no Companies who have longer be the same as the changed their name So check out each of your company you actually own holdings and consider what Table B 5 a share in. When action you need to take - Companies taken over or companies change their you can use the company merged name or split into new research section of our businesses, you'll usually Table C 5 website (www.share.com) get a new certificate but Companies that have split to check out recent don't have to return the into different parts performance and even see old ones. what our Advice Team Table D 6/7 thinks of its prospects in the Use the lists on pages 4 Who’s left? Companies you FTSE100 views page. and 5 to see who's now can still have shares in.

2 3 Table A Companies who have changed their name Table B Companies taken over or merged Some companies have changed their name, others merged or split to form new, separate Many privatisation/demutualised companies have been bought up by bigger fish … here businesses. Look up your holdings in the table below to see who you now own a slice of. you'll see who was snapped up by whom, when and for how much; you will have received payment for your shares but may still be holding the (now worthless) certificates. Started life as: Taken over by or Terms: Date: Started life as: Now known as: merged with: Amersham International Amersham Group Abbey Banco Santander 1 for 1 + 31p cash Nov ‘04 Anglian Water AWG AWG Osprey 1578p Oct 06 Atomic Authority AEA BAA Ferrovial 955 June ‘06 BAA BAA East DR Investments 670p Jan ‘97 British Aerospace BAE Systems Halifax Bank of 1 for 1 Sep ‘01 BG and (Lattice - also taken over by National Grid) Innogy RWE 275p June ‘02 British Petroleum BP London Electricity Entergy 705p Mar ‘97 British Steel Corus Group Avon Energy 420p Jul ‘96 British Telecommunications O2 and BT Group Commercial Union Aviva Norweb North West Water 1000p Nov ‘95 General Accident Aviva O2 Telefonica 200p Dec ‘05 National Power International Power Powergen E.on 765p Jul ‘02 Northern Ireland Electricity Viridian Scottish Power 1028.2p Aug ‘96 North West Water Scottish Power (proposed) 400p + shares Nov ‘06 Norwich Union Aviva Thames Water RWE 1215p Dec ‘00 Scottish Hydro Electricity Scottish & Southern Energy Viridian Arcapita 1336p Oct ‘06 Scottish & Southern Energy Wessex Water Enron Group 630p Oct ‘98 South West Water Pennon Electricity Yorkshire Holdings 927p Aug ‘97 TSB Lloyds TSB Yorkshire Water Kelda Group Table C Companies that have split into different parts Other businesses have split themselves into various parts (demerged). You will have If your holding is not listed here, it's probably because they've been bought out, or no received new certificates showing your holding in each of the new companies, though you longer exist in their own right. Check out Table B for their fate. may still be holding the original certificates too. Original Name: Now: Date: British Gas Centrica, Lattice and BG April ‘97

British Telecommunications O2 and BT Group Nov ‘01 National Power International Power and Innogy Oct ‘00

4 5 Table D Companies you can still have shares in Company name Merger/Demerger Issue price (p) 1st dealing day AB Ports Now owned by Dubai Ports 112 16/02/82 AEA (formerly Automic Energy Authority) N/A 280 26/09/96 Alliance & Leicester N/A 534 21/04/97 Amersham Now owned by General Electric 142 10/02/82 Aviva (CGNU) Formed from Commercial Union General Accident & Norwich Union 552 16/07/97 AWG Now owned by Osprey 240 12/12/89 BAA Now owned by Ferrovial 245 28/07/88 Bae Systems N/A 150 01/02/81 BG Group Demerged to form BG Group and Centrica 135 08/12/86 BP N/A 435 26/09/84 Bradford & Bingley N/A 247.68 04/12/00 British Airways N/A 125 11/02/87 N/A 198 15/07/96

BT Group Demerged to form BT Group and mmO2 130 03/12/85 Centrica Demerged from BG 64.25 17/02/97 Corus Group Currently in bid talks 125 05/12/89 Friends Provident Demutualisation 225 09/07/01 HBOS Merger of Halifax & Bank of Scotland 734.5 02/06/97 International Power Demerged from National Power 304.5 02/10/00 Kelda Group N/A 240 12/12/90 Lattice Now owned by National Grid Demerged from BG. 141.25 23/10/00 Lloyds TSB Formed from Lloyds & TSB 100 10/10/86

mmO2 Now owned by Telefonica 82.75 19/11/01 National Grid N/A 209.5 11/12/95 Northern Rock N/A 425 01/10/97 Pennon N/A 240 12/12/89 Railtrack Shares suspended 380 02/05/96 Rolls Royce N/A 170 20/05/87 Scottish Power Iberdrola 240 18/06/91 Scottish & Southern Energy Formed from Southern Electric and Scottish Hydro 659.5 14/12/98 Severn Trent N/A 240 12/12/89 United Utilities N/A 240 12/12/89 Viridian Now owned by Osprey 220 21/06/93

6 Vodafone Demerged from Racal 22.13 11/10/88 7