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PARENT COMPANY ACCOUNTS<br />

ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS<br />

Notes to the consolidated accounts continued<br />

3. Segmental information continued<br />

(ii) Underlying profit<br />

International<br />

UK <strong>Life</strong> & <strong>Life</strong> & Asset<br />

Pensions Pensions Management Total<br />

Year ended 31 December 2006 £m £m £m £m<br />

Profit before tax from continuing operations 460 50 (19) 491<br />

Inter segment loan interest 12 - (12) -<br />

Policyholder tax (124) - - (124)<br />

Returns on Group-controlled funds attributable to third parties (104) - - (104)<br />

Profit before tax excluding profit generated within<br />

policyholder funds 244 50 (31) 263<br />

Non-recurring items (i) (2) - 19 17<br />

Amortisation of Asset Management acquired intangible assets - - 43 43<br />

Amortisation of acquired present value of in-force business 9 16 - 25<br />

Amortisation of <strong>Life</strong> & Pensions acquired intangible assets - 7 - 7<br />

Impairment of Asset Management acquired intangible assets - - 58 58<br />

Interest payable on STICS (52) - - (52)<br />

Short-term fluctuations in investment return 41 (2) - 39<br />

Underlying profit before tax 240 71 89 400<br />

Tax on underlying profit 6<br />

Minority interest in underlying profit (29)<br />

Underlying profit after tax attributable to ordinary<br />

shareholders of the parent 377<br />

Earnings per share<br />

Underlying earnings per share (pence) 17.9<br />

(i) Non-recurring items<br />

<strong>Life</strong> & Pensions items include costs of £nil (2005: £6m) relating to integration activity following the acquisition of <strong>Friends</strong> Provident<br />

International Limited in August 2002, a credit of £3m (2005: charge of £14m) in respect of the cost to shareholders of mortgage<br />

endowment complaints and historic business reviews, a credit of £1m (2005: £7m) in respect of the review conducted into pension<br />

transfers and opt-outs and a charge of £2m (2005: £nil) arising from the closure of the Appointed Representative sales channel.<br />

Asset Management items include costs of £10m (2005: £22m) incurred integrating, rationalising and reorganising the Asset Management<br />

business following the acquisition of F&C Group (Holdings) Limited, £nil (2005: £2m) of other reorganisation costs, £12m (2005: £22m) in<br />

respect of issuing shares to employees under the 2004 Re-Investment Plan and £3m (2005: £nil) compensation received on loss of an<br />

investment management contract.<br />

Discontinued operations are shown in note 42 and the profit after tax from these operations amounted to £nil (2005: £8m).<br />

<strong>Friends</strong> Provident Annual Report & Accounts 2006 87

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