P542 Teletext 542 Jan 9 22:14:57 ——— BUILDING SOCIETY BONANZA —————————— It's the year of building society windfall payouts and first with a bumper bonus is the Woolwich. It's announced: 2.5m mjmbjrs get free shares worth up to £1,233 - more than forecast when the flotation was announced 2.57m account holders will get 450 free shares when Woolwich floats on the Stock Exchange in July voting on the flotation goes ahead at London's Docklands Arena on Feb 11. ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— bz Lornj Spices I.T.JOBS? - CONTRACT OR PERMANENT SEE PAGE 631 Advice Savings Property SharesP542 Teletext 542 Jan 9 22:12:09 ——— BUILDING SOCIETY BONANZA —————————— Woolwich will bj worth £2.96-£3.38bn when it floats in July. Shares will bj worth 175-200p. Other society conversion payouts dui: Meet Float Members Payout/ date date benefit cash Brit&West 04/:7 07/97 1.1m £1,000 Halifax 02/97 06/97 10m £500-800 NorthRock 04/:7 10/97 1.3m £1,000 ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— Money news updates evjty day 541 ANY PURPOSE LOANS - SEE PAGE 627 OR CALL FREE ON 0800 269315 Advice Savings Property SharesP542 Teletext 542 Jan 9 22:07:43 ——— BUILDING SOCIETY BONANZA —————————— Halifax announced plans to convert to a bank two years ago. The current situation is: mjmbjrs will get a 150-page document weighing 1lb on the conversion soon voting takes place at the Sheffield Arena at the end of next month £100 had to bj in a Halifax account on Dec 21, 1996 for voting rights no shares will bj paid until after the stockmarkjt flotation in June. ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Looking for money advice? 543 REMORTGAGES FADE AWAY p544 Advice Savings Property SharesP542 Teletext 542 Jan 9 22:13:43 ——— BUILDING SOCIETY BONANZA —————————— To bj able to qualify for a building society payout you usually have to hold a certain amount in a shari account: Society Amount in account All&Ljics £100 from 31.12.95 Woolwich £100 from 31.12.95 NorthRock £50 on 02.04.96 and £100 on 31.12.96 and £1 on convjrsjon Brit&West £100 on 31.12.96 ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— What's happening in the City 500 MONEY NEWS UPDATES DAILY p541 Advice Savings Property SharesP542 Teletext 542 Jan 9 22:14:54 ——— BUILDING SOCIETY BONANZA —————————— Hargreaves Lansdown says £100 invested in a qualifying account with C&G, N&P or Bristol & West prior to takeover, has paid returns of 500%. It adds: Abbey shares have risen bz 435% since changing from society to a bank Irish Permanent shares have gone up bz 170% since flotation "Past performance is no guide to future success but prospects look bright for these building society flotation shares ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Cash in on society conversions here Fri FREE SOCIETY BONANZA GUIDE: FRI 542 Advice Savings Property SharesP542 Teletext 542 Jan 9 22:14:57 Advert YOUR MONEY 6/6 More Cash for your Endowment. READIES & WAITING. isappointed with your surrender value? Wj may offer you much more - up to 35% more. If your 'with profits' policy is over 5 years old and has a surrender value of at least £2,000. UP TO Phone us for a free, fast and confidential quotation. Lines Open MORE 24 hours a day,7 days a week ] ] POLICYPLUS INTERNATIONAL PLC Member of the APMM and regulated bz the Personal Investment Authority. If in doubt ask your IFA Advice Savings Property Shares