Rule 8.3 - FRIENDS PROVIDENT GROUP PLC
FORM 8.3
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in FRIENDS PROVIDENT GROUP PLC
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.05
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 25 September 2009
2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of
relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 3)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant 104,814,020 4.48% 428,808 0.02%
securities
(2) Derivatives 369,515 0.02% 974,949 0.04%
(other than
options
(3) Options and 66,440 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 105,249,975 4.50% 1,403,757 0.06%
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,
other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of Long Short
relevant
security:
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant
securities
(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total
(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: Details
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/Sale Number of Price per unit
Securities (GBP)
Purchase 272,889 .8425
Purchase 4,169 .8400
Purchase 3,239 .8393
Purchase 3,000 .8435
Purchase 11,900 .8441
Purchase 12,410 .8441
Purchase 1,506 .8439
Purchase 181,926 .8475
Purchase 68,428 .8400
Purchase 25,421 .8438
Purchase 4,250 .8400
Purchase 20,380 .8440
Purchase 9,686 .8370
Purchase 82,313 .8400
Sale 13,374 .8408
Sale 13,880 .8400
Sale 26,634 .8404
Sale 272,887 .8400
Sale 272,889 .8400
Sale 1,280 .8393
Sale 1,506 .8404
Sale 3,000 .8410
Sale 176,106 .8419
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 1280 0.8393
CFD Long 1506 0.8403
CFD Long 26634 0.8404
CFD Long 13374 0.8407
CFD Long 3000 0.841
CFD Short 3239 0.8392
CFD Short 15457 0.8418
CFD Short 6428 0.8423
CFD Short 3000 0.8435
CFD Short 15404 0.8436
CFD Short 26927 0.8438
CFD Short 20380 0.8439
CFD Short 12410 0.8441
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g.
Expiry Option money
e.g. call selling, securities to price American,
date paid/received
option purchasing, which the option European etc.
per unit (GBP)
varying etc. relates (GBP)
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per
call option securities unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit
(Note 8) (if applicable)
(Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
None
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced. If none, this should be stated.
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES
Date of disclosure 28 September 2009
Contact name Geoff Smith
Telephone number 020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8
DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS
(This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)
OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)
Product name, Written or Number of securities Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry date
e.g. call option purchased to which the option (Note 2) American,
or derivative relates European etc.
Option Purchased 66,440 0.7636 EURO 28/09/2009
Notes
1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given.
Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form.
2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.
For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and its Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover
Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk