Rule 8.3 - FRIENDS PROVIDENT
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
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.10
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 23 July 2007
2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant 77,337,368 3.60% 2,823,291 0.13%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,911,984 0.14% 4,850,086 0.23%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 390,724 0.02% 1,497,800 0.07%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 80,640,076 3.75% 9,171,177 0.43%
(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 Securities Price per unit
(GBP)
Purchase 2,000 2.0164
Purchase 2,491 2.0064
Purchase 4,500 1.9976
Purchase 1,705 2.0014
Purchase 1,008 2.0064
Purchase 3,000 2.0014
Purchase 589 2.0064
Purchase 491 2.0014
Purchase 1,485 2.0014
Purchase 2,400 2.0039
Purchase 2,005 1.9950
Purchase 737 2.0089
Purchase 1,000 1.9829
Purchase 877 2.0114
Purchase 6,000 2.0164
Purchase 5,000 2.0039
Purchase 650 1.9940
Purchase 3,000 2.0089
Purchase 6,000 1.9829
Purchase 2,498 2.0014
Purchase 1,008 1.9839
Purchase 4,500 2.0089
Purchase 1,000 2.0164
Purchase 10,000 2.0017
Purchase 1,000 1.9997
Purchase 2,000 2.0014
Purchase 1,000 2.0089
Purchase 496 1.9789
Purchase 975 2.0164
Purchase 498 1.9839
Purchase 250 2.0014
Purchase 5,248 1.9989
Purchase 5,000 1.9839
Purchase 1,000 2.0164
Purchase 3,915 2.0002
Purchase 3,100 2.0050
Purchase 11,830 2.0106
Purchase 5,283 2.0048
Purchase 2,006 2.0039
Purchase 154,043 2.0032
Purchase 9,379 2.0100
Purchase 4,990 2.0039
Purchase 4,967 2.0014
Purchase 5,283 2.0048
Purchase 842 2.0075
Sale 41,655 2.0096
Sale 5,283 2.0048
Sale 59,502 1.8636
Sale 172,325 2.0024
Sale 4,124 2.0060
Sale 9,000 2.0001
Sale 224 2.0085
Sale 2,565 2.0060
Sale 842 2.0050
Sale 2,345 2.0060
Sale 4,500 2.0010
Sale 12,154 1.8560
Sale 51,599 2.0071
Sale 1,174 2.0000
Sale 323,749 2.0100
Sale 665 2.0060
Sale 2,500 2.0060
Sale 6,000 2.0062
Sale 92,975 1.8481
Sale 34,837 1.8355
Sale 500 2.0010
Sale 5,000 1.9960
Sale 233 2.0060
Sale 48,444 1.8629
Sale 35,357 1.8186
Sale 5,587 2.0059
Sale 2,607 2.0010
Sale 2,251 1.9850
Sale 2,563 2.0110
Sale 3,779 2.0110
Sale 6,290 2.0160
Sale 5,000 1.9960
Sale 2,000 2.0010
Sale 1,000 2.0010
Sale 1,000 2.0035
Sale 7,258 2.0035
Sale 1,950 2.0160
Sale 2,005 2.0085
Sale 7,712 2.0156
Sale 6,000 1.9960
Sale 2,587 1.9940
Sale 1,590 1.9940
Sale 1,000 1.9973
Sale 20,000 2.0026
Sale 2,498 2.0010
Sale 7,000 2.0085
Sale 1,300 2.0010
Sale 5,245 2.0010
Sale 75,407 2.0025
Sale 58,551 2.0020
Sale 250 2.0035
Sale 800 2.0035
Sale 10,000 2.0054
Sale 1,000 2.0035
Sale 1,439 2.0085
Sale 57,000 2.0051
Sale 149,294 2.0042
Sale 2,000 2.0010
Sale 1,030 2.0010
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product Long/Short Number of Securities Price Per
name Unit
CFD Short 3915 2.0001
CFD Short 154043 2.0032
CFD Short 5283 2.0047
CFD Short 3100 2.005
CFD Short 11830 2.0106
CFD Long 9000 2.0001
CFD Long 172325 2.0023
CFD Long 5283 2.0048
CFD Long 5587 2.0059
CFD Long 51599 2.007
CFD Long 41655 2.0095
CFD Long 323749 2.01
(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) NO
Date of disclosure 24 July 2007
Contact name BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
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)