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 24 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 77,400,110 3.60% 2,700,452 0.13%
securities
(2) Derivatives 3,020,777 0.14% 5,337,388 0.25%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 687,205 0.03% 2,047,991 0.10%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 81,108,092 3.77% 10,085,831 0.47%
(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 31,301 1.9654
Purchase 11,396 1.9637
Purchase 2,490 1.9757
Purchase 200 Transfer
Purchase 1,120 2.0081
Purchase 16,043 1.9650
Purchase 250 1.9657
Purchase 3,545 2.0100
Purchase 5,734 1.9657
Purchase 1,505 1.9779
Purchase 121,683 1.8603
Purchase 25,445 1.9650
Purchase 850 1.9979
Purchase 850 1.9765
Purchase 200 2.0175
Purchase 47,073 1.9931
Purchase 17,739 1.9866
Purchase 20,000 1.9667
Purchase 1,000 Transfer
Purchase 589 2.0062
Purchase 17,055 1.9870
Purchase 1,016 1.9685
Purchase 368,400 1.9666
Sale 2,075 1.9910
Sale 3,125 1.9652
Sale 3,347 1.9925
Sale 2,000 1.9793
Sale 847 2.0035
Sale 200 Transfer
Sale 210,000 1.9909
Sale 11,896 2.0125
Sale 144,026 1.9682
Sale 71,188 1.9810
Sale 121,683 1.8603
Sale 8,703 1.9730
Sale 750 1.9895
Sale 3,146 2.0014
Sale 5,227 1.9802
Sale 8,675 1.9683
Sale 3,545 2.0100
Sale 24,496 1.9615
Sale 3,545 1.9820
Sale 1,008 1.9983
Sale 2,000 1.9753
Sale 1,260 1.9651
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product Long/Short Number of Securities Price Per
name Unit
CFD Short 31301 1.9653
CFD Short 5734 1.9657
CFD Short 368400 1.9665
CFD Short 17739 1.9866
CFD Short 17055 1.987
CFD Short 47073 1.993
CFD Long 24496 1.9614
CFD Long 1260 1.965
CFD Long 8703 1.9729
CFD Long 32366 1.9787
CFD Long 38822 1.9827
CFD Long 3146 2.0014
(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 25 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)