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 25 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 77,967,638 3.63% 2,612,536 0.12%
securities
(2) Derivatives 3,480,958 0.16% 6,515,358 0.30%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 597,446 0.03% 1,908,537 0.09%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 82,046,042 3.82% 11,036,431 0.51%
(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 98,555 1.9636
Purchase 2,500 1.9336
Purchase 7,886 1.9410
Purchase 1,511 1.9517
Purchase 775 1.9425
Purchase 28,849 1.9440
Purchase 2,522 1.9689
Purchase 86,427 1.9466
Purchase 3,500 1.9653
Purchase 710,769 1.9473
Purchase 50,762 1.9414
Purchase 58,894 1.9504
Sale 2,491 1.9313
Sale 1,107 1.9425
Sale 1,000 1.9705
Sale 500 1.9602
Sale 194 1.9312
Sale 1,500 1.9403
Sale 3,078 1.9803
Sale 4,563 1.9603
Sale 1,500 1.9345
Sale 444 1.9230
Sale 31,880 1.9392
Sale 31,301 1.9627
Sale 8,864 1.9386
Sale 33 1.9718
Sale 82,507 1.9466
Sale 48,737 1.9561
Sale 257,023 1.9285
Sale 8,700 1.9810
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product Long/Short Number of Securities Price Per
name Unit
CFD Short 50762 1.9413
CFD Short 28849 1.9439
CFD Short 86427 1.9466
CFD Short 710769 1.9472
CFD Short 58894 1.9503
CFD Short 143714 1.9563
CFD Short 98555 1.9635
CFD Long 257023 1.9285
CFD Long 31880 1.9391
CFD Long 82507 1.9465
CFD Long 48737 1.956
CFD Long 31301 1.9626
CFD Long 33 1.9718
CFD Long 8700 1.981
(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 26 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)