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 26 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 78,317,419 3.64% 2,266,402 0.11%
securities
(2) Derivatives 4,092,770 0.19% 7,590,730 0.35%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 402,822 0.02% 1,303,512 0.06%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 82,813,011 3.85% 11,160,644 0.52%
(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 1,293 1.9179
Purchase 77,249 1.8506
Purchase 2,735 1.8157
Purchase 1,027 1.9469
Purchase 100 1.9145
Purchase 440 Transfer
Purchase 444 Transfer
Purchase 264,630 1.8153
Purchase 1,246 Transfer
Purchase 335 1.9054
Purchase 10,315 1.9387
Purchase 100 1.9445
Purchase 97 1.9147
Purchase 5,236 1.8980
Purchase 2,071 1.9157
Purchase 2,000 1.9177
Purchase 1,010 1.8595
Purchase 70,000 1.8150
Purchase 259,906 1.8928
Purchase 53,203 1.8974
Purchase 47,057 1.9274
Purchase 2,240 1.8150
Purchase 40,562 1.8154
Purchase 5,000 1.9250
Purchase 2,715 1.9165
Purchase 192,174 1.8154
Sale 231,206 1.9029
Sale 8,666 1.8604
Sale 118,124 1.9207
Sale 4,990 1.8115
Sale 1,505 1.8740
Sale 400 1.9213
Sale 1,100 1.9183
Sale 164,755 1.9195
Sale 49,904 1.8150
Sale 14,027 1.9052
Sale 1,000 1.9295
Sale 335 1.8706
Sale 47,203 1.9018
Sale 4,655 1.8224
Sale 45,534 1.9004
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product Long/Short Number of Securities Price Per
name Unit
CFD Short 497366 1.8153
CFD Short 77249 1.8506
CFD Short 259906 1.8928
CFD Short 53203 1.8974
CFD Short 335 1.9054
CFD Short 140256 1.9083
CFD Short 47057 1.9274
CFD Long 4655 1.8223
CFD Long 335 1.8706
CFD Long 45534 1.9003
CFD Long 47203 1.9018
CFD Long 231206 1.9028
CFD Long 164755 1.9195
CFD Long 118124 1.9206
(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 27 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)