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               27 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      79,990,762    3.72%       2,176,193      0.10%
securities
(2) Derivatives    4,686,886    0.22%       9,261,624      0.43%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and      371,544    0.02%       1,249,939      0.06%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total             85,049,192    3.96%      12,687,756      0.59%

(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      2,500                1.7500
Purchase      350                  1.8179
Purchase      2,500                1.7439
Purchase      900                  1.7495
Purchase      164                  1.7809
Purchase      8,377                1.7687
Purchase      11,354               1.7287
Purchase      1,000                1.7700
Purchase      1,263                1.7500
Purchase      446                  Transfer
Purchase      3,000                1.8315
Purchase      5,578                1.7925
Purchase      7,000                1.7525
Purchase      1,683                1.7687
Purchase      300                  1.7687
Purchase      2,750                1.7972
Purchase      4,262                1.7597
Purchase      2,500                1.7995
Purchase      873                  1.8087
Purchase      10,950               1.8122
Purchase      5,748                1.7289
Purchase      853                  1.7397
Purchase      5,000                1.7287
Purchase      2,810                1.7677
Purchase      500                  1.7357
Purchase      5,000                1.7423
Purchase      1,695                1.7567
Purchase      500                  1.7457
Purchase      10,000               1.7524
Purchase      5,505                1.8059
Purchase      1,117                1.7700
Purchase      1,130                1.7529
Purchase      2,545                1.8197
Purchase      31,766               1.7824
Purchase      1,123                1.7602
Purchase      5,510                1.8000
Purchase      4                    1.8075
Purchase      204,700              1.7600
Purchase      1,275,274            1.7651
Purchase      1,250                1.7500
Purchase      5,858                1.7850
Purchase      250,000              1.8161
Purchase      19,545               1.8000
Purchase      109,819              1.7320
Purchase      18,912               1.7804
Purchase      3,510                1.8000
Purchase      236,195              1.7961
Purchase      1,949,748            1.8000
Purchase      264,630              1.7844
Purchase      60,000               1.7886
Purchase      1,500                1.7529
Purchase      7,000                1.7279
Purchase      2,857                1.7497
Purchase      5,000                1.7497
Purchase      2,866                1.8170
Sale          60,000               1.7896
Sale          7,730                1.7550
Sale          1,073                1.8010
Sale          900                  1.8230
Sale          1,027                1.7202
Sale          10,000               1.7615
Sale          10,000               1.8073
Sale          1,800                1.7443
Sale          4,035                1.8000
Sale          1,000                1.8122
Sale          9,194                1.7776
Sale          93,400               1.8085
Sale          3,378                1.8237
Sale          1,949,748            1.8000
Sale          2,000                1.8122
Sale          7,000                1.8056
Sale          13,832               1.7960
Sale          31,224               1.7996
Sale          97,625               1.8105
Sale          2,191                1.8160
Sale          264,630              1.7844
Sale          8,377                1.8052
Sale          264,630              1.7844
Sale          742                  1.8162
Sale          13,929               1.7393
Sale          1,104                1.8233
Sale          33,308               1.8209

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product    Long/Short    Number of Securities  Price Per
name                                           Unit
CFD        Short         1275274               1.765
CFD        Short         18912                 1.7803
CFD        Short         31766                 1.7823
CFD        Short         60000                 1.7885
CFD        Short         236195                1.7961
CFD        Short         48743                 1.8002
CFD        Short         4                     1.8075
CFD        Long          13929                 1.7393
CFD        Long          264630                1.7844
CFD        Long          60000                 1.7895
CFD        Long          31224                 1.7996
CFD        Long          93400                 1.8085
CFD        Long          97625                 1.8105
CFD        Long          33308                 1.8208

(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                         30 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)