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 30 October 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 76,350,794 3.55% 3,209,395 0.15%
securities
(2) Derivatives 18,974,840 0.88% 23,020,140 1.07%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 8,000,000 0.37% 4,000,000 0.19%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 103,325,634 4.80% 30,229,535 1.40%
(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 550 1.8172
Purchase 20,000 1.7780
Purchase 18,736 1.8104
Purchase 26,937 1.8134
Purchase 1,500 1.8137
Purchase 4,603 1.8081
Purchase 7,916 1.8129
Purchase 753,493 1.7916
Purchase 13,030 1.8200
Purchase 9,962 1.8067
Purchase 2,318 1.8172
Purchase 122,607 1.8039
Purchase 6,054 1.8200
Purchase 838 1.7722
Sale 12,803 1.7913
Sale 1,800 1.8113
Sale 1,300 1.8224
Sale 1,696 1.7690
Sale 2,000 1.8073
Sale 11,200 1.8006
Sale 300 1.8107
Sale 4,300 1.8212
Sale 201 1.8082
Sale 2,816 1.8228
Sale 4,000 1.8140
Sale 209,941 1.8126
Sale 12,736 1.8104
Sale 33,630 1.8197
Sale 753,493 1.7916
Sale 4,300 1.8214
Sale 133,647 1.8104
Sale 466,866 1.8066
Sale 150,782 1.8104
Sale 2,128 1.8212
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 122607 1.8038
CFD Short 4603 1.808
CFD Short 18736 1.8103
CFD Short 7916 1.8129
CFD Short 26937 1.8133
CFD Long 58854 1.8049
CFD Long 466866 1.8066
CFD Long 146383 1.8103
CFD Long 150782 1.8104
CFD Long 151087 1.8156
CFD Long 33630 1.8196
(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) YES
Date of disclosure 31 October 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)
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8
DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS
(This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)
OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)
Product name, Written or Number of securities Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry date
e.g. call option purchased to which the option (Note 2) American,
or derivative relates European etc.
Option Purchased 4,000,000 2.3000 AMER 21/12/2007
Option Purchased 4,000,000 1.7500 AMER 21/12/2007
Option Purchased -4,000,000 2.0000 AMER 21/12/2007
Notes
1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given.
Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form.
2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.
For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and its Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover
Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk