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               10 August 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       76,805,592   3.57%       3,044,576      0.14%
securities
(2) Derivatives    13,959,878   0.65%      16,228,316      0.75%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and       340,051   0.02%       1,210,607      0.06%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total              91,105,521   4.24%      20,483,499      0.95%

(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      5,000                1.8027
Purchase      60,000               1.8429
Purchase      3,000                1.8260
Purchase      1,075                1.8440
Purchase      1,000                1.8040
Purchase      1,663                1.8030
Purchase      5,466                1.8180
Purchase      1,000                1.8330
Purchase      5,000                1.8555
Purchase      130,000              1.8092
Purchase      10,000               1.8737
Purchase      1,101                1.7992
Purchase      5,000                1.8167
Purchase      2,700                1.8385
Purchase      3,000                1.8377
Purchase      1,262                1.8335
Purchase      441                  1.8320
Purchase      500                  1.8200
Purchase      10,000               1.8377
Purchase      1,074                1.8417
Purchase      812                  1.8227
Purchase      83,000               1.9080
Purchase      31,775               1.9355
Purchase      37,823               1.9337
Purchase      16,998               1.9084
Purchase      15,222               1.9312
Purchase      163,397              1.9237
Purchase      226,143              1.8263
Purchase      214,390              1.8288
Purchase      73,532               1.9299
Purchase      35,620               1.8030
Purchase      199,750              1.9317
Purchase      85,128               1.9251
Sale          340,045              1.8549
Sale          66,076               1.8027
Sale          506,383              1.9561
Sale          406,749              1.9520
Sale          15,000               1.8765
Sale          256,551              1.8782
Sale          83,000               1.9080
Sale          1,233                1.9022
Sale          2,583                1.8344
Sale          260,462              1.9364
Sale          60,000               1.8437
Sale          933                  1.8765
Sale          1,000                1.8100
Sale          2,055                1.8411
Sale          820                  1.8570
Sale          38,122               1.9370
Sale          2,300                1.8838

NB: The below transactions which were previously disclosed have been cancelled
Deal Date  Purchase/Sale Number of Securities Price per unit (GBP)
09/08/2007 Purchase      30,862               1.9358
09/08/2007 Purchase      6,983                1.9332

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product    Long/Short    Number of Securities  Price Per
name                                           Unit
CFD        Short         226143                1.8262
CFD        Short         214390                1.8288
CFD        Short         26694                 1.837
CFD        Short         60000                 1.8428
CFD        Short         215930                1.848
CFD        Short         8170                  1.8487
CFD        Short         16998                 1.9083
CFD        Short         163397                1.9236
CFD        Short         85128                 1.925
CFD        Short         73532                 1.9298
CFD        Short         199750                1.9317
CFD        Short         37823                 1.9337
CFD        Long          66076                 1.8026
CFD        Long          2055                  1.841
CFD        Long          60000                 1.8437
CFD        Long          229600                1.8533
CFD        Long          340045                1.8549
CFD        Long          256551                1.8782
CFD        Long          260462                1.9363
CFD        Long          38122                 1.9369
CFD        Long          406749                1.952
CFD        Long          506383                1.956

(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                         13 August 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)

DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS
(This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)

Product name,      Written or    Number of Securities to   Exercise Price   Type, e.g.     Expiry Date
e.g. call option   Purchased     which the option or       (Note 2)         American,
                                 derivative relates                         European etc.
Option             Purchased     340,051                   2.3000           AMER           21/12/2007
Option             Purchased     -1,210,607                2.0000           AMER           21/12/2007

Notes
1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFD's), 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