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 March 2008
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 75,438,292 3.25% 3,054,448 0.13%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,264,250 0.10% 6,385,389 0.27%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 78,200 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 77,702,542 3.34% 9,518,037 0.41%
(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 2,174 1.2319
Purchase 49,776 1.2350
Purchase 8,859 1.1910
Purchase 30,730 1.2350
Purchase 11,141 1.2319
Purchase 94,643 1.2319
Purchase 20,143 1.2319
Purchase 273,086 1.2350
Purchase 144,397 1.2350
Purchase 73,568 1.1908
Purchase 15,112 1.2319
Purchase 89,009 1.2350
Purchase 22,239 1.2319
Purchase 12,338 1.2350
Purchase 118,837 1.1907
Purchase 8,088 1.2319
Purchase 3,316 1.2350
Purchase 133,300 1.2350
Purchase 468,018 1.1995
Purchase 10,455 1.2350
Purchase 58,340 1.2319
Purchase 66,917 1.2350
Purchase 178,991 1.2319
Purchase 7,400 1.2350
Purchase 142,595 1.2113
Purchase 11,879 1.2319
Purchase 28,615 1.2100
Purchase 16,996 1.2350
Purchase 2,729 1.2319
Purchase 150,985 1.2350
Purchase 33,931 1.2350
Purchase 184,912 1.2350
Purchase 24,422 1.2092
Purchase 4,851 1.2319
Purchase 316,007 1.1990
Purchase 43,860 1.2319
Purchase 98,962 1.2319
Purchase 32,625 1.2319
Purchase 23,054 1.2350
Purchase 1,115 1.2350
Purchase 4,162 1.2350
Purchase 65,599 1.2350
Purchase 18,121 1.2350
Purchase 42,996 1.2319
Sale 218,773 1.2350
Sale 36,330 1.2350
Sale 316,007 1.1990
Sale 149,096 1.1989
Sale 117,671 1.2350
Sale 20,444 1.2348
Sale 316,007 1.1990
Sale 308,328 1.2153
Sale 2,000,000 1.2153
Sale 30,000 1.2222
Sale 83,424 1.2084
Sale 7,000 1.2080
Sale 75,000 1.1910
Sale 43,239 1.2134
Sale 83,685 1.2104
Sale 26,908 1.2110
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 118837 1.1906
CFD Short 73568 1.1907
CFD Short 468018 1.1995
CFD Short 24422 1.2092
CFD Short 28615 1.21
CFD Short 142595 1.2112
CFD Long 5051 1.1883
CFD Long 149096 1.1988
CFD Long 7000 1.208
CFD Long 83424 1.2084
CFD Long 83685 1.2104
CFD Long 26908 1.211
CFD Long 43239 1.2133
CFD Long 308328 1.2153
CFD Long 28637 1.2159
CFD Long 78170 1.2175
CFD Long 30000 1.2222
CFD Long 20444 1.2347
CFD Long 36330 1.235
(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
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.
None
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES
Date of disclosure 26 March 2008
Contact name Geoff Smith
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)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
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 -78,200 1.4070 EURO 06/05/2008
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