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 04 September 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 81,508,026 3.79% 2,327,848 0.11%
securities
(2) Derivatives 20,245,137 0.94% 24,135,723 1.12%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 205,291 0.01% 2,726,228 0.13%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 101,958,454 4.74% 29,189,799 1.36%
(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 56,026 1.7663
Purchase 16,990 1.7657
Purchase 671 1.7667
Purchase 1,000 1.7657
Purchase 10,814 1.7740
Purchase 7,356 1.7700
Purchase 1,199 1.7657
Purchase 14,143 1.7708
Purchase 7,199 1.7682
Purchase 5,634 1.7696
Purchase 33,345 1.7677
Sale 27,907 1.7650
Sale 660,958 Transfer
Sale 44 1.7707
Sale 2,169 1.7660
Sale 200 1.7793
Sale 324 1.7780
Sale 15,500 1.7757
Sale 17,431 1.7680
Sale 31,719 Transfer
Sale 111,960 1.7817
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product Long/Short Number of Securities Price Per
name Unit
CFD Short 46015 1.7659
CFD Short 56026 1.7663
CFD Short 7199 1.7681
CFD Short 7356 1.77
CFD Short 14143 1.7707
CFD Short 10814 1.774
CFD Long 27907 1.765
CFD Long 2169 1.766
CFD Long 44 1.7706
CFD Long 15500 1.7757
CFD Long 111960 1.7816
(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 05 September 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 205,291 2.3000 AMER 21/12/2007
Option Purchased -1,738,645 1.7500 AMER 21/12/2007
Option Purchased -987,583 2.0000 AMER 21/12/2007
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