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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited17 March 2008 DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Morgan Stanley Securities Limited Company dealt in Friends Provident Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 14 March 2008 2. DEALINGS (Note 2) (a) Purchases and sales Total number of securities purchased Highest price paid (Note 3) GBP Lowest price paid (Note 3) GBP 513,205 1.2750 1.2180 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 752,815 1.2780 1.2190 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBPe.g. CFD CFD LONG 1,463 1.2200CFD SHORT 30,520 1.2200CFD SHORT 32,761 1.2200CFD SHORT 137,961 1.2455CFD LONG 59,634 1.2255CFD LONG 7,262 1.2255CFD LONG 294,717 1.2447CFD LONG 173,260 1.2570CFD LONG 85,171 1.2612CFD SHORT 79,556 1.2391CFD SHORT 12,523 1.2439CFD SHORT 1,525 1.2439CFD SHORT 1,350,000 1.2612CFD SHORT 85,171 1.2635CFD SHORT 5,268 1.2740CFD SHORT 960 1.2740CFD SHORT 1,803 1.2740CFD SHORT 8,781 1.2740CFD SHORT 1,178 1.2740CFD SHORT 140 1.2740CFD SHORT 8,266 1.2740CFD SHORT 1,700 1.2740CFD SHORT 4,615 1.2740CFD SHORT 787 1.2740 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 3) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 3) N/A N/A N/A 3. 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 relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. NONE Date of disclosure 17 March 2008 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected J.C. Flowers & Co LLC Nature of connection (Note 6) Advisor Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(a) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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