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Credit Suisse Securities (Eur) Ltd24 October 2007 FORM 38.5 (b) DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited Company dealt in Friends Provident Plc Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 23-Oct-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 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities 4060164 0.189(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 4060164 0.189 (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2) Class Of Relevant Security : Convertibles ( XS0159504801 ) Long Short(1) Relevant Securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 0 ( 0 % ) 0 ( 0 % ) (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4)Buy 151010 1.695 (GBP)Buy 29942 1.692 (GBP)Buy 25000 1.749 (GBP)Buy 23919 1.732 (GBP)Buy 20000 1.739 (GBP)Buy 20000 1.739 (GBP)Buy 19345 1.743 (GBP)Buy 19000 1.7 (GBP)Buy 18767 1.704 (GBP)Buy 16406 1.7 (GBP)Buy 15487 1.706 (GBP)Buy 13791 1.735 (GBP)Buy 12088 1.739 (GBP)Buy 11918 1.742 (GBP)Buy 10969 1.722 (GBP)Buy 10896 1.7 (GBP)Buy 10809 1.745 (GBP)Buy 10570 1.701 (GBP)Buy 10137 1.741 (GBP)Buy 10000 1.745 (GBP)Buy 10000 1.722 (GBP)Buy 10000 1.722 (GBP)Buy 10000 1.702 (GBP)Buy 10000 1.691 (GBP)Buy 9868 1.703 (GBP)Buy 9700 1.732 (GBP)Buy 8793 1.733 (GBP)Buy 8549 1.716 (GBP)Buy 8192 1.722 (GBP)Buy 8100 1.715 (GBP)Buy 8100 1.712 (GBP)Buy 8058 1.703 (GBP)Buy 8000 1.735 (GBP)Buy 7800 1.729 (GBP)Buy 7728 1.68 (GBP)Buy 7666 1.723 (GBP)Buy 7328 1.743 (GBP)Buy 7108 1.712 (GBP)Buy 7032 1.706 (GBP)Buy 7000 1.723 (GBP)Buy 6945 1.745 (GBP)Buy 6916 1.739 (GBP)Buy 6819 1.732 (GBP)Buy 6775 1.735 (GBP)Buy 6475 1.683 (GBP)Buy 6200 1.718 (GBP)Buy 6000 1.739 (GBP)Buy 5898 1.721 (GBP)Buy 5709 1.713 (GBP)Buy 5633 1.722 (GBP)Buy 5619 1.733 (GBP)Buy 5616 1.705 (GBP)Buy 5448 1.715 (GBP)Buy 5386 1.744 (GBP)Buy 5314 1.732 (GBP)Buy 5236 1.694 (GBP)Buy 5000 1.7 (GBP)Buy 5000 1.739 (GBP)Buy 5000 1.744 (GBP)Buy 5000 1.722 (GBP)Buy 5000 1.718 (GBP)Buy 5000 1.71 (GBP)Buy 4892 1.716 (GBP)Buy 4889 1.7 (GBP)Buy 4826 1.681 (GBP)Buy 4820 1.733 (GBP)Buy 4572 1.715 (GBP)Buy 4343 1.722 (GBP)Buy 4244 1.684 (GBP)Buy 4000 1.718 (GBP)Buy 3940 1.685 (GBP)Buy 3940 1.686 (GBP)Buy 3864 1.739 (GBP)Buy 3701 1.722 (GBP)Buy 3458 1.684 (GBP)Buy 3458 1.693 (GBP)Buy 3458 1.704 (GBP)Buy 3172 1.701 (GBP)Buy 3059 1.702 (GBP)Buy 2800 1.707 (GBP)Buy 2733 1.712 (GBP)Buy 2699 1.729 (GBP)Buy 2657 1.668 (GBP)Buy 2420 1.685 (GBP)Buy 2331 1.749 (GBP)Buy 2317 1.704 (GBP)Buy 2064 1.7 (GBP)Buy 1970 1.687 (GBP)Buy 1970 1.691 (GBP)Buy 1970 1.693 (GBP)Buy 1970 1.68 (GBP)Buy 1949 1.69 (GBP)Buy 1939 1.678 (GBP)Buy 1729 1.684 (GBP)Buy 1729 1.703 (GBP)Buy 1673 1.739 (GBP)Buy 1544 1.71 (GBP)Buy 1313 1.7 (GBP)Buy 1238 1.693 (GBP)Buy 1133 1.685 (GBP)Buy 1101 1.669 (GBP)Buy 1000 1.685 (GBP)Buy 1000 1.694 (GBP)Buy 1000 1.729 (GBP)Buy 1000 1.732 (GBP)Buy 997 1.718 (GBP)Buy 940 1.704 (GBP)Buy 899 1.731 (GBP)Buy 796 1.745 (GBP)Buy 714 1.701 (GBP)Buy 567 1.669 (GBP)Buy 486 1.742 (GBP)Buy 452 1.715 (GBP)Buy 423 1.739 (GBP)Buy 403 1.68 (GBP)Buy 337 1.729 (GBP)Buy 323 1.691 (GBP)Buy 287 1.694 (GBP)Buy 270 1.723 (GBP)Buy 250 1.744 (GBP)Buy 201 1.704 (GBP)Buy 184 1.706 (GBP)Buy 181 1.732 (GBP)Buy 169 1.723 (GBP)Buy 100 1.689 (GBP)Buy 100 1.706 (GBP)Buy 100 1.733 (GBP)Buy 100 1.686 (GBP)Buy 99 1.707 (GBP)Buy 75 1.669 (GBP)Buy 70 1.687 (GBP)Buy 56 1.739 (GBP)Buy 33 1.732 (GBP)Buy 20 1.744 (GBP)Buy 18 1.723 (GBP)Sell 57838 1.738 (GBP)Sell 27825 1.735 (GBP)Sell 27706 1.744 (GBP)Sell 26057 1.717 (GBP)Sell 25141 1.691 (GBP)Sell 23578 1.699 (GBP)Sell 22914 1.686 (GBP)Sell 22785 1.745 (GBP)Sell 21491 1.705 (GBP)Sell 19247 1.741 (GBP)Sell 19113 1.689 (GBP)Sell 18954 1.705 (GBP)Sell 18171 1.689 (GBP)Sell 17901 1.717 (GBP)Sell 17361 1.744 (GBP)Sell 13327 1.74 (GBP)Sell 13235 1.7 (GBP)Sell 11679 1.7 (GBP)Sell 11174 1.74 (GBP)Sell 11071 1.705 (GBP)Sell 10157 1.707 (GBP)Sell 10000 1.715 (GBP)Sell 10000 1.732 (GBP)Sell 9866 1.68 (GBP)Sell 9800 1.718 (GBP)Sell 9701 1.732 (GBP)Sell 8847 1.741 (GBP)Sell 8329 1.69 (GBP)Sell 8269 1.732 (GBP)Sell 7999 1.734 (GBP)Sell 7408 1.717 (GBP)Sell 7229 1.735 (GBP)Sell 7018 1.742 (GBP)Sell 6133 1.732 (GBP)Sell 6037 1.69 (GBP)Sell 5949 1.72 (GBP)Sell 5716 1.689 (GBP)Sell 5692 1.668 (GBP)Sell 5202 1.745 (GBP)Sell 5123 1.705 (GBP)Sell 4895 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4513 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4012 1.703 (GBP)Sell 3966 1.74 (GBP)Sell 3881 1.703 (GBP)Sell 3837 1.699 (GBP)Sell 3654 1.731 (GBP)Sell 3517 1.718 (GBP)Sell 3465 1.689 (GBP)Sell 3332 1.732 (GBP)Sell 2978 1.715 (GBP)Sell 2859 1.699 (GBP)Sell 2738 1.717 (GBP)Sell 2532 1.68 (GBP)Sell 2402 1.706 (GBP)Sell 2182 1.7 (GBP)Sell 2000 1.717 (GBP)Sell 2000 1.69 (GBP)Sell 1927 1.72 (GBP)Sell 1793 1.732 (GBP)Sell 1733 1.686 (GBP)Sell 1729 1.73 (GBP)Sell 1729 1.73 (GBP)Sell 1684 1.69 (GBP)Sell 1670 1.705 (GBP)Sell 1648 1.684 (GBP)Sell 1590 1.743 (GBP)Sell 1535 1.743 (GBP)Sell 1529 1.743 (GBP)Sell 1475 1.706 (GBP)Sell 1192 1.706 (GBP)Sell 1108 1.716 (GBP)Sell 1040 1.69 (GBP)Sell 996 1.717 (GBP)Sell 959 1.686 (GBP)Sell 934 1.717 (GBP)Sell 867 1.687 (GBP)Sell 864 1.69 (GBP)Sell 851 1.688 (GBP)Sell 823 1.687 (GBP)Sell 817 1.681 (GBP)Sell 769 1.7 (GBP)Sell 613 1.688 (GBP)Sell 545 1.706 (GBP)Sell 526 1.688 (GBP)Sell 507 1.686 (GBP)Sell 496 1.732 (GBP)Sell 487 1.715 (GBP)Sell 479 1.74 (GBP)Sell 454 1.688 (GBP)Sell 443 1.685 (GBP)Sell 431 1.737 (GBP)Sell 377 1.706 (GBP)Sell 288 1.689 (GBP)Sell 241 1.744 (GBP)Sell 158 1.706 (GBP)Sell 150 1.69 (GBP)Sell 100 1.685 (GBP)Sell 100 1.687 (GBP)Sell 100 1.687 (GBP)Sell 96 1.705 (GBP)Sell 78 1.707 (GBP)Sell 77 1.689 (GBP)Sell 40 1.716 (GBP)Sell 33 1.732 (GBP)Sell 32 1.705 (GBP)Sell 25 1.668 (GBP)Sell 17 1.69 (GBP)TOTAL BUYS: 880600 TOTAL SELLS: 677961 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, e.g. CFD Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price American, date received per unitoption etc. (Note 6) European etc. (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) 4. OTHER INFORMATION : Advising Swiss Re. in relation to a potential acquisition of Resolution Group Plc in relationto a potential offor by Standard Life for Resolution Group Plc 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. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) No Date of disclosure 24-Oct-2007 10:21:51 Contact name Collins,Carolyn Telephone number 44 20 7888 0241 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Standard Life Nature of connection (Note 9) ADVISOR Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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