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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited12 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 11 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 3,195,289 1.2830 1.1940 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 2,435,584 1.2790 1.2030 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBP e.g. CFDCFD SHORT 17,029 1.2400CFD SHORT 160,373 1.2476CFD LONG 520,000 1.2262CFD LONG 30,400 1.2264CFD LONG 39,800 1.2264CFD LONG 129,800 1.2264CFD LONG 45,862 1.2375CFD LONG 5,585 1.2375CFD LONG 143,669 1.2416CFD LONG 207,121 1.2444CFD LONG 5,000 1.2540CFD LONG 21,672 1.2546CFD SHORT 15,200 1.1945CFD SHORT 64,900 1.1945CFD SHORT 19,900 1.1945CFD SHORT 250,000 1.2126CFD SHORT 29,542 1.2347CFD SHORT 102,306 1.2347CFD SHORT 13,497 1.2347CFD SHORT 23,133 1.2347CFD SHORT 137,074 1.2347CFD SHORT 371,126 1.2347CFD SHORT 4,207 1.2347CFD SHORT 1,923 1.2347CFD SHORT 214,090 1.2354CFD SHORT 101,296 1.2402CFD SHORT 470 1.2405CFD SHORT 3,860 1.2405CFD SHORT 207,121 1.2440CFD SHORT 68,088 1.2560CFD SHORT 40,232 1.2560CFD SHORT 15,680 1.2560CFD SHORT 24,000 1.2723 (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 12 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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