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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited13 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 12 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 929,792 1.3100 1.2620 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 813,389 1.2950 1.2650 (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 LONG 9,400 1.2733CFD SHORT 756 1.2733CFD SHORT 485,177 1.2781CFD SHORT 3,944 1.2790CFD LONG 22,800 1.2697CFD LONG 97,350 1.2697CFD LONG 29,850 1.2697CFD LONG 557 1.2728CFD LONG 101,296 1.2771CFD LONG 153,473 1.2791CFD LONG 264,168 1.2803CFD LONG 9,633 1.2862CFD SHORT 153,473 1.2786CFD SHORT 16,069 1.2807CFD SHORT 40,425 1.2807CFD SHORT 2,409 1.2807CFD SHORT 49,168 1.2807CFD SHORT 1,815 1.2807CFD SHORT 2,902 1.2807CFD SHORT 369 1.2807CFD SHORT 34,579 1.2816CFD SHORT 4,211 1.2816CFD SHORT 9,633 1.3102 (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 13 March 2008 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected J.C. Flowers & Co LLCNature 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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