19th Oct 2007 13:44
Credit Suisse Securities (Eur) Ltd19 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 17-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 3590310 0.167 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 3590310 0.167 (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/sell Total 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 53920 1.722 (GBP)Buy 30000 1.725 (GBP)Buy 29141 1.722 (GBP)Buy 28056 1.723 (GBP)Buy 27830 1.717 (GBP)Buy 27475 1.721 (GBP)Buy 25000 1.725 (GBP)Buy 25000 1.725 (GBP)Buy 24714 1.725 (GBP)Buy 24284 1.725 (GBP)Buy 20000 1.727 (GBP)Buy 18003 1.725 (GBP)Buy 17234 1.725 (GBP)Buy 16496 1.724 (GBP)Buy 16428 1.727 (GBP)Buy 14511 1.725 (GBP)Buy 13452 1.721 (GBP)Buy 13450 1.712 (GBP)Buy 12794 1.72 (GBP)Buy 12579 1.721 (GBP)Buy 12377 1.724 (GBP)Buy 12062 1.723 (GBP)Buy 11448 1.72 (GBP)Buy 10983 1.723 (GBP)Buy 10913 1.721 (GBP)Buy 10000 1.723 (GBP)Buy 9997 1.723 (GBP)Buy 8820 1.718 (GBP)Buy 8474 1.722 (GBP)Buy 8434 1.721 (GBP)Buy 8081 1.712 (GBP)Buy 7730 1.722 (GBP)Buy 7255 1.721 (GBP)Buy 7229 1.727 (GBP)Buy 7197 1.725 (GBP)Buy 6998 1.722 (GBP)Buy 6848 1.721 (GBP)Buy 6599 1.72 (GBP)Buy 6101 1.723 (GBP)Buy 5841 1.722 (GBP)Buy 5711 1.719 (GBP)Buy 5636 1.721 (GBP)Buy 5500 1.72 (GBP)Buy 5460 1.72 (GBP)Buy 5421 1.722 (GBP)Buy 5349 1.722 (GBP)Buy 5187 1.725 (GBP)Buy 5007 1.726 (GBP)Buy 5000 1.722 (GBP)Buy 5000 1.718 (GBP)Buy 4981 1.722 (GBP)Buy 4800 1.723 (GBP)Buy 4788 1.719 (GBP)Buy 4742 1.723 (GBP)Buy 4680 1.727 (GBP)Buy 4626 1.72 (GBP)Buy 4542 1.727 (GBP)Buy 4320 1.725 (GBP)Buy 4109 1.727 (GBP)Buy 4100 1.723 (GBP)Buy 4100 1.723 (GBP)Buy 3992 1.725 (GBP)Buy 3755 1.723 (GBP)Buy 3598 1.725 (GBP)Buy 3577 1.723 (GBP)Buy 3510 1.719 (GBP)Buy 3477 1.723 (GBP)Buy 3308 1.723 (GBP)Buy 3270 1.721 (GBP)Buy 3135 1.725 (GBP)Buy 3100 1.725 (GBP)Buy 3071 1.723 (GBP)Buy 3000 1.725 (GBP)Buy 2949 1.718 (GBP)Buy 2455 1.718 (GBP)Buy 2391 1.725 (GBP)Buy 2330 1.723 (GBP)Buy 1879 1.724 (GBP)Buy 1818 1.724 (GBP)Buy 1642 1.723 (GBP)Buy 1620 1.721 (GBP)Buy 1536 1.719 (GBP)Buy 1421 1.723 (GBP)Buy 1412 1.723 (GBP)Buy 1283 1.723 (GBP)Buy 1183 1.723 (GBP)Buy 1117 1.723 (GBP)Buy 1000 1.723 (GBP)Buy 993 1.724 (GBP)Buy 990 1.72 (GBP)Buy 951 1.723 (GBP)Buy 900 1.725 (GBP)Buy 896 1.724 (GBP)Buy 895 1.724 (GBP)Buy 877 1.72 (GBP)Buy 826 1.723 (GBP)Buy 789 1.725 (GBP)Buy 672 1.723 (GBP)Buy 667 1.721 (GBP)Buy 568 1.723 (GBP)Buy 568 1.723 (GBP)Buy 546 1.717 (GBP)Buy 500 1.725 (GBP)Buy 485 1.721 (GBP)Buy 465 1.712 (GBP)Buy 400 1.721 (GBP)Buy 400 1.722 (GBP)Buy 400 1.722 (GBP)Buy 332 1.725 (GBP)Buy 300 1.723 (GBP)Buy 300 1.722 (GBP)Buy 300 1.722 (GBP)Buy 300 1.725 (GBP)Buy 238 1.719 (GBP)Buy 237 1.721 (GBP)Buy 206 1.723 (GBP)Buy 200 1.722 (GBP)Buy 166 1.724 (GBP)Buy 150 1.725 (GBP)Buy 149 1.727 (GBP)Buy 143 1.724 (GBP)Buy 106 1.722 (GBP)Buy 100 1.724 (GBP)Buy 100 1.72 (GBP)Buy 100 1.72 (GBP)Buy 76 1.718 (GBP)Buy 27 1.722 (GBP)Buy 9 1.72 (GBP)Sell 59661 1.73 (GBP)Sell 28468 1.726 (GBP)Sell 28413 1.723 (GBP)Sell 28290 1.716 (GBP)Sell 27160 1.73 (GBP)Sell 25248 1.722 (GBP)Sell 25202 1.724 (GBP)Sell 25000 1.723 (GBP)Sell 24000 1.722 (GBP)Sell 23149 1.73 (GBP)Sell 20396 1.72 (GBP)Sell 16347 1.73 (GBP)Sell 15885 1.717 (GBP)Sell 15570 1.726 (GBP)Sell 15000 1.723 (GBP)Sell 15000 1.723 (GBP)Sell 15000 1.723 (GBP)Sell 14906 1.724 (GBP)Sell 14892 1.724 (GBP)Sell 14295 1.723 (GBP)Sell 13452 1.721 (GBP)Sell 12754 1.72 (GBP)Sell 12559 1.72 (GBP)Sell 10000 1.725 (GBP)Sell 10000 1.723 (GBP)Sell 9839 1.725 (GBP)Sell 9800 1.721 (GBP)Sell 9737 1.726 (GBP)Sell 9320 1.723 (GBP)Sell 9201 1.716 (GBP)Sell 8920 1.726 (GBP)Sell 8746 1.724 (GBP)Sell 8669 1.721 (GBP)Sell 8611 1.712 (GBP)Sell 8573 1.717 (GBP)Sell 8131 1.725 (GBP)Sell 7949 1.719 (GBP)Sell 7362 1.724 (GBP)Sell 7197 1.721 (GBP)Sell 7147 1.722 (GBP)Sell 6913 1.723 (GBP)Sell 6888 1.72 (GBP)Sell 6868 1.721 (GBP)Sell 6600 1.721 (GBP)Sell 6571 1.724 (GBP)Sell 6532 1.719 (GBP)Sell 6461 1.722 (GBP)Sell 6400 1.722 (GBP)Sell 6397 1.715 (GBP)Sell 6320 1.724 (GBP)Sell 6167 1.719 (GBP)Sell 5759 1.722 (GBP)Sell 5680 1.722 (GBP)Sell 5625 1.724 (GBP)Sell 5556 1.724 (GBP)Sell 5496 1.725 (GBP)Sell 5420 1.723 (GBP)Sell 5306 1.723 (GBP)Sell 5261 1.719 (GBP)Sell 5154 1.723 (GBP)Sell 5140 1.724 (GBP)Sell 5096 1.724 (GBP)Sell 5033 1.72 (GBP)Sell 5000 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4774 1.722 (GBP)Sell 4714 1.719 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.722 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4545 1.721 (GBP)Sell 4521 1.72 (GBP)Sell 4482 1.722 (GBP)Sell 4482 1.723 (GBP)Sell 4482 1.723 (GBP)Sell 4482 1.724 (GBP)Sell 4426 1.724 (GBP)Sell 4295 1.724 (GBP)Sell 4014 1.72 (GBP)Sell 3871 1.723 (GBP)Sell 3816 1.723 (GBP)Sell 3800 1.723 (GBP)Sell 3797 1.724 (GBP)Sell 3736 1.713 (GBP)Sell 3547 1.721 (GBP)Sell 3505 1.724 (GBP)Sell 3467 1.722 (GBP)Sell 3343 1.724 (GBP)Sell 3230 1.722 (GBP)Sell 3163 1.724 (GBP)Sell 3161 1.724 (GBP)Sell 3113 1.722 (GBP)Sell 3063 1.723 (GBP)Sell 3046 1.724 (GBP)Sell 2990 1.72 (GBP)Sell 2875 1.724 (GBP)Sell 2734 1.723 (GBP)Sell 2700 1.723 (GBP)Sell 2659 1.723 (GBP)Sell 2655 1.723 (GBP)Sell 2632 1.723 (GBP)Sell 2602 1.724 (GBP)Sell 2500 1.712 (GBP)Sell 2468 1.73 (GBP)Sell 2393 1.723 (GBP)Sell 2325 1.723 (GBP)Sell 2325 1.723 (GBP)Sell 2299 1.723 (GBP)Sell 2288 1.723 (GBP)Sell 2164 1.723 (GBP)Sell 2140 1.722 (GBP)Sell 2111 1.722 (GBP)Sell 2105 1.719 (GBP)Sell 2091 1.724 (GBP)Sell 2086 1.722 (GBP)Sell 2023 1.723 (GBP)Sell 2014 1.721 (GBP)Sell 1975 1.722 (GBP)Sell 1909 1.723 (GBP)Sell 1873 1.724 (GBP)Sell 1726 1.723 (GBP)Sell 1705 1.723 (GBP)Sell 1650 1.724 (GBP)Sell 1621 1.721 (GBP)Sell 1620 1.723 (GBP)Sell 1573 1.723 (GBP)Sell 1547 1.722 (GBP)Sell 1546 1.723 (GBP)Sell 1530 1.723 (GBP)Sell 1448 1.723 (GBP)Sell 1441 1.723 (GBP)Sell 1416 1.724 (GBP)Sell 1378 1.723 (GBP)Sell 1374 1.723 (GBP)Sell 1372 1.715 (GBP)Sell 1342 1.72 (GBP)Sell 1301 1.724 (GBP)Sell 1280 1.723 (GBP)Sell 1244 1.723 (GBP)Sell 1166 1.723 (GBP)Sell 1128 1.72 (GBP)Sell 1060 1.723 (GBP)Sell 1032 1.724 (GBP)Sell 986 1.723 (GBP)Sell 964 1.723 (GBP)Sell 948 1.722 (GBP)Sell 933 1.724 (GBP)Sell 886 1.723 (GBP)Sell 875 1.723 (GBP)Sell 865 1.724 (GBP)Sell 861 1.724 (GBP)Sell 853 1.724 (GBP)Sell 836 1.724 (GBP)Sell 828 1.722 (GBP)Sell 811 1.724 (GBP)Sell 795 1.722 (GBP)Sell 790 1.724 (GBP)Sell 535 1.722 (GBP)Sell 493 1.721 (GBP)Sell 493 1.724 (GBP)Sell 455 1.724 (GBP)Sell 338 1.722 (GBP)Sell 307 1.721 (GBP)Sell 292 1.723 (GBP)Sell 289 1.721 (GBP)Sell 278 1.723 (GBP)Sell 272 1.715 (GBP)Sell 271 1.72 (GBP)Sell 228 1.72 (GBP)Sell 222 1.719 (GBP)Sell 200 1.717 (GBP)Sell 165 1.721 (GBP)Sell 149 1.723 (GBP)Sell 143 1.724 (GBP)Sell 107 1.712 (GBP)Sell 10 1.717 (GBP)Sell 4 1.722 (GBP)Sell 1 1.719 (GBP) (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 Contact name Collins,Carolyn Telephone number 44 20 7888 0241 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Standard Life Plc 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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