29th Oct 2007 09:32
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited29 October 2007 FORM 8.1 DEALINGS BY OFFERORS, OFFEREE COMPANIES OR THEIR ASSOCIATES FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS (Rules 8.1(a) and (b)(i) of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) Morgan Stanley Securities Limited Company dealt in Friends Provident Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 26 October 2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities 339,580 3,039,561 (0.01%) (0.14%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 0 N/A N/A (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 0 N/A N/A Total 339,580 3,039,561 (0.01%) (0.14%) (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,other than the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities 0 0 N/A N/A (2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 0 N/A N/A (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 0 N/A N/A Total 0 0 N/A N/A (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details N/A N/A 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) GBP PURCHASE 5,100 1.6860PURCHASE 5,000 1.6860PURCHASE 5,600 1.6870PURCHASE 8,700 1.6870PURCHASE 1,195 1.6880PURCHASE 4,305 1.6880PURCHASE 435 1.6890PURCHASE 4,400 1.6930PURCHASE 10,200 1.6940PURCHASE 8,400 1.6950PURCHASE 54 1.7060PURCHASE 10,000 1.7060PURCHASE 10,300 1.7060PURCHASE 3,046 1.7060PURCHASE 4,800 1.7070PURCHASE 3,598 1.7070PURCHASE 6,302 1.7070PURCHASE 11,400 1.7080PURCHASE 5,242 1.7080PURCHASE 9,800 1.7080PURCHASE 4,758 1.7080PURCHASE 10,900 1.7080PURCHASE 29,200 1.7080PURCHASE 1,065 1.7090PURCHASE 200 1.7090PURCHASE 11,000 1.7090PURCHASE 5,300 1.7090PURCHASE 11,200 1.7090PURCHASE 9,000 1.7090PURCHASE 11,000 1.7090PURCHASE 5,100 1.7090PURCHASE 11,791 1.7090PURCHASE 109 1.7090PURCHASE 11,000 1.7100PURCHASE 11,000 1.7110PURCHASE 10,900 1.7110PURCHASE 407 1.7110PURCHASE 7,885 1.7110PURCHASE 721 1.7120PURCHASE 5,000 1.7120PURCHASE 6,979 1.7120PURCHASE 8,800 1.7120PURCHASE 8,800 1.7120PURCHASE 10,600 1.7130PURCHASE 10,900 1.7130PURCHASE 9,100 1.7140PURCHASE 6,455 1.7180PURCHASE 3,945 1.7180PURCHASE 2,000 1.7220PURCHASE 3,700 1.7220PURCHASE 6,100 1.7220PURCHASE 700 1.7230PURCHASE 660 1.7230PURCHASE 3,640 1.7230PURCHASE 4,200 1.7240PURCHASE 4,300 1.7240PURCHASE 45 1.7250PURCHASE 8 1.7260PURCHASE 5,300 1.7260PURCHASE 1,000 1.7290PURCHASE 24,000 1.7410PURCHASE 18,400 1.7410PURCHASE 4,300 1.7410PURCHASE 200 1.7420PURCHASE 2,300 1.7470PURCHASE 11,100 1.7470PURCHASE 7,545 1.7480PURCHASE 1,555 1.7480PURCHASE 11,200 1.7510PURCHASE 12,500 1.7510PURCHASE 26,000 1.7530PURCHASE 10,000 1.7540PURCHASE 19 1.7550PURCHASE 2,598 1.7550PURCHASE 3,902 1.7550PURCHASE 10,500 1.7550PURCHASE 20,200 1.7560PURCHASE 23,700 1.7560PURCHASE 6,600 1.7560PURCHASE 5,200 1.7560PURCHASE 10,400 1.7560PURCHASE 20,000 1.7590PURCHASE 773 1.7590PURCHASE 7,627 1.7590PURCHASE 8,500 1.7600PURCHASE 600 1.7600PURCHASE 35,000 1.7600PURCHASE 18,532 1.7610PURCHASE 5,000 1.7610PURCHASE 10,069 1.7610PURCHASE 899 1.7610PURCHASE 2,000 1.7630PURCHASE 20,000 1.7630PURCHASE 1,900 1.7630PURCHASE 2,032 1.7640PURCHASE 368 1.7640PURCHASE 1,681 1.7640SALE 18,400 1.7110SALE 4,934 1.7110SALE 11,766 1.7110SALE 11,100 1.7120SALE 4,000 1.7120SALE 15,300 1.7120SALE 5,000 1.7120SALE 7,300 1.7120SALE 4,800 1.7120SALE 15,600 1.7130SALE 7,100 1.7140SALE 2,200 1.7150SALE 5,000 1.7150SALE 1,500 1.7150SALE 9,600 1.7560SALE 3,000 1.7570SALE 5,900 1.7570SALE 9,000 1.7580SALE 4,682 1.7580SALE 6,983 1.7580SALE 4,235 1.7580SALE 372 1.7590SALE 5,928 1.7590SALE 10,000 1.7590SALE 5,970 1.7590SALE 8,149 1.7590SALE 181 1.7590SALE 6,000 1.7590SALE 1,400 1.7590SALE 4,400 1.7590SALE 8,000 1.7590SALE 10,000 1.7590SALE 34 1.7600SALE 3,700 1.7600SALE 6,000 1.7600SALE 5,075 1.7600SALE 3,225 1.7600SALE 16,500 1.7600SALE 5,459 1.7600SALE 4,567 1.7600SALE 471 1.7600SALE 8,930 1.7600SALE 73 1.7600SALE 302 1.7600SALE 15,698 1.7600SALE 9,200 1.7600SALE 4,532 1.7610SALE 8,671 1.7610SALE 642 1.7610SALE 14,600 1.7610SALE 7,004 1.7610SALE 796 1.7610SALE 13,800 1.7610SALE 955 1.7610SALE 6,801 1.7620SALE 12,699 1.7620SALE 14,900 1.7620SALE 14,600 1.7620SALE 2,008 1.7620SALE 3,603 1.7630SALE 6,735 1.7630SALE 16,265 1.7630SALE 8,732 1.7630SALE 6,768 1.7630SALE 8,675 1.7630SALE 14,500 1.7640SALE 2,760 1.7640SALE 11,240 1.7640SALE 2,585 1.7650SALE 5,802 1.7650SALE 7,900 1.7650SALE 7,998 1.7650SALE 6,157 1.7650SALE 1,064 1.7650SALE 4,094 1.7650SALE 13,800 1.7650SALE 5,609 1.7650SALE 9,025 1.7650SALE 5,266 1.7650SALE 5,191 1.7650SALE 2,700 1.7660SALE 89 1.7660SALE 9,100 1.7670SALE 6,346 1.7670SALE 8,000 1.7670SALE 7,100 1.7670SALE 8,854 1.7670SALE 3,800 1.7690SALE 20 1.7770 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 6) Number of securities (Note 7) Price per unit (Note 5) e.g. CFDN/A N/A N/A N/A (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 7) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 5) 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 5)N/A N/A N/A (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5) N/A N/A N/A 4. 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.N/A Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES Date of disclosure 29 October 2007 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which associated Pearl Assurance Plc (as an offeror for Resolution plc)Specify category and nature of associate status (Note 10) Advisor Notes The Notes on Form 8.1 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Supplemental Form 8: Details of open positions (in accordance with Note 9) Writing, selling, purchasing, Number of securities to which the option Exercise Expiryvarying etc. relates (Note 7) price (GBP) dateSELLING 754,440 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 203,986 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 1,679,500 0.0000 05/12/2007PURCHASING 339,580 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 203,985 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 197,650 0.0000 05/12/2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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