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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited25 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 24 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 0 (0.00%) 2,750,087 (0.12%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 N/A 0 N/A (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 N/A 0 N/A Total 0 (0.00%) 2,750,087 (0.12%) (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 N/A 0 N/A (2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 N/A 0 N/A (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 N/A 0 N/A Total 0 N/A 0 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 6,700 1.7430PURCHASE 30,600 1.7430PURCHASE 53 1.7440PURCHASE 947 1.7440PURCHASE 5,800 1.7440PURCHASE 1,275 1.7440PURCHASE 12,200 1.7440PURCHASE 725 1.7440PURCHASE 12,500 1.7440PURCHASE 4,600 1.7440PURCHASE 12,500 1.7440PURCHASE 10,300 1.7540PURCHASE 500 1.7540PURCHASE 11 1.7540PURCHASE 11,600 1.7540PURCHASE 2,889 1.7540PURCHASE 41 1.7550PURCHASE 11,000 1.7550PURCHASE 12,000 1.7550PURCHASE 16,800 1.7570PURCHASE 14,800 1.7570PURCHASE 3,059 1.7590PURCHASE 3,007 1.7590PURCHASE 4,593 1.7590PURCHASE 18,247 1.7610PURCHASE 14,300 1.7610PURCHASE 14,300 1.7610PURCHASE 53 1.7610PURCHASE 7,700 1.7610PURCHASE 10,000 1.7650PURCHASE 2,800 1.7650PURCHASE 6,600 1.7650PURCHASE 6,900 1.7650PURCHASE 10,000 1.7650SALE 9 1.7490SALE 23,800 1.7500SALE 260 1.7510SALE 917 1.7510SALE 3,458 1.7510SALE 6,465 1.7510SALE 21 1.7510SALE 656 1.7510SALE 30,274 1.7510SALE 5,000 1.7510SALE 649 1.7510SALE 9,674 1.7520SALE 15,417 1.7520SALE 72 1.7530SALE 6,228 1.7530SALE 572 1.7530SALE 28 1.7530SALE 4,481 1.7530SALE 4,479 1.7530SALE 9,800 1.7540SALE 9,800 1.7540SALE 5,757 1.7550SALE 5,760 1.7550SALE 7,400 1.7560SALE 567 1.7570SALE 33 1.7570SALE 600 1.7580SALE 12,000 1.7600SALE 12,200 1.7670SALE 24,000 1.7670SALE 5,600 1.7710SALE 7,000 1.7710SALE 7,004 1.7740SALE 4,596 1.7740SALE 12,000 1.7790 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 6) Number of securities (Note 7) Price per unit (Note 5)e.g. CFD N/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 25 October 2007 Contact name Darren Adam Telephone number 020 7677 2471 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) date SELLING 203,985 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 163,731 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 203,986 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 1,423,945 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 754,440 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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