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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited02 November 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 01 November 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 70,197 (0.00%) 3,144,811 (0.14%) (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 70,197 3,144,811 (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 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 1,000 1.7870PURCHASE 408 1.7870PURCHASE 392 1.7870PURCHASE 1,753 1.7890PURCHASE 350 1.7890PURCHASE 650 1.7890PURCHASE 347 1.7890PURCHASE 5,000 1.7890PURCHASE 500 1.7890PURCHASE 4,954 1.7910PURCHASE 7,146 1.7910PURCHASE 18,100 1.7930PURCHASE 4,200 1.7950PURCHASE 4,900 1.7960PURCHASE 500 1.7960PURCHASE 1,800 1.7980PURCHASE 265 1.7990PURCHASE 3,835 1.7990PURCHASE 10,700 1.8020PURCHASE 6,500 1.8030PURCHASE 7,165 1.8130PURCHASE 8,359 1.8130PURCHASE 449 1.8130PURCHASE 2,327 1.8130PURCHASE 19,965 1.8130PURCHASE 35 1.8130PURCHASE 20,000 1.8130PURCHASE 19,976 1.8130PURCHASE 11,461 1.8130PURCHASE 17,163 1.8130PURCHASE 15,000 1.8130PURCHASE 24 1.8130PURCHASE 1,300 1.8130PURCHASE 743 1.8130PURCHASE 33 1.8130PURCHASE 4,000 1.8130PURCHASE 9,997 1.8140PURCHASE 4,197 1.8140PURCHASE 409 1.8140PURCHASE 1,344 1.8140PURCHASE 703 1.8140PURCHASE 3 1.8140PURCHASE 15,000 1.8140PURCHASE 1,656 1.8140PURCHASE 24,993 1.8150PURCHASE 19,564 1.8150PURCHASE 736 1.8150PURCHASE 5,500 1.8150PURCHASE 2,086 1.8150PURCHASE 5,814 1.8150PURCHASE 18,300 1.8150PURCHASE 7 1.8150PURCHASE 21,800 1.8240SHORT 11,600 1.7900SHORT 818 1.7910SHORT 817 1.7910SHORT 331 1.7910SHORT 330 1.7910SHORT 115,700 1.7910SHORT 5,799 1.7920SHORT 4,257 1.7920SHORT 4,444 1.7920SHORT 2,500 1.7940SHORT 3,300 1.7940SHORT 3,300 1.7940SHORT 3,300 1.7940SHORT 3,300 1.7940SHORT 5,171 1.7950SHORT 10,229 1.7950SHORT 4,809 1.7950SHORT 1,691 1.7950SHORT 4,600 1.7950SHORT 16,710 1.7960SHORT 4,390 1.7960SHORT 4,800 1.7960SHORT 1,895 1.7960SHORT 8,605 1.7960SHORT 6,400 1.7990SHORT 5,352 1.8010SHORT 4,902 1.8010SHORT 495 1.8010SHORT 2,451 1.8010SHORT 90 1.8020SHORT 4,408 1.8020SHORT 808 1.8020SHORT 92 1.8020SHORT 4,302 1.8020SHORT 14,005 1.8030SHORT 1,134 1.8030SHORT 7,426 1.8030SHORT 6,258 1.8030SHORT 4,377 1.8030SHORT 6,700 1.8030SHORT 3,124 1.8040SHORT 1,396 1.8040SHORT 6,580 1.8040SHORT 5,012 1.8040SHORT 6,700 1.8070SHORT 1,144 1.8100SHORT 5,056 1.8100SHORT 2,868 1.8120SHORT 2,907 1.8130SHORT 4,093 1.8130SHORT 5,000 1.8130SHORT 4,600 1.8130SHORT 18,401 1.8150SHORT 4,199 1.8150SHORT 20,000 1.8150SHORT 4,500 1.8150SHORT 8,400 1.8150SHORT 8,600 1.8160SHORT 20,000 1.8160SHORT 4,658 1.8170SHORT 4,942 1.8170SHORT 2,800 1.8170SHORT 4,418 1.8200SHORT 4,668 1.8200SHORT 10,000 1.8200SHORT 4,414 1.8200SHORT 7,037 1.8210SHORT 4,498 1.8210SHORT 2,165 1.8210 (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 02 November 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) Number of securitiesWriting, selling, to which the option Exercise Expirypurchasing, varying etc. relates (Note 7) price (GBP) date SELLING 1,783,953 0.0000 05/12/2007PURCHASING 70,197 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 754,440 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 198,447 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 407,971 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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