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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited08 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 05 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 N/A 2,580,641 (0.11%) (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 2,580,641 (0.11%) (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 100 1.7280PURCHASE 3,900 1.7280PURCHASE 10,700 1.7310PURCHASE 25,000 1.7310PURCHASE 3,200 1.7320PURCHASE 1,400 1.7320PURCHASE 1,400 1.7320PURCHASE 9,800 1.7320PURCHASE 5,600 1.7330PURCHASE 8,000 1.7330PURCHASE 3,600 1.7330PURCHASE 6,700 1.7340PURCHASE 676 1.7340PURCHASE 5,224 1.7340PURCHASE 3,681 1.7340PURCHASE 2,135 1.7340PURCHASE 2,682 1.7350PURCHASE 6,917 1.7350PURCHASE 1,801 1.7350PURCHASE 10,000 1.7360PURCHASE 5,807 1.7360PURCHASE 6,651 1.7390PURCHASE 6,642 1.7390SHORT 15,000 1.7250SHORT 15,700 1.7250SHORT 5,334 1.7260SHORT 100 1.7260SHORT 3,366 1.7260SHORT 12,600 1.7260SHORT 7,306 1.7270SHORT 10,694 1.7270SHORT 1,200 1.7270SHORT 100 1.7270SHORT 5,300 1.7270SHORT 4,805 1.7280SHORT 9,380 1.7280SHORT 7,300 1.7290SHORT 10,000 1.7300SHORT 4,742 1.7300SHORT 25,000 1.7300SHORT 4,471 1.7300SHORT 6,487 1.7300SHORT 20,700 1.7300SHORT 18,600 1.7310SHORT 11,400 1.7320SHORT 3,840 1.7320SHORT 5,327 1.7320SHORT 3,833 1.7320SHORT 100 1.7320SHORT 100 1.7330SHORT 3,000 1.7330SHORT 5,300 1.7330SHORT 5,400 1.7330SHORT 24,806 1.7330SHORT 894 1.7330SHORT 2,300 1.7330SHORT 9,100 1.7330SHORT 9,800 1.7330SHORT 101 1.7330SHORT 3,599 1.7330SHORT 6,100 1.7340SHORT 600 1.7340SHORT 3,300 1.7340SHORT 300 1.7340SHORT 3,200 1.7340SHORT 4,200 1.7340 (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 08 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) dateSELLING 754,440 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 19,178 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 407,971 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 1,399,052 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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