Rule 8.1- Friends Provident

16th Oct 2007 10:52

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited16 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 15 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 131,969 (0.00%) 3,159,116 (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 131,969 (0.00%) 3,159,116 (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 7,400 1.7490PURCHASE 5,945 1.7510PURCHASE 3,600 1.7510PURCHASE 5,800 1.7520PURCHASE 1,003 1.7530PURCHASE 2,497 1.7530PURCHASE 109 1.7540PURCHASE 91 1.7540PURCHASE 3,500 1.7550PURCHASE 351 1.7550PURCHASE 3,549 1.7550PURCHASE 3,700 1.7560PURCHASE 1,516 1.7560PURCHASE 2,700 1.7560PURCHASE 3,600 1.7560PURCHASE 2,984 1.7560PURCHASE 3,340 1.7570PURCHASE 760 1.7570PURCHASE 4,000 1.7570PURCHASE 3,900 1.7570PURCHASE 4,000 1.7580PURCHASE 3,900 1.7580PURCHASE 1,043 1.7590PURCHASE 1,772 1.7610PURCHASE 15,244 1.7610PURCHASE 13,472 1.7610PURCHASE 285 1.7610PURCHASE 291 1.7610PURCHASE 768 1.7610PURCHASE 2,000 1.7620PURCHASE 8,377 1.7630PURCHASE 4,323 1.7630PURCHASE 12,000 1.7630SALE 14,300 1.7480SALE 14,600 1.7490SALE 8,340 1.7500SALE 9,300 1.7500SALE 6 1.7500SALE 4,488 1.7510SALE 1,786 1.7510SALE 4,484 1.7510SALE 2,742 1.7510SALE 3,459 1.7520SALE 8,061 1.7520SALE 10,000 1.7520SALE 2,480 1.7520SALE 2,600 1.7530SALE 4,594 1.7530SALE 3,300 1.7530SALE 336 1.7540SALE 64 1.7540SALE 300 1.7550SALE 33,834 1.7570SALE 298 1.7570SALE 4,063 1.7610SALE 7,537 1.7610SALE 6,700 1.7610SALE 6,294 1.7610SALE 606 1.7610SALE 3,200 1.7610SALE 6,968 1.7620SALE 8,173 1.7620SALE 10,327 1.7620SALE 20,200 1.7620SALE 4,332 1.7620SALE 94 1.7620SALE 21 1.7630SALE 9,179 1.7630SALE 332 1.7630SALE 9,868 1.7630SALE 800 1.7630SALE 2,500 1.7640SALE 20,000 1.7640SALE 9,000 1.7640SALE 606 1.7640SALE 21,968 1.7660SALE 6,556 1.7660SALE 3,832 1.7660SALE 6,944 1.7660SALE 100 1.7660SALE 6,706 1.7690SALE 1,518 1.7690SALE 2,265 1.7690SALE 1,443 1.7690SALE 6,968 1.7690SALE 3,300 1.7690SALE 3,700 1.7860SALE 6,800 1.7860 (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 16 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) datePURCHASING 131,969 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 754,440 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 407,971 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 1,996,705 0.0000 05/12/2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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