23rd Oct 2007 08:54
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited23 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 22 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 118,800 (0.00%) 2,670,738 (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 118,800 (0.00%) 2,670,738 (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 1,060 1.6540PURCHASE 800 1.6540PURCHASE 236 1.6540PURCHASE 2,864 1.6540PURCHASE 2,000 1.6540PURCHASE 300 1.6540PURCHASE 200 1.6540PURCHASE 140 1.6540PURCHASE 1,100 1.6550PURCHASE 1,100 1.6550PURCHASE 1,200 1.6550PURCHASE 1,500 1.6550PURCHASE 2,100 1.6550PURCHASE 2,800 1.6550PURCHASE 1,500 1.6550PURCHASE 6,200 1.6550PURCHASE 100 1.6560PURCHASE 48,890 1.6560PURCHASE 10,000 1.6560PURCHASE 7,000 1.6560PURCHASE 210 1.6560PURCHASE 1,100 1.6560PURCHASE 200 1.6560PURCHASE 1,000 1.6560PURCHASE 1,000 1.6560PURCHASE 1,000 1.6560PURCHASE 1,000 1.6570PURCHASE 1,000 1.6580PURCHASE 1,000 1.6580PURCHASE 1,000 1.6580PURCHASE 1,000 1.6580PURCHASE 1,000 1.6580PURCHASE 1,000 1.6580PURCHASE 3,100 1.6590PURCHASE 3,100 1.6590PURCHASE 25,000 1.6600PURCHASE 1,500 1.6600PURCHASE 251 1.6600PURCHASE 49 1.6600PURCHASE 3,445 1.6600PURCHASE 4,255 1.6600PURCHASE 1,900 1.6600PURCHASE 2,600 1.6600PURCHASE 2,857 1.6610PURCHASE 143 1.6610PURCHASE 100 1.6610PURCHASE 2,600 1.6610PURCHASE 1,900 1.6610PURCHASE 1,900 1.6610PURCHASE 2,800 1.6610PURCHASE 3,000 1.6610PURCHASE 100 1.6620PURCHASE 2,600 1.6620PURCHASE 1,000 1.6620PURCHASE 2,400 1.6620PURCHASE 300 1.6620PURCHASE 1,900 1.6620PURCHASE 2,500 1.6630PURCHASE 1,000 1.6630PURCHASE 976 1.6640PURCHASE 9,924 1.6640PURCHASE 3,800 1.6640PURCHASE 1,000 1.6640PURCHASE 1,000 1.6640PURCHASE 600 1.6640PURCHASE 1,000 1.6640PURCHASE 600 1.6650PURCHASE 2,519 1.6650PURCHASE 1,081 1.6650SALE 6,000 1.6600SALE 598 1.6600SALE 10,100 1.6600SALE 3,976 1.6600SALE 6,581 1.6620SALE 6,578 1.6620SALE 5,791 1.6620SALE 342 1.6630SALE 2,200 1.6630SALE 1,219 1.6670SALE 9,758 1.6680 (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 23 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 118,800 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 203,986 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 83,882 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 203,985 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 754,440 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 1,424,445 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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