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F&C Asset Management PLC07 February 2008 The 'Rule 8.3 - Friends Provident PLC' announcement released today at 10:17under RNS No 4943N has been amended. Amendments are identified with an asterisk (*). The full amended text is shown below. 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 Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) F&C Asset Management plc Company dealt in Friends Provident PLC Class of relevant security to which GBP0.10 the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 06/02/08 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 8,232,867 (0.35%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 8,232,867 (0.35%) (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit securities (Note 5) Purchase 6,600 GBP 1.365 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/short Number of Price per name, e.g. (Note 6) securities (Note unit (Note 5)CFD 7) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, Expiry Option name,e.g. selling, securities price e.g. date money call purchasing, to which American, paid/ option varying the option European received etc. relates etc. per unit (Note 7) (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, Number of Exercise price per unit e.g. call securities (Note 5) option (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (Note 8) (if applicable) (Note 5) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. *'The Panel Executive has confirmed, on an ex parte basis, that these dealingshave no Code consequences'* Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 07/02/08 Contact name Marrack Tonkin Telephone number 0131 718 1247 Name of offeree/offeror with which Friends Provident PLC associated Specify category and nature of Subsidiary associate status (Note 10) Notes The Notes on Form 8.1 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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