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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited26 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 25 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 191,200 3,012,206 (0.00%) (0.13%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 0 N/A N/A (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 0 N/A N/A Total 191,200 3,012,206 (0.00%) (0.13%) (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 0 N/A N/A (2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 0 N/A N/A (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 0 N/A N/A Total 0 0 N/A 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 23,607 1.7430PURCHASE 5,533 1.7430PURCHASE 1,760 1.7430PURCHASE 8,900 1.7430PURCHASE 4,600 1.7490PURCHASE 23,800 1.7490PURCHASE 1,520 1.7490PURCHASE 4,980 1.7490PURCHASE 2,600 1.7500PURCHASE 5,900 1.7500PURCHASE 16,800 1.7500PURCHASE 1,900 1.7510PURCHASE 5,400 1.7520PURCHASE 24,600 1.7540PURCHASE 6,561 1.7550PURCHASE 55 1.7550PURCHASE 6,300 1.7550PURCHASE 2,284 1.7550PURCHASE 30,400 1.7550PURCHASE 100 1.7550PURCHASE 8,500 1.7550PURCHASE 1,000 1.7570PURCHASE 8,800 1.7590PURCHASE 200 1.7610PURCHASE 15,000 1.7630PURCHASE 2,200 1.7650SALE 5,641 1.7440SALE 59 1.7440SALE 5,308 1.7440SALE 1,692 1.7440SALE 3,300 1.7450SALE 10,000 1.7480SALE 10,200 1.7480SALE 2,403 1.7500SALE 1,323 1.7500SALE 9,100 1.7510SALE 3,000 1.7520SALE 5,400 1.7530SALE 4,864 1.7530SALE 1,236 1.7530SALE 300 1.7530SALE 7,200 1.7540SALE 900 1.7550SALE 7,800 1.7550SALE 6,900 1.7550SALE 4,800 1.7560SALE 11,700 1.7560SALE 6,400 1.7560SALE 11,400 1.7570SALE 11,900 1.7570SALE 5,200 1.7570SALE 4,956 1.7570SALE 4,960 1.7570SALE 1,077 1.7570SALE 4,300 1.7580SALE 500 1.7580SALE 100 1.7590SALE 85 1.7590SALE 6,584 1.7590SALE 5,515 1.7590SALE 702 1.7590SALE 5,714 1.7590SALE 3,100 1.7590SALE 258 1.7590SALE 879 1.7590SALE 789 1.7590SALE 253 1.7590SALE 879 1.7590SALE 2,842 1.7590SALE 770 1.7590SALE 765 1.7590SALE 765 1.7590SALE 3,100 1.7590SALE 1,200 1.7590SALE 6,872 1.7590SALE 9,600 1.7590SALE 8,500 1.7600SALE 93 1.7600SALE 400 1.7600SALE 100 1.7610SALE 10,700 1.7610SALE 4,067 1.7610SALE 5,500 1.7610SALE 33 1.7610SALE 3,500 1.7610SALE 2,728 1.7610SALE 2,500 1.7620SALE 4,105 1.7620SALE 34 1.7620SALE 195 1.7620SALE 3,600 1.7620SALE 1,766 1.7620SALE 4,207 1.7620SALE 4,552 1.7640SALE 648 1.7640SALE 1,800 1.7650SALE 179 1.7660SALE 4,521 1.7660SALE 2,018 1.7660SALE 1,282 1.7660SALE 4,500 1.7660SALE 2,200 1.7670SALE 3,600 1.7670SALE 918 1.7680SALE 82 1.7680SALE 1,300 1.7680 (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 26 October 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) Writing, selling, purchasing, Number of securities to which the option Exercise Expiryvarying etc. relates (Note 7) price (GBP) dateSELLING 1,652,145 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 754,440 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 203,986 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 197,650 0.0000 05/12/2007PURCHASING 191,200 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 203,985 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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