17th Oct 2007 10:00
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited17 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 LimitedCompany dealt in Friends Provident PlcClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 16 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 133,356 (0.00%) 2,735,556 (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 133,356 (0.00%) 2,735,556 (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 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 16,891 1.6950PURCHASE 2,438 1.6950PURCHASE 10,571 1.6950PURCHASE 2,891 1.6950PURCHASE 13,600 1.6950PURCHASE 10,000 1.6950PURCHASE 9,909 1.6950PURCHASE 8,456 1.6960PURCHASE 415 1.6960PURCHASE 16,062 1.6970PURCHASE 638 1.6970PURCHASE 18,000 1.6980PURCHASE 7,000 1.6980PURCHASE 7,963 1.6990PURCHASE 9,619 1.7020PURCHASE 17,681 1.7020PURCHASE 8,800 1.7060PURCHASE 10,700 1.7060PURCHASE 10,700 1.7080PURCHASE 11,355 1.7080PURCHASE 5,845 1.7080PURCHASE 4,000 1.7090PURCHASE 1,862 1.7090PURCHASE 6,400 1.7100PURCHASE 10,500 1.7100PURCHASE 38 1.7100PURCHASE 5,983 1.7100PURCHASE 9,417 1.7100PURCHASE 10,500 1.7110PURCHASE 3,139 1.7110PURCHASE 592 1.7110PURCHASE 2,069 1.7110PURCHASE 1,300 1.7120PURCHASE 486 1.7120PURCHASE 4,607 1.7120PURCHASE 3,414 1.7120PURCHASE 493 1.7120PURCHASE 1,732 1.7120PURCHASE 68 1.7120PURCHASE 10,500 1.7120PURCHASE 1,200 1.7130PURCHASE 7,130 1.7130PURCHASE 4,270 1.7130PURCHASE 8,753 1.7130PURCHASE 1,970 1.7130PURCHASE 7,130 1.7130PURCHASE 3,500 1.7130PURCHASE 7,000 1.7130PURCHASE 360 1.7130PURCHASE 3,640 1.7130PURCHASE 47 1.7130PURCHASE 4,434 1.7130PURCHASE 2,800 1.7130PURCHASE 266 1.7130PURCHASE 19,800 1.7130PURCHASE 3,900 1.7130PURCHASE 2,700 1.7130PURCHASE 950 1.7140PURCHASE 2,550 1.7140PURCHASE 6,982 1.7150PURCHASE 7,154 1.7150PURCHASE 2,746 1.7150PURCHASE 2,918 1.7150PURCHASE 7,818 1.7160PURCHASE 82 1.7160PURCHASE 1,340 1.7160PURCHASE 1,340 1.7160PURCHASE 1,340 1.7160PURCHASE 1,340 1.7160PURCHASE 9,000 1.7170PURCHASE 6,700 1.7170PURCHASE 6,800 1.7180PURCHASE 1,313 1.7180PURCHASE 3,527 1.7180PURCHASE 3,860 1.7180PURCHASE 1,452 1.7180PURCHASE 4,160 1.7180PURCHASE 196 1.7180PURCHASE 92 1.7180PURCHASE 5 1.7190PURCHASE 2,895 1.7190PURCHASE 9,100 1.7190PURCHASE 196 1.7210PURCHASE 196 1.7210PURCHASE 2,581 1.7210PURCHASE 1,117 1.7210PURCHASE 210 1.7210PURCHASE 5,300 1.7230PURCHASE 287 1.7230PURCHASE 4,713 1.7230PURCHASE 3,200 1.7230PURCHASE 18,300 1.7240PURCHASE 3,800 1.7260PURCHASE 25,000 1.7270SALE 4,595 1.7150SALE 4,599 1.7150SALE 6,124 1.7190SALE 6,129 1.7190SALE 16,700 1.7220SALE 9,700 1.7220SALE 1,600 1.7230SALE 4,909 1.7230SALE 1,408 1.7230SALE 526 1.7230SALE 4,757 1.7230SALE 9,700 1.7230SALE 62 1.7240SALE 5,353 1.7240SALE 4,985 1.7240 (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 17 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 91,122 0.0000 05/12/2007PURCHASING 42,234 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 754,440 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 407,971 0.0000 05/12/2007SELLING 1,573,145 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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