Rule 8.1- Friends Provident

23rd Jan 2008 11:12

Fox-Pitt Kelton Ltd23 January 2008 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) |FOX-PITT, KELTON LIMITED |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+|Company dealt in |FRIENDS PROVIDENT PLC 10P ORD |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+|Class of relevant security to which|ORDINARY ||the dealings being disclosed relate| ||(Note 2) | || | |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+|Date of dealing |21 JANUARY 2008 || | |+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ 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 |1,600,000 0.07 | || | | || | | |+-----------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+|(2) Derivatives (other than | | ||options) | | || | | || | | |+-----------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+|(3) Options and agreements to | | ||purchase/sell | | || | | || | | |+-----------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+|Total | | || | | || | | |+-----------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+ (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 securities |Price per unit (Note 5) || | | || | | |+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+|SALE |20000 |163 || | | || | | |+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+|SALE |30000 |163 |+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+ (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) +----------------+-------------------+---------------------------+------------------------+|Product name, |Long/short (Note 6)|Number of securities (Note |Price per unit (Note 5) || | |7) | ||e.g. CFD | | | |+----------------+-------------------+---------------------------+------------------------+| | | | || | | | || | | | |+----------------+-------------------+---------------------------+------------------------+ (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying +---------------+-------------+----------------+--------+-----------+--------+-------------+|Product name, |Writing, |Number of |Exercise|Type, e.g. |Expiry |Option money || |selling, |securities to | |American, | | ||e.g. call |purchasing, |which the option|price |European |date |paid/received||option |varying etc. |relates (Note 7)| |etc. | |per unit || | | | | | |(Note 5) || | | | | | | |+---------------+-------------+----------------+--------+-----------+--------+-------------+| | | | | | | |+---------------+-------------+----------------+--------+-----------+--------+-------------+ (ii) Exercising +-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+|Product name, e.g. call |Number of securities |Exercise price per unit (Note ||option | |5) |+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+| | | || | | || | | |+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+ (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) +-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+|Nature of transaction (Note |Details |Price per unit (if applicable)||8) | |(Note 5) || | | || | | |+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+| | | || | | || | | |+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+ 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 relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities||under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future ||acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to ||on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated. |+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| || ||The Panel Executive has confirmed, on an ex parte basis, that these trades have no Code ||consequences. || || |+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES/NO +--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|Date of disclosure |23 JANUARY 2008 || | |+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|Contact name |SAMANTHA GUTHRIE || | |+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|Telephone number |020 7073 2315 || | |+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|Name of offeree/offeror with which associated |J.C. FLOWERS & CO LLC |+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|Specify category and nature of associate status |CATEGORY 1, SUPERVISORY OF OFFEROR ||(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 Exchange

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