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D E Shaw & Co LP01 August 2007 FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. Company dealt in Friends Provident Plc Class of relevant security to which the dealings 10p Ordinarybeing disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing July 31, 2007 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(2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 0% 4,207,094 0.20%(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 0 0% 4,207,094 0.20% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Long Short Convertible Bonds due 2007 Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities(2) Derivatives (other than 8,000,000 2.76%options)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 8,000,000 2.76% (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) (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/short Number of Price per unit (Note 5)name, e.g. (Note 6) securitiesCFD (Note 7)Swap Long 8,387 1.815Swap Long 13,714 1.816Swap Long 25,665 1.821Swap Long 21,500 1.822Swap Long 25,737 1.825Swap Long 17,130 1.826Swap Long 5,845 1.827Swap Long 7,229 1.829Swap Long 55,018 1.83Swap Long 6,680 1.831Swap Long 5,346 1.832Swap Long 12,591 1.833Swap Long 7,816 1.834Swap Long 35,485 1.835Swap Long 27,123 1.836Swap Long 20,030 1.837Swap Long 5,258 1.838Swap Long 20,273 1.839Swap Long 10,501 1.84Swap Long 3,575 1.841Swap Long 7,866 1.842Swap Long 6,865 1.843Swap Long 6,184 1.844Swap Long 17242 1.845Swap Long 12,605 1.846Swap Long 19088 1.847Swap Long 2,293 1.848Swap Long 5,657 1.849Swap Long 12,079 1.85Swap Long 12,768 1.851Swap Long 7,901 1.852Swap Long 4,056 1.854Swap Long 1,491 1.856Swap Long 825 1.857Swap Long 4,025 1.858Swap Long 7,870 1.859Swap Long 2,348 1.86Swap Long 1,001 1.862Swap Long 715 1.863Swap Long 6,158 1.864Swap Long 2,040 1.865Swap Long 4,007 1.866Swap Long 3,953 1.867Swap Long 2,047 1.868Swap Long 2,160 1.869Swap Long 1,623 1.87Swap Short 729 1.824Swap Short 7,608 1.87 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname,e.g. selling, securities price American, date money paid/call purchasing, to which European receivedoption varying etc. the option etc. per unit relates (Note 5) (Note 7) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5)call option (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (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. None........................................................................... .............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure August 1, 2007 Contact name Stephen Back (Compliance Department) Telephone number +1 212 478-0000 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with N/Awhich connectedIf a connected EFM, state nature of connection N/A(Note 10) Notes The Notes on Form 8.3 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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