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D E Shaw & Co LP06 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 August 3, 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 0.00% 5,365,050 0.25% (3) Options and agreements topurchase/sell Total 0 0.00% 5,365,050 0.25% (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/sell Total 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 Short 30,505 1.897Swap Short 15,056 1.898Swap Short 8,197 1.899Swap Short 39,264 1.9Swap Short 14,424 1.901Swap Short 23,798 1.902Swap Short 45,341 1.903Swap Short 26,575 1.904Swap Short 21,662 1.905Swap Short 15,892 1.906Swap Short 24,802 1.907Swap Short 5,707 1.908Swap Short 18,112 1.909Swap Short 58,882 1.91Swap Short 12,531 1.911Swap Short 6,928 1.912Swap Short 13,299 1.913Swap Short 13,449 1.914Swap Short 2,930 1.915Swap Short 4,692 1.916Swap Short 3,000 1.917Swap Short 2,459 1.92Swap Short 11,316 1.921Swap Short 5,119 1.922Swap Short 12,734 1.923Swap Short 19,296 1.924Swap Short 7,289 1.925Swap Short 21,784 1.926Swap Short 6,223 1.933Swap Short 12,777 1.936 (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 6, 2007 Contact name Stephen Back (Compliance Department) Telephone number +1 212 478-0000 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with N/Awhich connected If 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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