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D E Shaw & Co LP26 July 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 PlcClass of relevant security to which the dealings 10p Ordinarybeing disclosed relate (Note 2)Date of dealing July 25, 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) 375,442 0.02% 4,054,876 0.19%(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 375,442 0.02% 4,054,876 0.19% (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 name, e.g. Long/short (Note 6) Number of securities Price per unitCFD (Note 7) (Note 5) Swap Short 12,589 1.924Swap Short 10,206 1.925Swap Short 26,867 1.928Swap Short 36,938 1.929Swap Short 45,668 1.93Swap Short 37,974 1.931Swap Short 17,200 1.932Swap Short 4,004 1.933Swap Short 14,747 1.935Swap Short 17,783 1.936Swap Short 70 1.937Swap Short 15,797 1.938Swap Short 8,500 1.939Swap Short 6,000 1.94Swap Short 24,148 1.941Swap Short 27,588 1.942Swap Short 23,742 1.943Swap Short 44,846 1.944Swap Short 37,907 1.945Swap Short 25,000 1.946Swap Short 6,699 1.947Swap Short 7,301 1.948Swap Short 12,217 1.949Swap Short 30,943 1.95Swap Short 54,778 1.951Swap Short 20,392 1.952Swap Short 40,373 1.953Swap Short 10,438 1.954Swap Short 18,484 1.955Swap Short 5,535 1.956Swap Short 52,831 1.96Swap Short 7,903 1.961Swap Short 11,283 1.962Swap Short 13,661 1.963Swap Short 13,354 1.964Swap Short 15,704 1.965Swap Short 43,380 1.966Swap Short 23,593 1.969Swap Short 6,532 1.97Swap Short 5,864 1.971Swap Short 4,929 1.972Swap Short 37,901 1.973Swap Short 60,927 1.974Swap Short 5,030 1.975Swap Short 16,183 1.976Swap Short 37,596 1.977Swap Short 17,516 1.978Swap Short 36,283 1.979Swap Short 68,392 1.98Swap Short 34,450 1.981Swap Short 16,076 1.982Swap Short 31,418 1.983Swap Short 5,720 1.984Swap Short 12,860 1.985 (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 July 26, 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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