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D E Shaw & Co LP02 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 1, 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) 23,180 0.00% 4,054,876 0.19%(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 23,180 0.00% 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 Long/short Number of Price per unit (Note 5)name, e.g. (Note 6) securitiesCFD (Note 7) Swap Long 23,777 1.85Swap Long 25,000 1.851Swap Long 21,223 1.853Swap Long 25,222 1.854Swap Long 88,337 1.855Swap Long 31,663 1.857Swap Long 84,778 1.858Swap Long 10,613 1.867Swap Long 17,972 1.868Swap Long 39,387 1.869Swap Long 132,028 1.87Swap Short 21,955 1.842Swap Short 50 1.848Swap Short 23,154 1.85Swap Short 9,543 1.851Swap Short 669 1.852Swap Short 4,394 1.853Swap Short 12,080 1.854Swap Short 17,674 1.856Swap Short 6,740 1.858Swap Short 14,218 1.859Swap Short 67,141 1.861Swap Short 7,515 1.862Swap Short 6,411 1.864Swap Short 1,340 1.865Swap Short 21,309 1.866Swap Short 7,669 1.873Swap Short 15,465 1.874Swap Short 22,317 1.876Swap Short 2,095 1.88Swap Short 1,602 1.881Swap Short 3,270 1.882Swap Short 2,173 1.883Swap Short 2,789 1.885Swap Short 1,951 1.886Swap Short 3,128 1.89Swap Short 640 1.893Swap Short 1,406 1.895Swap Short 2,402 1.896Swap Short 5,671 1.897Swap Short 2,634 1.898Swap Short 964 1.899Swap Short 10,850 1.9Swap Short 3,468 1.903Swap Short 3,545 1.906Swap Short 5,396 1.907Swap Short 1,107 1.908Swap Short 5,108 1.909Swap Short 1,136 1.91Swap Short 1,024 1.913Swap Short 1,476 1.916Swap Short 1,123 1.918 (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 2, 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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