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D E Shaw & Co LP10 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 9, 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% 4,054,876 0.19%(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 0 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 100,000 1.91Swap Long 50,000 1.917Swap Long 6,000 1.919Swap Long 44,000 1.92Swap Long 50,000 1.921Swap Long 100,000 1.922Swap Long 150,000 1.925Swap Long 647,595 1.93Swap Long 5,942 1.943Swap Long 20,974 1.944Swap Long 21,154 1.945Swap Long 51,554 1.946Swap Long 5,739 1.947Swap Long 66,828 1.948Swap Long 110,851 1.949Swap Long 22,855 1.95Swap Long 15,000 1.951Swap Long 9,063 1.952Swap Long 56,049 1.953Swap Long 27,386 1.955Swap Long 50,128 1.956Swap Long 83,284 1.957Swap Long 65806 1.958Swap Long 60786 1.959Swap Long 192,768 1.96Swap Long 21,206 1.961Swap Long 83,746 1.962Swap Long 77,887 1.963Swap Long 71,422 1.964Swap Long 42,236 1.967Swap Long 20,542 1.969 (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 10, 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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