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Ferox Capital Management Ltd26 October 2007 The 'Rule 8.1/8.3 - Friends Provident announcement released on 25 October, 2007at 10:33 under RNS No 3448G has been amended. Amendments are identified with an asterisk (*). The full amended text is shown below. FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) FEROX CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED Company dealt in FRIENDS PROVIDENT PLC Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) ORDINARY (GB0030559776) Date of dealing 24th OCT 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 23,246,376 (1.0795943%) options) CFD (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 23,246,376 (1.0795943%) (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities CONVERTIBLE BOND 5.25% 2007 (XS0159504801) 66,999,000 (23.10%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 66,999,000 (23.10%) (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 name, e.g. (Note 6) securities unit (Note 5)CFD (Note 7) CFD(GB0030559776) SHORT 49,123 1.7730 GBP(GB0030559776) SHORT 181,938 1.7730 GBP*(GB0030559776) SHORT 181,938 1.7730 GBP* (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, Expiry Option name,e.g. selling, securities price e.g. date money call purchasing, to which American, paid/ option varying the option European received etc. relates etc. per unit (Note 7) (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, Number of Exercise price per unit e.g. call option securities (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (Note 8) (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. .............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 26TH OCT 2007 Contact name MATTHEW STEPHENS Telephone number 020 7947 0040 If a connected EFM, name of offeree /offeror with which connected If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (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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