Centaurus Capital - Rule 8.3- Friends Provident

RNS Number:2947M
Centaurus Capital Limited
22 January 2008

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) Centaurus Capital
Limited

Company dealt in Friends Provident
Plc

Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Shares
disclosed relate (Note 2)

Date of dealing 21.01.2008

2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class
of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)

NSI: 2,323,023,324

Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities
(2)
Derivatives
(other than
options) 65,120,706 2.803%
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total 65,120,706 2.803%

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security: Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total

(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 (Note Number of securities (Note Price per unit (Note
name, 6) 7) 5)
e.g. CFD
CFD Short 7,500,000 156.40
CFD Short 500,000 159.06

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option
name, selling, securities to American, money
purchasing, which the option European
varying etc. relates (Note 7) etc.
e.g. price date paid/
call received
option per unit
(Note 5)

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. call Number of Exercise price per unit (Note
option securities 5)

(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 person
disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant
securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting
rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any
derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be
stated.

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO

Date of disclosure 22.01.08

Contact name Paul Leary

Telephone number 020 78523830

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 at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

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