Morgan Stanley Secs - EPT Disclosure-Amendment

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RNS Number:0734S
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited
10 April 2008



       AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 9918R RELEASED AT 13:55 ON 09 APRIL 2008



                 DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS

                      WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS

                      DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

                      (Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code)



1.         KEY INFORMATION


Name of exempt principal trader                 Morgan Stanley Securities Limited

Company dealt in                                Friends Provident Plc

Class of relevant security to which the         Ordinary Shares
dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)

Date of dealing                                 08 April 2008




2.         DEALINGS (Note 2)



(a)        Purchases and sales


Total number of securities purchased    Highest price paid (Note 3) GBP        Lowest price paid (Note 3) GBP


1,215,153                               1.3970                                 1.3540




Total number of securities sold         Highest price received (Note 3) GBP    Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP


1,676,228                               1.3850                                 1.3536



(b)       Derivatives transactions (other than options)


Product name,         Long/short (Note 4)        Number of securities (Note 5)         Price per unit (Note 3) GBP

e.g. CFD
CFD                   LONG                       2,842,789                             1.3790
CFD                   LONG                       2,371                                 1.3790
CFD                   SHORT                      4,460                                 1.3779
CFD                   LONG                       2,201                                 1.3533
CFD                   LONG                       5,829                                 1.3533
CFD                   LONG                       5,103                                 1.3533
CFD                   LONG                       1,250                                 1.3533
CFD                   LONG                       9,024                                 1.3533
CFD                   LONG                       16,000                                1.3703
CFD                   LONG                       21,547                                1.3736
CFD                   LONG                       9,109                                 1.3744
CFD                   LONG                       3,382                                 1.3744
CFD                   LONG                       15,941                                1.3744
CFD                   LONG                       40,901                                1.3744
CFD                   LONG                       110,188                               1.3744
CFD                   LONG                       192,836                               1.3744
CFD                   LONG                       41,600                                1.3768
CFD                   LONG                       12,000                                1.3776
CFD                   LONG                       173,423                               1.3788
CFD                   LONG                       42,082                                1.7206
CFD                   SHORT                      21,547                                1.3739
CFD                   SHORT                      70,926                                1.3749
CFD                   SHORT                      80,163                                1.3749
CFD                   SHORT                      30,025                                1.3749
CFD                   SHORT                      2,482                                 1.3749
CFD                   SHORT                      5,864                                 1.3749
CFD                   SHORT                      6,627                                 1.3749
CFD                   SHORT                      23,475                                1.3750
CFD                   SHORT                      12,000                                1.3772
CFD                   SHORT                      42,082                                1.7211 EUR





(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying


Product name,         Writing, selling, Number of securities  Exercise    Type, e.g.      Expiry      Option money
                        purchasing,     to which the option               American,
e.g. call option      varying etc.      relates (Note 5)      price       European etc.   date        paid/received per
                                                                                                      unit (Note 3)

N/A                   N/A               N/A                   N/A         N/A             N/A         N/A



(ii)        Exercising


Product name, e.g. call option          Number of securities                   Exercise price per unit (Note 3)


N/A                                     N/A                                    N/A





3.         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.


NONE








Date of disclosure                                                  10 April 2008

Contact name                                                        Zafrhan Fahmy

Telephone number                                                    020 7677 1871

Name of offeree/offeror with which connected                        J.C. Flowers & Co LLC
Nature of connection (Note 6)                                       Advisor






Notes



The Notes on Form 38.5(a) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk




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