(FP-.L) Friends Provident Group PLC Buy/Sell

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 BARCLAYS PLC

(Note 1)
Company dealt in FRIENDS PROVIDENT GROUP PLC
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.05

to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 04 November 2009

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 79,138,551 3.38% 502,930 0.02%

securities
(2) Derivatives 24 0.00% 2,662,950 0.11%

(other than options
(3) Options and 60,000 0.00% 0 0.00%

agreements to purchase/sell
Total 79,198,575 3.38% 3,165,880 0.14%

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,

other

than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of Long Short

relevant security:

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 Price per unit
Securities (GBP)
Purchase 73,732 .8160
Purchase 1,348 .8160
Purchase 1,005 .8160
Purchase 24 .8160
Sale 73,732 .8160
Sale 1,348 .8160
Sale 1,005 .8160
Sale 24 .8160

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
Swap Long 24 0.0001
Swap Short 24 0.0001

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received
option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP)
varying etc. relates (GBP)
Call Optio Purchasing 60000 0.9655 European 15/12/2009 -0.012

(ii) Exercising

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

None

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) YES
Date of disclosure 05 November 2009
Contact name Geoff Smith
Telephone number 020 7116 2913

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

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8

DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS

(This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)

OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)
Product name, Written or Number of securities Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry date
e.g. call option purchased to which the option (Note 2) American,
or derivative relates European etc.
Option Purchased 60,000 0.9655 EURO 15/12/2009

Notes

1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form.

2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.

For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and its Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk