In the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) Companies Court.  No. 006453 of 1999 In the Matter of FRIENDS PROVIDENT (LONDON &MANCHESTER) ASSURANCE LIMITED and In the Matter of FRIENDS’ PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE and In the Matter of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 Notice is hereby given that a Petition (the “Petition”) was on 4th October 1999 presented to Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice by the above named Friends’ Provident Life Office (“FPLO”), for the sanction of the Court under Part I of Schedule 2C to the Insurance Companies Act 1982 (“Schedule 2C to the Act”) to a Scheme (the “Scheme”) providing for the transfer to FPLO of the whole of the long term business (as defined by section 1(i) of the Act) of Friends Provident (London & Manchester) Assurance Limited (“FPLMA”) and for orders making ancillary provisions in connection with the said transfer under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2C to the Act. Copies of the said Petition, the Scheme and a report by an Independent Actuary pursuant to paragraph 2 of Schedule 2C to the Act may be inspected at each of the offices specified in the Schedule hereto during normal business hours for a period of 21 days from the publication of this notice. The Petition is directed to be heard before the Judge at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A on 29th November 1999. Any person (including any employee of FPLO or FPLMA) who claims that he or she would be adversely affected by the Scheme may appear at the time of the said hearing in person or by Counsel. Any person who intends so to appear, and any policy holder of FPLO or FPLMA who dissents from the Scheme but does not intend so to appear, should give not less than 2 clear days’ prior notice in writing of such intention or dissent and of the reasons thereof to the Solicitors named below. Copies of the documents referred to above will be furnished by such Solicitors to any person requiring them prior to the making of an Order sanctioning the Scheme on payment of the prescribed charge for the same. Herbert Smith, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2HS, Solicitors for FPLO or FPLMA.  (Ref. 2067.) Schedule Addresses where copy documents are to be available for inspection Part 1