11th Apr 2007 12:12
Treasury Shares and notification of interests of directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility and connected persons pursuant to DR 3.1.4 R(1)(a) and DR 3.1.4 R(1)(b)
11 April 2007
Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 22,022 treasury shares on 11 April 2007 to the Trustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of ‚£1.922 per share to satisfy its obligation to issue shares to SIP participants in March 2007. The Company has received notification from the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including the executive directors of the Company, that of the 22,022 shares acquired by the Trustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:
DIRECTORSName Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by directors and Connected 10 April 2007 Persons A R G Gunn 65 105,786
OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Name Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by directors and Connected 10 April 2007 Persons S J Clamp 65 4,288 A P Jackson 65 8,657 R Sepe 65 11,079 J Stevens 65 10,323 P T Tunnicliffe 65 9,463
Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to be regarded as interested in 6,207 shares out of the 2,019,405 shares held by the trustees of the SIP.
Following the transfer of the above treasury shares, the issued share capital of the Company is 2,139,145,543 ordinary shares of 10p each of which 21,787,919 shares are held in treasury.
Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087
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