10th Jan 2006 14:46
Treasury Shares and notification of interests of directors/persons dischargingmanagerial responsibility and connected persons pursuant to DR 3.1.4 R(1)(a)and DR 3.1.4 R(1)(b)10 January 2006Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 41,690 treasury shares from theTreasury Shares Account to participants of the Friends Provident plc ShareSaveScheme and to option holders of the Friends Provident plc Executive ShareOption Scheme on 9 January 2006.In addition, the Company transferred 18,299 treasury shares to the trustees ofthe Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of ‚£1.9005 pershare for the December 2005 contribution. The Company has received notificationfrom the following persons discharging managerial responsibility, including theexecutive directors of the Company, that of the 18,299 shares acquired by thetrustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:DIRECTORSName Shares Purchased on 9 Shares beneficially held January 2006 following purchase A R G Gunn 66 38,839 K Satchell 66 32,034 OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITYName Shares Purchased on 9 Shares beneficially held January 2006 following purchase S J Clamp 66 3,341 A P Jackson 66 7,077 J R McIver 66 7,565 R Sepe 66 5,021 J Stevens 66 9,376 P T Tunnicliffe 66 8,516 Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to beregarded as interested in 9,714 shares out of the 1,991,673 shares held by thetrustees of the SIP.Following the transfer of the above treasury shares, the issued share capitalof the Company is 2,139,144,959 ordinary shares of 10p each of which 40,048,266shares are held in treasury.Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087ENDFRIENDS PROVIDENT PLCRelated Shares:
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