10th Oct 2005 09:26
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 October 2005Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 18,577 treasury shares to theTrustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of‚£1.858 per share on 7 October 2005 to satisfy its obligation to issue shares toSIP participants in September 2005. The Company has received notification fromthe following persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including theexecutive directors of the Company, that of the 18,577 shares acquired by theTrustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:DIRECTORSName Shares Purchased on Shares beneficially held following purchase 7 October 2005 A R G Gunn 67 38,638 K Satchell 67 31,833 OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITYName Shares Purchased on Shares beneficially held following purchase 7 October 2005 S J Clamp 67 3,140 G Harvey 67 3,580 A P Jackson 67 6,876 J R McIver 67 7,364 J Stevens 67 9,175 P T Tunnicliffe 67 8,315 R Sepe 67 4,820 Executive directors of Friends Provident participating in SIP, together withother participants, are to be regarded as interested in the 18,577 shares heldby the trustees of SIP and are therefore regarded for Companies Act purposes asbeing interested in Friends Provident's ordinary shares held by the trustees.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 41,026,712shares are held in treasury.Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087ENDFRIENDS PROVIDENT PLCRelated Shares:
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