8th Oct 2007 16:06
Treasury Shares and notification of interests of directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility and connected persons pursuant to DTR 3.1.4 R(1)
8 October 2007
Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 22,017 treasury shares on 8 October 2007 to the Trustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of ‚£1.7108 per share to satisfy its obligation to issue shares to SIP participants in September 2007. The Company has received notification from the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including the executive directors of the Company, that of the 22,017 shares acquired by the Trustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:
DIRECTORName Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by directors and Connected 5 October 2007 Persons A R G Gunn 73 121,693
OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Name Shares Purchased on Total number of shares held by persons 5 October 2007 discharging managerial responsibilities and Connected Persons S J Clamp 73 20,166 B Harrison 73 27,058 A P Jackson 73 9,272 R Sepe 73 26,991 J Stevens 73 26,235 P T Tunnicliffe 73 25,375 J A Ward 73 1,943
Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to be regarded as interested in 6,777 shares out of the 2,054,694 shares held by the trustees of the SIP.
Following the transfer of the above treasury shares, the issued share capital of the Company is 2,171,528,063 ordinary shares of 10p each of which 18,656,983 shares are held in treasury.
Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087
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