7th Aug 2007 15:54
Treasury Shares and notification of interests of directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility and connected persons pursuant to DTR 3.1.4 R(1)
7 August 2007
Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 20,753 treasury shares on 6 August 2007 to the Trustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of ‚£1.8662 per share to satisfy its obligation to issue shares to SIP participants in July 2007. The Company has received notification from the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including the executive directors of the Company, that of the 20,753 shares acquired by the Trustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:
DIRECTORName Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held 6 August 2007 by directors and Connected Persons A R G Gunn 67 106,192
OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Name Shares Purchased on Total number of shares held by persons 6 August 2007 discharging managerial responsibilities and Connected Persons S J Clamp 67 4,665 B Harrison 67 11,557 A P Jackson 67 9,129 R Sepe 67 11,490 J Stevens 67 10,734 P T Tunnicliffe 67 9,874 J A Ward 67 1,799
Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to be regarded as interested in 6,634 shares out of the 2,047,764 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 21,581,245 shares are held in treasury.
Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087
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