7th Mar 2006 15:43
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)7 March 2006Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 18,874 treasury shares to theTrustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of‚£2.076 per share on 6 March 2006 to satisfy its obligation to issue shares toSIP participants in February 2006. The Company has received notification fromthe following persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including theexecutive directors of the Company, that of the 18,874 shares acquired by theTrustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:DIRECTORSName Shares Purchased on 6 Shares beneficially held March 2006 following purchase A R G Gunn 60 38,961 K Satchell 60 32,156 OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITYName Shares Purchased on 6 Shares beneficially held March 2006 following purchase S J Clamp 60 3,463 A P Jackson 60 7,199 J R McIver 60 7,687 R Sepe 60 5,143 J Stevens 60 9,498 P T Tunnicliffe 60 8,638 Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to beregarded as interested in 9,958 shares out of the 2,015,337 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 39,725,397shares are held in treasury.Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087ENDFRIENDS PROVIDENT PLCRelated Shares:
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