7th Dec 2006 16:06
Treasury Shares and notification of interests of directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility and connected persons pursuant to DR 3.1.4 R(1)(a) and DR 3.1.4 R(1)(b)
7 December 2006
Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 17,544 treasury shares on 7 December 2006 to the Trustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of ‚£2.1050 per share to satisfy its obligation to issue shares to SIP participants in November 2006. The Company has received notification from the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including the executive directors of the Company, that of the 17,544 shares acquired by the Trustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:
DIRECTORSName Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by directors and Connected 6 December 2006 Persons A R G Gunn 59 105,546 K Satchell 59 207,814
OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Name Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by directors and Connected 6 December 2006 Persons S J Clamp 60 4,048 A P Jackson 59 8,417 R Sepe 59 10,839 J Stevens 60 10,083 P T Tunnicliffe 59 9,223
Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to be regarded as interested in 11,128 shares out of the 2,052,893 shares held by the trustees of the SIP.
Following the transfer of the above treasury shares, the issued share capital of the Company is 2,139,144,959 ordinary shares of 10p each of which 22,706,216 shares are held in treasury.
Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087
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