11th Dec 2007 14:37
Treasury shares and notification of interests of directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility and connected persons pursuant to DTR 3.1.4 R(1)
11 December 2007
Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 38,768 treasury shares from the Treasury Shares Account to option holders of the Friends Provident plc Executive Share Option Scheme, ShareSave Scheme and Deferred Share Plan on 10 December 2007.
In addition, the Company transferred 22,772 treasury shares to the trustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of ‚£1.5762 per share to satisfy the obligation to issue shares to SIP participants in November 2007.
The Company has received notifications from the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including an executive director of the Company, that, of the 22,772 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 7 December 2007 Persons A R G Gunn 80 121,948
OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Name Shares Purchased on Total number of shares held by persons 7 December 2007 discharging managerial responsibilities and Connected Persons S J Clamp 79 5,042 B Harrison 79 27,316 A P Jackson 80 9,600 R Sepe 80 27,250 J Stevens 79 26,493 P T Tunnicliffe 80 25,634 J A Ward 80 2,126
The executive director of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP is to be regarded as interested in 6,205 shares out of the 2,101,483 shares held by the trustees of the SIP.
Following the transfer of the above treasury shares, the issued share capital of the Company is 2,341,118,083 ordinary shares of 10p each of which 18,135,815 shares are held in treasury and 2,322,982,268 are ordinary shares with voting rights.
Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 0845 2683441.
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