7th Sep 2007 14:55
Treasury Shares and notification of interests of directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility and connected persons pursuant to DTR 3.1.4 R(1)
7 September 2007
Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 23,080 treasury shares on 7 September 2007 to the Trustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of ‚£1.779 per share to satisfy its obligation to issue shares to SIP participants in August 2007. The Company has received notification from the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including the executive directors of the Company, that of the 23,080 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 6 September 2007 Persons A R G Gunn 70 106,262
OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Name Shares Purchased on Total number of shares held by persons 6 September 2007 discharging managerial responsibilities and Connected Persons S J Clamp 70 4,735 B Harrison 70 11,627 A P Jackson 70 9,199 R Sepe 70 11,560 J Stevens 70 10,804 P T Tunnicliffe 70 9,944 J A Ward 71 1,870
Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to be regarded as interested in 6,704 shares out of the 2,052,017 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 21,557,085 shares are held in treasury.
Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087
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