10th Jul 2007 09:00
Treasury Shares and notification of interests of directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility and connected persons pursuant to DTR 3.1.4 R(1)
10 July 2007
Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 1,380 treasury shares from the Treasury Shares Account to option holders of the Friends Provident plc ShareSave Scheme on 9 July 2007.
In addition, the Company transferred 19,095 treasury shares onto the trustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of ‚£1.8088 per share to satisfy the obligation to issue shares to SIP participants in June 2007. The Company has received notification from the following persons discharging managerial responsibility, including the executive directors of the Company, that of the 19,095 shares acquired by the trustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:
DIRECTORSName Shares Purchased on Total number of shares held by director 6 July 2007 and Connected Persons A R G Gunn 69 106,125
OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Name Shares Purchased on Total number of shares held by persons 6 July 2007 discharging managerial responsibilities and Connected Persons S J Clamp 69 4,598 B Harrison 69 11,490 A P Jackson 69 9,062 R Sepe 69 11,423 J Stevens 69 10,667 P T Tunnicliffe 69 9,807 J A Ward 69 1,732
Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to be regarded as interested in 6,567 shares out of the 2,054,836 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 21,604,688 shares are held in treasury.
Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087
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