10th Jul 2006 11:30
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)10 July 2006Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 21,032 treasury shares on 7July 2006 to the Trustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan(SIP) at a price of ‚£1.7960 per share to satisfy its obligation to issue sharesto SIP participants in June 2006. The Company has received notification fromthe following persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including theexecutive directors of the Company, that of the 21,032 shares acquired by theTrustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:DIRECTORSName Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by directors and Connected 6 July 2006 Persons A R G Gunn 70 105,226 K Satchell 70 207,494 OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITYName Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by PDMRs and Connected 6 July 2006 Persons S J Clamp 70 3,728 A P Jackson 70 8,097 J R McIver 70 8,207 R Sepe 70 10,519 J Stevens 70 9,763 P T Tunnicliffe 70 8,903 Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to beregarded as interested in 10,488 shares out of the 2,070,430 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 24,310,817shares are held in treasury.Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087ENDFRIENDS PROVIDENT PLCRelated Shares:
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