10th Aug 2006 15:26
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 August 2006Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 12,830 treasury shares from theTreasury Shares Account to participants of the Friends Provident plc ShareSaveScheme and the Deferred Share Plan and to option holders of the FriendsProvident plc Executive Share Option Scheme on 10 August 2006.In addition, the Company transferred 20,062 treasury shares to the trustees ofthe Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of ‚£1.83 pershare for the July 2006 contribution. The Company has received notificationfrom the following persons discharging managerial responsibility, including theexecutive directors of the Company, that of the 20,062 shares acquired by thetrustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:DIRECTORSName Shares Purchased on 8 Shares beneficially held August 2006 following purchase A R G Gunn 68 105,294 K Satchell 68 207,562 OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITYName Shares Purchased on 8 Shares beneficially held August 2006 following purchase S J Clamp 68 3,796 A P Jackson 68 8,165 J R McIver 68 8,275 R Sepe 68 10,587 J Stevens 68 9,831 P T Tunnicliffe 68 8,971 Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to beregarded as interested in 10,624 shares out of the 2,056,281 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 24,277,925shares are held in treasury.Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087ENDFRIENDS PROVIDENT PLCRelated Shares:
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