8th Sep 2005 09:09
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)8 September 2005Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 19,091 treasury shares to theTrustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of‚£1.7340 per share on 7 September 2005 to satisfy its obligation to issue sharesto SIP participants in August 2005. The Company has received notification fromthe following persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including theexecutive directors of the Company, that of the 19,091 shares acquired by theTrustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:DIRECTORSName Shares Purchased on Shares beneficially held following purchase 7 September 2005 A R G Gunn 72 38571 K Satchell 72 31766 OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITYName Shares Purchased on Shares beneficially held following purchase 7 September 2005 S J Clamp 72 3073 G Harvey 72 3513 A P Jackson 72 6809 J R McIver 72 7297 J Stevens 72 9108 P T Tunnicliffe 72 8248 R Sepe 72 4753 Executive directors of Friends Provident participating in SIP, together withother participants, are to be regarded as interested in the 19,091 shares heldby the trustees of SIP and are therefore regarded for Companies Act purposes asbeing interested in Friends Provident's ordinary shares held by the trustees.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 42,836,461shares are held in treasury.Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087ENDFRIENDS PROVIDENT PLCRelated Shares:
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