7th Feb 2007 16:11
Treasury Shares and notification of interests of directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility and connected persons pursuant to DR 3.1.4 R(1)(a) and DR 3.1.4 R(1)(b)
7 February 2007
Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 62,894 treasury shares from the Treasury Shares Account to participants of the Friends Provident plc ShareSave Scheme on 6 February 2007.
In addition, the Company transferred 18,558 treasury shares on 7 February 2007 to the trustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of ‚£2.2025 per share to satisfy the obligation to issue shares to SIP participants in January 2007. The Company has received notification from the following persons discharging managerial responsibility, including the executive directors of the Company, that of the 18,558 shares acquired by the trustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:
DIRECTORSName Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by directors and Connected 5 February 2007 Persons A R G Gunn 57 105,660
OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Name Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by directors and Connected 5 February 2007 Persons S J Clamp 57 4,162 A P Jackson 57 8,531 R Sepe 57 10,953 J Stevens 56 10,196 P T Tunnicliffe 57 9,337
Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to be regarded as interested in 6,081 shares out of the 2,023,142 shares held by the trustees of the SIP.
Following the transfer of the above treasury shares, the issued share capital of the Company is 2,139,145,543 ordinary shares of 10p each of which 22,433,929 shares are held in treasury.
Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087
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