8th Jan 2007 16:02
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)
8 January 2007
Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 17,833 treasury shares on 8 January 2007 to the Trustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of ‚£2.1925 per share to satisfy its obligation to issue shares to SIP participants in December 2006. The Company has received notification from the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including the executive directors of the Company, that of the 17,833 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 4 January 2007 Persons A R G Gunn 57 105,603 K Satchell 57 207,871
OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Name Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by directors and Connected 4 January 2007 Persons S J Clamp 57 4,105 A P Jackson 57 8,474 R Sepe 57 10,896 J Stevens 57 10,140 P T Tunnicliffe 57 9,280
Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to be regarded as interested in 11,242 shares out of the 1,732,257 shares held by the trustees of the SIP.
Following the transfer of the above treasury shares, the issued share capital of the Company is 2,139,144,959 ordinary shares of 10p each of which 22,612,250 shares are held in treasury.
Accordingly, the Company's capital now consists of 2,116,532,709 ordinary shares with voting rights. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Friends Provident plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087
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