10th Jan 2008 09:11
Treasury shares and notification of interests of directors/persons discharging managerial responsibility and connected persons pursuant to DTR 3.1.4 R(1)
10 January 2008
Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 22,048 treasury shares from the Treasury Shares Account to the trustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of ‚£1.6204 per share to satisfy the obligation to issue shares to SIP participants in December 2007.
The Company has received notifications from the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including an executive director of the Company, that, of the 22,048 shares acquired by the Trustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:
DIRECTORName Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by directors and Connected 8 January 2008 Persons A R G Gunn 77 122,025
OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Name Shares Purchased on Total number of shares held by persons 8 January 2008 discharging managerial responsibilities and Connected Persons S J Clamp 78 5,120 B Harrison 78 27,394 A P Jackson 77 9,677 R Sepe 77 27,327 J Stevens 78 26,571 P T Tunnicliffe 77 25,711 J A Ward 77 2,203
The executive director of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP is to be regarded as interested in 6,282 shares out of the 2,110,006 shares held by the trustees of the SIP.
Following the transfer of the above treasury shares, the issued share capital of the Company is 2,341,118,083 ordinary shares of 10p each of which 18,097,629 shares are held in treasury and 2,323,020,454 are ordinary shares with voting rights.
Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 0845 2683441.
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