8th Mar 2007 11:02
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 March 2007
Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 17,693 treasury shares on 7 March 2007 to the Trustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of ‚£2.0310 per share to satisfy its obligation to issue shares to SIP participants in February 2007. The Company has received notification from the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including the executive directors of the Company, that of the 17,693 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 6 March 2007 Persons A R G Gunn 61 105,721
OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Name Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by directors and Connected 6 March 2007 Persons S J Clamp 61 4,223 A P Jackson 61 8,592 R Sepe 61 11,014 J Stevens 62 10,258 P T Tunnicliffe 61 9,398
Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to be regarded as interested in 6,142 shares out of the 2,013,654 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 22,412,595 shares are held in treasury.
Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087
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