11th Apr 2006 11:48
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)11 April 2006Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 23,732 treasury shares to theTrustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of‚£2.0905 per share on 7 April 2006 to satisfy its obligation to issue shares toSIP participants in March 2006. The Company has received notification from thefollowing persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including theexecutive directors of the Company, that of the 23,732 shares acquired by theTrustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:DIRECTORSName Shares Purchased on 7 Total no. of shares held April 2006 by directors and Connected Persons A R G Gunn 60 105,021 K Satchell 60 207,289 OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITYName Shares Purchased on 7 Total no. of shares held April 2006 by directors and Connected Persons S J Clamp 60 3,523 A P Jackson 60 7,892 J R McIver 60 8,002 R Sepe 60 10,314 J Stevens 60 9,558 P T Tunnicliffe 60 8,698 Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to beregarded as interested in 10,074 shares out of the 2,029,951 shares held by thetrustees of the SIP.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 24,724,346shares are held in treasury.Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087ENDFRIENDS PROVIDENT PLCRelated Shares:
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