9th Oct 2006 16:28
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)9 October 2006Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 1,572 treasury shares from theTreasury Shares Account to participants of the Friends Provident plc ShareSaveScheme on 6 October 2006.In addition, the Company transferred 19,852 treasury shares on 6 October 2006to the trustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at aprice of ‚£1.915 per share to satisfy the obligation to issue shares to SIPparticipants in September 2006. The Company has received notification from thefollowing persons discharging managerial responsibility, including theexecutive directors of the Company, that of the 19,852 shares acquired by thetrustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:DIRECTORSName Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by directors and Connected 5 October 2006 Persons A R G Gunn 65 105,425 K Satchell 65 207,693 OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITYName Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by directors and Connected 5 October 2006 Persons S J Clamp 65 3,927 A P Jackson 65 8,296 J R McIver 65 8,406 R Sepe 65 10,718 J Stevens 65 9,962 P T Tunnicliffe 65 9,102 Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to beregarded as interested in 10,886 shares out of the 2,054,663 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 23,413,987shares are held in treasury.Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087ENDFRIENDS PROVIDENT PLCRelated Shares:
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