9th May 2006 16:15
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 May 2006Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 19,518 treasury shares to theTrustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of‚£1.9410 per share on 8 May 2006 to satisfy its obligation to issue shares toSIP participants in April 2006. The Company has received notification from thefollowing persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including theexecutive directors of the Company, that of the 19,518 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 8 May 2006 Persons A R G Gunn 65 105,086 K Satchell 65 207,354 OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITYName Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by directors and Connected 8 May 2006 Persons S J Clamp 65 3,588 A P Jackson 65 7,957 J R McIver 65 8,067 R Sepe 65 10,379 J Stevens 65 9,623 P T Tunnicliffe 65 8,763 Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to beregarded as interested in 10,208 shares out of the 2,043,146 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 24,504,249shares are held in treasury.Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087ENDFRIENDS PROVIDENT PLCRelated Shares:
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