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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 November 2006Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 18,486 treasury shares on 8November 2006 to the Trustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan(SIP) at a price of ‚£2.044 per share to satisfy its obligation to issue sharesto SIP participants in October 2006. The Company has received notification fromthe following persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including theexecutive directors of the Company, that of the 18,486 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 7 November 2006 Persons A R G Gunn 62 105,487 K Satchell 62 207,755 OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITYName Shares Purchased on Total no. of shares held by directors and Connected 7 November 2006 Persons S J Clamp 61 3,988 A P Jackson 62 8,358 J R McIver 62 8,468 R Sepe 62 10,780 J Stevens 61 10,023 P T Tunnicliffe 62 9,164 Executive directors of Friends Provident plc participating in the SIP are to beregarded as interested in 11,010 shares out of the 2,063,336 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 23,197,785shares are held in treasury.Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087ENDFRIENDS PROVIDENT PLCRelated Shares:
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