8th Aug 2005 09:03
Treasury Shares8 August 2005Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 47,447 treasury shares from theTreasury Shares Account to option holders of the Friends Provident plcShareSave Scheme and the Friends Provident plc Executive Share Option Scheme.At the same time, the Company transferred 18,203 treasury shares to theTrustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of‚£1.828 per share for the July 2005 contribution. The Company has receivednotification from A R G Gunn and K Satchell, as executive directors of theCompany, that of the 18,203 shares acquired by the Trustees, they have eachacquired 69 shares through 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 42,977,212shares are held in treasury.Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087ENDFRIENDS PROVIDENT PLCRelated Shares:
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