9th Nov 2005 16:58
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 2005Friends Provident plc announces the transfer of 19,516 treasury shares to theTrustees of the Friends Provident plc Share Incentive Plan (SIP) at a price of‚£1.7775 per share on 8 November 2005 to satisfy its obligation to issue sharesto SIP participants in October 2005. The Company has received notification fromthe following persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including theexecutive directors of the Company, that of the 19,516 shares acquired by theTrustees, they have each acquired shares through the SIP as follows:DIRECTORSName Shares Purchased on Shares beneficially held following purchase 8 November 2005 A R G Gunn 70 38,708 K Satchell 70 31,903 OTHER PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITYName Shares Purchased on Shares beneficially held following purchase 8 November 2005 S J Clamp 70 3,210 A P Jackson 70 6,946 J R McIver 70 7,434 R Sepe 70 4,890 J Stevens 70 9,245 P T Tunnicliffe 70 8,385 Executive directors of Friends Provident participating in SIP, together withother participants, are to be regarded as interested in the 2,008,699 sharesheld by the trustees of SIP and are therefore regarded for Companies Actpurposes as being interested in Friends Provident's ordinary shares held by thetrustees.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 40,408,293shares are held in treasury.Enquiries: Gordon Ellis, Group Secretary 01306 653087ENDFRIENDS PROVIDENT PLCRelated Shares:
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