10th May 2005 17:59
Barclays PLC10 May 2005 10 May 2005 Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act 1985 s.329 The trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan, an Inland Revenue approvedall-employee share plan, informed the Company on 9 May 2005 that it had on 9 May2005 purchased, and now held as bare trustee of the Barclays Group SharepurchasePlan, the following ordinary shares in the capital of Barclays PLC for thefollowing directors at a price of 548.50p per share: Director Number of SharesMr J S Varley 46Mr D L Roberts 46Mr G A Hoffman 46 The Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan now includes Matching Shares provided bythe Company on a 1:1 basis up to the first £600 per annum invested by thedirector under the Plan. The number of shares purchased on 9 May 2005 for eachdirector above includes 23 Matching Shares. The revised total shareholding for each director following these transactions isas follows: Director Beneficial Holding Non Beneficial HoldingMr J S Varley 351,095 -Mr D L Roberts 70,720 -Mr G A Hoffman 178,580 - In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Groupemployees' benefit trusts hold a total of 134,332,615 ordinary shares inBarclays PLC. Matthew W Barrett, Chairman, and the executive directors ofBarclays are amongst the potential beneficiaries under these trusts and aretherefore regarded for Companies Act purposes as being interested in theBarclays PLC ordinary shares held in them. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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