11th Mar 2005 17:50
Barclays PLC11 March 2005 11 March 2005 Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act 1985 s.329 The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust (the "ESAS Trust") notified the Company on 10 March 2005 that it had on 7 March 2005 exercised its discretion and released a total of 13,714,370 ordinary sharesin Barclays PLC to participants in the Executive Share Award Scheme ("ESAS"). The shares were released following provisional allocations made by the trustee over Barclays PLC ordinary shares to participants in the ESAS. Of these shares, the following were released to directors of Barclays PLC: Director Shares released Shares sold on Price Shares to directors behalf of directors per share retained to meet tax and (pence) by directors national insurance liability Mr JS Varley 35,930 14,754 565.29 21,176Mr RWJ Davis 164,264 67,450 565.29 96,814Mr GA Hoffman 17,966 7,378 565.29 10,588Mr DL Roberts 12,321 5,060 565.29 7,261 The revised total shareholding for each director following these transactions isas follows: Director Beneficial Holding Mr JS Varley 351,026Mr RWJ Davis 99,970Mr GA Hoffman 178,511Mr DL Roberts 70,651 Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'benefit trusts hold a total of 137,725,905 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.Matthew W. Barrett, Chairman, and the executive directors of Barclays areamongst the potential beneficiaries under these trusts and are thereforeregarded for Companies Act purposes as being interested in the Barclays PLCordinary shares held in them. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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