7th Jun 2005 16:26
Barclays PLC07 June 2005 7 June 2005 Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act 1985 s.329 1. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust (the "ESAS Trust") notified the Company on 6 June 2005 that it had on 31 May 2005 exercised its discretion and released a total of 5,402 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. None of the shares released were in respect of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC. 2. The trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan, an Inland Revenue approved all-employee share plan, informed the Company on 7 June 2005 that it had on 7 June 2005 purchased, and now held as bare trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan, the following ordinary shares in the capital of Barclays PLC for the following directors at a price of 522.75p per share: Director Number of Shares Mr J S Varley 46 Mr D L Roberts 46 Mr G A Hoffman 46 The Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan now includes Matching Shares provided by the Company on a 1:1 basis up to the first £600 per annum invested by the participant under the Plan. The number of shares purchased on 7 June 2005 for each director 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 351,141 -Mr D L Roberts 70,766 -Mr G A Hoffman 178,626 - In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Groupemployees' benefit trusts hold a total of 137,974,116 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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