25th Oct 2005 15:48
Barclays PLC25 October 2005 25 October 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 24 October 2005 that it had on 19October 2005 exercised its discretion and released a total of 13,377 ordinaryshares in Barclays PLC. None of the shares purchased or released were in respectof an award made to a director of Barclays PLC. Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'benefit trusts hold a total of 149,789,718 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.Matthew W Barrett, Chairman and the executive directors of Barclays are amongstthe potential beneficiaries under these trusts and are therefore regarded forCompanies Act purposes as being interested in the Barclays PLC ordinary sharesheld in them. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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