31st Aug 2005 16:22
Barclays PLC31 August 2005 31 August 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 30 August 2005 that it had on 24August 2005 exercised its discretion and released a total of 5,765 ordinaryshares in Barclays PLC and on 26 August 2005 it had purchased a total of2,257,953 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 554.91p per share. Noneof the shares released or purchased were in respect of an award made to adirector of Barclays PLC. Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'benefit trusts hold a total of 147,855,851 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:
Barclays