13th Jun 2006 13:22
Barclays PLC13 June 2006 13 June 2006 Director/PDMR shareholding: Disclosure Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a) and 3.1.4R(1)(b) The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust(the "ESAS Trust") notified the Company on 12 June 2006 that it had between 6June and 8 June exercised its discretion and released a total of 52,925 ordinaryshares in Barclays PLC. None of the shares purchased were in respect of an awardmade to a director of Barclays PLC. Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'benefit trusts hold a total of 163,141,259 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. TheChairman and the executive directors of Barclays are amongst the potentialbeneficiaries under these trusts and are therefore regarded for Companies Actpurposes as being interested in the Barclays 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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