24th Oct 2006 12:55
Barclays PLC24 October 2006 24 October 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 Barclays PLC ("the Company") on 23 October 2006 thatit had between 16 October and 19 October 2006 exercised its discretion andreleased a total of 182,746 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC and on 16 October2006 it purchased 129,820 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 679.00pence per share. The following shares were released to a PDMR of Barclays PLC: PDMR Shares released Shares sold on Price Shares to PDMR behalf of PDMR per share retained (pence) by PDMR Mr R Le Blanc 170,451 170,451 715.73 0 Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'benefit trusts hold a total of 167,617,392 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. TheChairman and the executive directors of Barclays PLC 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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