28th Dec 2006 10:59
Barclays PLC28 December 2006 28 December 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 27 December 2006that it had between 18 December 2006 and 21 December 2006 exercised itsdiscretion and released a total of 4,126,665 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC andon 21 December 2006 it purchased 415,676 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at aprice of 721.71 pence per share. None of the shares purchased were in respect ofan 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 165,645,889 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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