26th Jul 2005 15:26
Barclays PLC26 July 2005 26 July 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 25 July 2005 that it had on 19 July2005 exercised its discretion and released a total of 15,014 ordinary shares inBarclays PLC. None of the shares released or purchased were in respect of anaward made to a director of Barclays PLC. Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'benefit trusts hold a total of 145,683,297 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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