1st Aug 2006 17:02
Barclays PLC01 August 2006 1 August 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 31 July 2006 that it had between 24July and 28 July 2006 exercised its discretion and released a total of 19,908ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. None of the shares released 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 163,300,155 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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