22nd Mar 2006 17:13
Barclays PLC22 March 2006 22 March 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 21 March 2006 that it had on 3 March2006 exercised its discretion and allocated reinvested dividend shares inBarclays PLC for the following directors/Persons Discharging ManagerialResponsibility (PDMRs) at a price of 650.54p per share: Director Shares allocated to director/PDMR Mr RE Diamond Jr 14,180Mr PT Idzik 2,205 The revised total shareholding for Mr RE Diamond Jr following these transactionsis as follows: Director Beneficial Holding Non-Beneficial Holding Mr RE Diamond Jr 2,515,952 - In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Groupemployees' benefit trusts hold a total of 162,942,041 ordinary shares inBarclays PLC. Matthew W Barrett, Chairman and the executive directors ofBarclays are amongst the potential beneficiaries under these trusts and aretherefore regarded for Companies Act purposes as being interested in theBarclays 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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