9 May 2012
Director/PDMR Shareholding: Disclosure and Transparency Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a)
1. On 8 May 2012 Barclays PLC (the "Company") resolved to release the following ordinary shares of the Company (of nominal value of 25p each) (the "Shares") under awards granted in 2011 under the Barclays Group Share Value Plan to the following Directors of the Company. The market price at the date of release was 205.76pence per Share:
Director
|
Shares released
to Director
|
Shares sold on
behalf of Director to satisfy withholding liabilities
|
RE Diamond Jr
|
290,229
|
149,323
|
CG Lucas
|
66,690
|
34,679
|
2. The trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan ("the Plan")(being a HM Revenue and Customs approved all-employee share plan) informed Barclays PLC ("the Company") on 8 May 2012 that it had on 8 May 2012 purchased, and now held as bare trustee the following ordinary shares of the Company (of nominal value of 25p each) (the "Shares") for the following Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs"). The market price of a Share at the date of purchase was 215.87 pence per Share:
Director/PDMR |
Number of Shares |
MD Harding |
972 |
CG Lucas |
972 |
The Plan includes Matching Shares provided by the Company on a 1:1 basis up to the first £600 per annum invested by a participant under the Plan. The number of Shares purchased on 8 May 2012 for each Director/PDMR above includes any such Matching Shares.
The revised total shareholding for each Director following these transactions is as follows:
Director |
Total Beneficial Holding |
RE Diamond Jr |
13,399,671 |
CG Lucas |
900,302 |