Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4858A

Barclays PLC

01 August 2008

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Barclays plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			YES
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Appleby Trust (Jersey) Limited in its capacity as trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust Barclays Group (PSP) Employees' Benefit Trust and the Barclays Group (Canada) Employees' Benefit Trust
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Greenwood Nominees Limited - acting as custodian
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	31 July 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	1 August 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3.00%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code GB0031348658	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares 212,579,807	Number of voting rights 212,579,807	Number of shares 212,579,807	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct 212,579,807	Indirect	Direct 2.61%	Indirect

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
212,579,807	2.61%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

It is our normal practice to abstain from voting in relation to our holding

Contact name for enquiries:

Lawrence Dickinson

Company Secretary

020 7116 8099

1 August 2008

 

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