Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7370P

Barclays PLC

30 March 2009

 



Barclays PLC

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			YES
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
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, the 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):	27 March 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	TR-1 submitted on 30 March 2009
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 244,035,291	Number of voting rights 244,035,291	Number of shares 293,195,338	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct 293,195,338	Indirect	Direct 3.497%	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
293,195,338	3.497%

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
14 Contact name:	Lawrence Dickinson Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7116 8099

---

 

END

 

 

HOLSDAFISSUSESD