Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4079Q

Barclays PLC

18 October 2011

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			BARCLAYS PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				No
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached				No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments				No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights				No
Other (please specify):	A re-calculation of the voting rights attributable to the shareholder's holding of warrants of the Issuer, pursuant to FSA DTR 5.3.3G			Yes
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Qatar Holding LLC Qatar Investment Authority (as parent undertaking only)
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Qatar Holding LLC
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		13/10/2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		16/10/2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		9%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary shares of 25 pence each GB0031348658

813,964,552

813,964,552

813,964,552

813,964,552

N/A

6.68%

N/A

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Warrants for ordinary shares

31/10/2013

197,686,765

Nominal

Delta

1.62%

Options on ordinary shares

Dates starting 26/09/2012 and ending 10/10/2012

13,447,183

Nominal

Delta

0.11%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

1,025,098,500

8.41%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Qatar Holding LLC is the beneficial holder of the specified shares, warrants and voting rights in Barclays PLC.  Qatar Holding LLC is established as a limited liability company in the Qatar Financial Centre and is licensed by the QFC Authority under Licence No. 00004.  Qatar Holding LLC is wholly-owned by Qatar Investment Authority.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A
13. Additional information:	1.  There has been no change in the holder's holding of warrants of the Issuer.  The obligation to make this notification has been caused by the re-calculation of the voting rights attributable to the holder's holding of warrants of the Issuer, pursuant to FSA DTR 5.3.3G. 2.  As required under the DTRs, this notification has been prepared using the total voting rights figure of 12,193,339,401 as set out in the public announcement made by the Issuer dated 29 September 2011.
14. Contact name:	Mr. Ahmad Al-Sayed, Managing Director & CEO of Qatar Holding LLC
15. Contact telephone number:	+974.4499.5806

 

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