Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2065U

Barclays PLC

01 April 2021

 

1 April 2021

Barclays PLC
Transaction in own shares

Barclays PLC (the "Company") announces that it has purchased for cancellation the following number of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each on the London Stock Exchange from J.P. Morgan Securities plc as part of its buy-back announced on 19 March 2021.

Date of purchase:	31 March 2021
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	16,634,449
Highest price paid per share:	189.6200p
Lowest price paid per share:	186.6000p
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	188.4428p

The Company intends to cancel all of the purchased ordinary shares.

Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, the Company's issued share capital consists of 17,223,220,189 ordinary shares with voting rights.

There are no ordinary shares held in treasury.

The above figure (17,223,220,189) may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, as it forms part of Retained EU Law as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, a full breakdown of the individual purchases of ordinary shares made by J.P. Morgan Securities plc on behalf of the Company can be found at.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/2065U_1-2021-3-31.pdf

Since the commencement of the share buy-back programme announced on 19 March 2021, the Company has purchased 142,567,773 ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange in aggregate at a weighted average price of 183.3217p per ordinary share.

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For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations	Media Relations
Chris Manners	Tom Hoskin
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