Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8378Z

Barclays PLC

24 July 2008

 



BARCLAYS PLC

Notification of Major Interests in Shares

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			NO
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			NO
Other (please specify):______________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Qatar Investment Authority
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Qatar Holding LLC
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	22 JULY 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23 JULY 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	6%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares Qatar Holding LLC has acquired beneficial ownership of 522,755,622 ordinary shares in Barclays plc representing 6.42% of Barclays plc's total issued share capital.
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code Ordinary shares of 25 pence each	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares Below 3%	Number of voting rights Below 3%	Number of shares 522,755,622	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct 522,755,622	Indirect N/a	Direct 6.42%	Indirect N/a

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
N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
522,755,622	6.42%

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

Qatar Holding LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qatar Investment Authority ('QIA') and acts under QIA's direction and control.

Proxy Voting: N/a
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:

This notification has been prepared using the total voting rights figure of 8,144,337,814 in existence after the completion of the firm placing and placing and open offer by the Issuer, as set out in the prospectus dated 25 June 2008.

Contact name for enquiries:

Lawrence Dickinson 

Company Secretary 

020 7116 8099

24 July 2008

 

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