Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3752E

Barclays PLC

09 May 2013

 



For filings with the FSA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
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
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments					ü
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		His Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan ("HHSM")
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Yas Capital Limited ("YCL")
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		Transaction date: 27 April 2011 Date threshold crossed: 3 May 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		8 May 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		6%

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

758,437,618

758,437,618

Nil

Nil

758,437,618

Nil%

5.895%

ISIN GB0031348658

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

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

Cash-settled options referencing ordinary shares

Nominal

Delta

%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

758,437,618

5.895%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The triggering event for this notification is the closing in full of the position previously held by YCL under cash-settled options, with the effect that there are now no voting rights in Barclays PLC held, or deemed to be held, by YCL.  As a result of the triggering event, HHSM's indirect holding of ordinary shares (which has been the subject of previous notifications) taken alone represents 5.895% of the voting rights in Barclays PLC and, being less than the relevant 6% threshold, is notifiable by HHSM pursuant to DTR 5.1.2R.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:	As required under the Disclosure Rules, this notification has been prepared using the total voting rights figure of 12,863,935,245 as set out in the regulatory announcement made by Barclays PLC dated 1 May 2013
14. Contact name:	Michael Latefi
15. Contact telephone number:	+971.566.852.568

 

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