Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3346W

Barclays PLC

17 April 2023

 

17 April 2023

Barclays PLC
Transaction in own shares and completion of buy-back

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 16 February 2023:

Date of purchase:	14 April 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	13,980,255
Highest price paid per share:	158.5400 p
Lowest price paid per share:	153.1200 p
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	155.6142 p

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 15,547,705,428 ordinary shares with voting rights.

There are no ordinary shares held in treasury.

The above figure 15,547,705,428 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 domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended, 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/3346W_1-2023-4-14.pdf

The Company announces that, following the purchase of these shares, the share buy-back programme announced on 16 February 2023 has completed. Since the commencement of the buy-back , the Company has repurchased for cancellation 343,041,720 ordinary shares in aggregate at a volume weighted average price of 145.7549 p per ordinary share for a total consideration of approximately £500 million.

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For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations Adam Strachan [phone]

James Johnson [phone]

Media Relations Jon Tracey [phone]

 

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