Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8849E

Barclays PLC

02 October 2008

 



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			No
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			Yes
Other (please specify):______________			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	China Development Bank Upper Chance Group Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Upper Chance Group Limited
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	30 September 2008 (being the date that Barclays plc announced its Voting Rights and Capital for the month ending 30 September)
6. Date on which issuer notified:	1 October 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Shareholding falling below 3% threshold

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Barclays PLC Ordinary Shares (ISIN: GB0031348658)	248,872,808	248,872,808	248,872,808	248,872,808	-	2.97%	-

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
248,872,808	2.97%

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

China Development Bank Upper Chance Group Limited

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:	N/A
14 Contact name:	Lawrence Dickinson Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7116 8099

 

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