Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0058R

Barclays PLC

22 April 2009

 



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):	17 APRIL 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21 APRIL 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	6%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares Qatar Holding LLC has disposed of beneficial ownership of 35,000,000 ordinary shares in Barclays plc and as of the date of this notification, holds beneficial ownership of ordinary shares representing 5.82% of Barclays plc's total issued ordinary 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 522,755,622	Number of voting rights 522,755,622	Number of shares 487,755,622	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct 487,755,622	Indirect N/a	Direct 5.82%	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
487,755,622	5.82 %

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').

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 8,383,110,312 as set out in the public announcement made by Barclays plc dated 31 March 2009.
14 Contact name:	Lawrence Dickinson Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7116 8099

 

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