Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2484N

Barclays PLC

12 February 2009

 



BARCLAYS PLC

Notification of Major Interests in Shares

TR-1: NOTIFICATION 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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification

obligation:

AXA S.A.

4. Full name of shareholders(s) (if different from 3.):

N/a 

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is

crossed or reached:

10 February 2009

6. Date on which the issuer notified:

11 February 2009 

7. Thresholds(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Reached 5% 

8. Notified Details:

8. A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

Ord GBP 25p (ISIN CODE: GB0031348658)

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Number of shares      Number of Voting Rights

509,211,922           509,211,922

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Number of shares            Number of Voting Rights       % of voting rights

Direct                            Indirect                Direct    Indirect

78,677,491                        381,517,692              0.94%      4.56%

8B: Financial Instruments

Type of financial    Expiration date        Number of        % of 

instrument                              voting rights        voting rights

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

TOTAL (A+B)

Number of voting rights           % of voting rights

460,195,183                                5.50%

9.Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting

rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Name of the Company / Fund		Number of Shares		% of issued share capital
Alliance Capital Management		6,653,200.00		0.07945
Direct
AXA		17,768,992.00		0.21218
Direct
AXA Australia		649,387.00		0.00775
Indirect
AXA Colonia Konzern		2,621,667.00		0.03131
Direct
AXA Colonia Konzern		77,828.00		0.000929352
Indirect
AXA Financial, Inc		360,672,033.00		4.31
Indirect
AXA Framlington		803,236.00		0.009591525
Indirect
AXA France		1,965,877.00		0.023474743
Indirect
AXA IM UK		40,031,796.00		0.478023868
Direct
AXA IM UK		3,455,515.00		0.041262666
Indirect
AXA Rosenberg		13,893,816.00		0.165907512
Indirect
AXA Winterthur		11,601,836.00		0.138538739
Direct
Total Direct		78,677,491		0.93950
Total Indirect		381,517,692		4.55574
TOTAL		460,195,183		5.49524

Proxy Voting:

10.Name of proxy holder:

Not disclosed

11.Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

Not disclosed

12.Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

Not disclosed

13.Additional information:

Notification using shares in issue figure of 8,374,434,560

Contact name for enquiries:

Lawrence Dickinson

Company Secretary

020 7116 8099

12 February 2009

 

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