Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2837T

Barclays PLC

11 December 2012

 



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					No
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached					No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments					No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights					No
Other (please specify):	A change in the voting rights applicable to warrants for ordinary shares, on a delta adjusted basis				Yes
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Qatar Holding LLC Qatar Investment Authority (as parent undertaking only)
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Qatar Holding LLC
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		06 December 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		10 December 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		9% (upwards, see section 13 for additional information)

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 of 25 pence each GB0031348658

813,964,552

813,964,552

813,964,552

813,964,552

N/A

6.6491%

N/A

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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

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

Warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares GB00B3FBGK05

197.775p

31 October 2013

27 November 2008 - 31 October 2013

291,581,342

Nominal

Delta

2.3819%

Options on ordinary shares

Dates starting 11 Dec 2012 and ending  17 Dec 2012

European - on expiry

0

Nominal

Delta

0.0000%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

1,105,545,894

9.0310%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Qatar Holding LLC ("QH") is the beneficial holder of the specified ordinary shares, options on ordinary shares, warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares and voting rights in Barclays plc.  QH is established as a limited liability company in the Qatar Financial Centre ("QFC") and is licensed by the QFC Authority under Licence No. 00004.  QH is wholly-owned by Qatar Investment Authority.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:	This notification is made as a result of an increase in voting rights potentially exercisable via warrants for ordinary shares (the "Warrants"). The increase has been caused by  a change in the delta ratios applicable to the Warrants. Upon completion/settlement of the Warrant Monetization Transaction which was announced on 26 November 2012 and satisfaction of any relevant condition precedent, QH expect to report a reduction of the percentage of voting rights to under 7% (6.65%). A new TR-1 Form will be completed in accordance with DTR 5. As required under the DTRs, this notification has been prepared using the total voting rights figure of 12,241,675,427 as set out in the public announcement made by Barclays plc dated 03 December 2012.
14. Contact name:	Mr. Ahmad Al-Sayed, CEO of Qatar Holding LLC
15. Contact telephone number:	+974.4499.5806

 

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