Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3827T

Barclays PLC

04 June 2009

 



Financial Services Authority

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				Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Legal & General Group Plc (Group) Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM) Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
4. Full name of shareholder(s)   (if different from 3.):		Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		02 June 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:		03 June 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Above 5% (Group) Above 5% (LGIM) From 4% -5% (L&G)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

ORD GBP 0.25

Below 5% (LGIM)

476,346,938

435,747,361

40,599,577

5.19

0.48

333,171,850 (L&G)

333,171,850 (L&G)

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/  Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

476,346,938

5.67

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (476,346,938 - 5.67% = Total Position)  Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (476,346,938 - 5.67% = Total Position) Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (476,346,938 - 5.67% = Total Position) Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (435,747,361 - 5.19% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (362,864,594 - 4.32% = PMC)   Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)  Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (362,864,594 - 4.32% = PMC)   Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)  Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)
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:	Notification using the total voting rights figure of  8,391,578,567
14. Contact name:	Helen Lewis (LGIM)
15. Contact telephone number:	020 3124 3851

 

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