UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
May 2006
Barclays PLC and
Barclays Bank PLC
(Names of Registrants)
1 Churchill Place
London E14 5HP
England
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40-F
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No x
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant
in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
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This Report is a joint Report on Form 6-K filed by Barclays PLC and Barclays
Bank PLC. All of the issued ordinary share capital of Barclays Bank PLC is
owned by Barclays PLC.
This Report comprises:
Information given to The London Stock Exchange and furnished pursuant to
General Instruction B to the General Instructions to Form 6-K.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
1. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 03 May 2006
2. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 05 May 2006
3. Barclays Bank PLC - Full Repurchase dated 08 May 2006
4. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 09 May 2006
5. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 10 May 2006
6. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 12 May 2006
7. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 15 May 2006
8. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 16 May 2006
9. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 18 May 2006
10. Barclays Bank PLC - FRN Variable Rate Fix dated 24 May 2006
11. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 24 May 2006
12. Barclays Bank PLC - FRN Variable Rate Fix dated 25 May 2006
13. Barclays Bank PLC - Redemption of Loan Notes dated 26 May 2006
14. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 26 May 2006
15. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 31 May 2006
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of
the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BARCLAYS PLC
(Registrant)
Date: June 01, 2006 By: /s/ Patrick Gonsalves
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Patrick Gonsalves
Deputy Secretary
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
(Registrant)
Date: June 01, 2006 By: /s/ Patrick Gonsalves
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Patrick Gonsalves
Joint Secretary
Exhibit 1.
3 May 2006
Director/PDMR shareholding: Disclosure Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a) and 3.1.4R(1)(b)
1. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
Trust (the "ESAS Trust") notified the Company on 3 May 2006 that it had
between 24 April and 29 April 2006 exercised its discretion and released a total
of 211,146 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC and on 24 April 2006 purchased a
total of 3,131,160 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at an average price of
679.31p per share. None of the shares released or purchased were in respect of
an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.
2. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Employees'
Benefit Trust (the "PSP & ESOS Trust") notified the Company on 3 May 2006 that
it had on 24 April 2006 exercised its discretion and purchased a total of
112,182 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 675.99p per share. None of
the shares purchased were in respect of an award made to a director of Barclays
PLC.
In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 162,136,218 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC. Matthew W Barrett, Chairman and the executive directors of
Barclays are amongst the potential beneficiaries under these trusts and are
therefore regarded for Companies Act purposes as being interested in the
Barclays PLC ordinary shares held in them.
Exhibit 2.
5 May 2006
Director/PDMR shareholding: Disclosure Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a) and 3.1.4R(1)(b)
The Company was notified on 4 May 2006 by the Administrators of the Dividend
Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan") that on 28 April 2006 the following directors/
Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) (or their connected
persons) had received ordinary shares in the Company under the Plan for the year
ended 31 December 2005 at a price of 687.39p per share. The number of shares
received, together with their total beneficial interests following the
notification are as follows:
Director/PDMR No. of shares received Beneficial Interest
MW Barrett 7,575 309,839
Sir Richard Broadbent 76 7,090
SG Russell 63 17,344
S Dawson 52 8,857
The Company was also notified on 5 May 2006 by Mr SG Russell, a director of the
Company, that a connected person had on 2 May 2006 received ordinary shares in
the Company for the year ended 31 December 2005 under a Personal Equity Plan at
a price of 690.00p per share. The number of shares received, together with his
total beneficial interest following the notification is as follows:
Director/PDMR No. of shares received Beneficial Interest
SG Russell 65 17,409
In addition to these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 162,136,218 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC. Matthew W Barrett, Chairman, and the executive directors of
Barclays PLC are amongst the potential beneficiaries under these trusts and are
therefore regarded for Companies Act purposes as being interested in the
Barclays PLC ordinary shares held in them.
Exhibit 3
Barclays Bank PLC
Barclays SRS 3617
Due 04 May 2010
XS0216787910
Please be advised that the above issue will be called at PAR on 04 May 2006.
The outstanding balance will therefore be ZERO.
Please amend your records accordingly.
Exhibit 4
9 May 2006
Director/PDMR shareholding: Disclosure Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a) and 3.1.4R(1)(b)
The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust
(the "ESAS Trust") notified the Company on 8 May 2006 that it had on 3 May 2006
exercised its discretion and released a total of 12,889 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC and on 4 May 2006 it purchased 90,224 ordinary shares in Barclays
PLC at a price of 673.00p per share. None of the shares released or purchased
were in respect of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.
Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 162,213,553 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. The
Chairman and the executive directors of Barclays are amongst the potential
beneficiaries under these trusts and are therefore regarded for Companies Act
purposes as being interested in the Barclays PLC ordinary shares held in them.
Exhibit 5.
10 May 2006
Director/PDMR shareholding: Disclosure Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a) and 3.1.4R(1)(b)
The trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan, an Inland Revenue approved
all-employee share plan, informed the Company on 9 May 2006 that it had on 8 May
2006 purchased, and now held as bare trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase
Plan, the following ordinary shares in the capital of Barclays PLC for the
following directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) at a
price of 682.50p per share:
Director/PDMR Number of Shares
Mr G A Hoffman 36
Mr D L Roberts 36
Mr J S Varley 36
Mr L C Dickinson 16
The Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan now includes Matching Shares provided by
the Company on a 1:1 basis up to the first GBP600 per annum invested by the
participant under the Plan. The number of shares purchased on 8 May 2006 for
each director/PDMR above includes the Matching Shares.
The revised total shareholding for each director following these transactions is
as follows:
Director Beneficial Holding Non Beneficial
Holding
Mr G A Hoffman 317,159 -
Mr D L Roberts 219,221 -
Mr J S Varley 374,784 -
In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 162,213,553 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC. The Chairman and the executive directors of Barclays are amongst
the potential beneficiaries under these trusts and are therefore regarded for
Companies Act purposes as being interested in the Barclays PLC ordinary shares
held in them.
Exhibit 6.
12 May 2006
Director/PDMR shareholding: Disclosure Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a) and 3.1.4R(1)(b)
The Company was notified on 11 May 2006 by the Personal Equity Plan (PEP) /
Individual Savings Account (ISA) Administrators that on 5 May 2006 the following
director (or his connected persons) had received ordinary shares in the Company,
following the reinvestment of the Barclays dividend for the year ended 31
December 2005 at a price of 676.50p per share. The number of shares received,
together with their total beneficial interests following the notification are as
follows:
Director/PDMR No. of shares received Beneficial Interest
GA Hoffman 250 317,409
In addition to these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 162,213,553 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC. The Chairman, and the executive directors of Barclays PLC are
amongst the potential beneficiaries under these trusts and are therefore
regarded for Companies Act purposes as being interested in the Barclays PLC
ordinary shares held in them.
Exhibit 7.
15 May 2005
Director/PDMR shareholding: Disclosure Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a) and 3.1.4R(1)(b)
1. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP) Employees' Benefit Trust
(the "PSP Trust") notified the Company on 12 May 2006 that on 21 April 2006
it had resolved to grant the following awards under PSP to directors of
Barclays PLC:
Director Allocation of performance Maximum number
shares (a) potentially releasable
Robert Diamond Jr 768,736 2,306,208
Gary Hoffman 96,092 288,276
Naguib Kheraj 107,624 322,872
David Roberts 92,250 276,750
John Varley 153,748 461,244
Note:
(a) Under PSP, awards are granted as a provisional allocation and do not
give rise to any entitlement to the shares. At the third anniversary,
shares may be released by the trustee subject to performance conditions
being satisfied.
The effective date of the grant of the awards was 21 March 2006 and the
calculation of the initial award allocation was based on a share price of
GBP6.5042. No consideration was paid for the grant of any award.
2. Robert Diamond Jr, a director of Barclays PLC ("the Company"), notified the
Company on 12 May 2006 that, on 12 May 2006, he had, under the Barclays
Global Investors Equity Option Plan ("BGI EOP"), exercised options (with an
effective date of exercise of 4 May 2006) granted in Barclays Global
Investors UK Holdings Limited ("BGIUKHL"), a subsidiary of the Company, and
received 100,000 "A" ordinary shares in BGIUKHL at a price of 2011p per
share.
The revised total shareholding in BGIUKHL for Robert Diamond Jr following
the above transaction is as follows:
Director Beneficial Holding
Robert Diamond Jr 200,000 "A" ordinary shares
3. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
Trust (the "ESAS Trust") notified the Company on 14 March 2006 that it had
on 13 March 2006 granted rights in the form of nil cost options over 24,790
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to John Varley. The trustee has now notified
the Company that the actual number of nil cost options granted was over
24,227 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. All other details announced by the
Company on 15 March 2006 in respect of Directors' interests remain
unchanged.
In addition to these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 162,213,553 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC. The Chairman, and the executive directors of Barclays are amongst
the potential beneficiaries under these trusts and are therefore regarded for
Companies Act purposes as being interested in the Barclays PLC ordinary shares
held in them.
Exhibit 8.
16 May 2006
Director/PDMR shareholding: Disclosure Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a) and 3.1.4R(1)(b)
The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust
(the "ESAS Trust") notified the Company on 15 May 2006 that it had between 8 May
and 12 May 2006 exercised its discretion and released a total of 35,496 ordinary
shares in Barclays PLC. None of the shares released or purchased were in respect
of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.
Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 162,178,057 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. The
Chairman and the executive directors of Barclays are amongst the potential
beneficiaries under these trusts and are therefore regarded for Companies Act
purposes as being interested in the Barclays PLC ordinary shares held in them.
Exhibit 9.
18 May 2006
Director/PDMR shareholding: Disclosure Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a) and 3.1.4R(1)(b)
The Company was notified on 17 May 2006 by the Administrators of the Barclays
Group Sharepurchase Plan (the "Plan") that on 16 May 2006 the following
directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) had received
ordinary shares in the Company under the Plan, following the re-investment of
the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2005, at a price of 641.00p
per share. The number of shares received is as follows:
Director/PDMR No. of shares received
G A Hoffman 38
D L Roberts 38
J S Varley 38
L C Dickinson 4
R Le Blanc 6
The revised total shareholding for each director following these transactions is
as follows:
Director Beneficial Holding Non-Beneficial Holding
G A Hoffman 317,447 -
D L Roberts 219,259 -
J S Varley 374,822 -
In addition to these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 162,178,057 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC. The Chairman and the executive directors of Barclays PLC are
amongst the potential beneficiaries under these trusts and are therefore
regarded for Companies Act purposes as being interested in the Barclays PLC
ordinary shares held in them.
Exhibit 10.
RE: WOOLWICH PLC
GBP 150,000,000.00
MATURING: 12-Feb-2012
ISSUE DATE: 12-Feb-1997
ISIN: XS0073220625
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE INTEREST RATE FOR THE PERIOD
23-May-2006 TO 23-Aug-2006 HAS BEEN FIXED AT 5.080630 PCT
DAY BASIS 92/365
INTEREST PAYABLE VALUE 23-Aug-2006 WILL AMOUNT TO:
GBP 128.06 PER GBP 10,000.00 DENOMINATION
GBP 1,280.60 PER GBP 100,000.00 DENOMINATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES PLEASE CONTACT THE RATE FIX DESK ON
TEL: 44 20 7508 3858/3855 OR FAX: 44 20 7508 3881
Exhibit 11.
24 May 2006
Director/PDMR shareholding: Disclosure Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a) and 3.1.4R(1)(b)
1. Mr R K Steel, a director of the Company, notified the Company on 23 May 2006
that on 19 May 2006 he had received ordinary shares in the Company, following
the reinvestment of the Barclays dividend for the year ended 31 December 2005 at
a price of 685.00p per share. The number of shares received, together with his
total beneficial interest following the notification is as follows:
Director/PDMR No. of shares received Beneficial Interest
Mr R K Steel 2,506 103,638
2. The Company was notified on 24 May 2006 by the Personal Equity Plan (PEP) /
Individual Savings Account (ISA) Administrators that on 5 May 2006, Mr L C
Dickinson, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMR) of the Company,
had received 78 ordinary shares in the Company following the reinvestment of the
Barclays dividend for the year ended 31 December 2005 at a price of 676.50p per
share.
Exhibit 12.
Barclays Bank PLC
RE: WOOLWICH PLC
ITL 15,000,000,000.00
MATURING: 26-Nov-2007
ISSUE DATE:08-Oct-1997
ISIN: XS0080965113
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE INTEREST RATE FOR THE PERIOD 26-May-2006 TO
29-Aug-2006 HAS BEEN FIXED AT 3.038750 PCT
DAY BASIS 95/360
INTEREST PAYABLE VALUE 29-Aug-2006 WILL AMOUNT TO:
ITL 801,892.00 PER ITL 100,000,000.00 DENOMINATION
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES PLEASE CONTACT THE RATE FIX DESK ON
TEL: 44 20 7508 3858/3855 OR FAX: 44 20 7508 3881
Exhibit 13.
26 May 2006
Barclays Bank PLC
Barclays redeems US$125,000,000 Floating Rate Subordinated
Step-up Callable Notes due May 2011 (the "Notes")
ISIN: XS0129884945
Barclays Bank PLC announced today, 26 May 2006, that in accordance with an
option to redeem conferred by the terms of the Notes, it redeemed the Notes in
whole on 25 May 2006.
The Notes will be cancelled and there are no further Notes outstanding.
Exhibit 14.
26 May 2006
Director/PDMR shareholding: Disclosure Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a) and 3.1.4R(1)(b)
The Company was notified on 26 May 2006 by the nominee account administrators
that on 28 April 2006 the following director (or his connected persons) had
received ordinary shares in the Company, following the reinvestment of the
Barclays dividend for the year ended 31 December 2005 at a price of 694.26p per
share. The number of shares received, together with their total beneficial
interests following the notification are as follows:
Director No. of shares received Beneficial Interest
DL Roberts 1,924 221,183
In addition to these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 162,178,058 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC. The Chairman, and the executive directors of Barclays PLC are
amongst the potential beneficiaries under these trusts and are therefore
regarded for Companies Act purposes as being interested in the Barclays PLC
ordinary shares held in them.
Exhibit 15.
31 May 2006
Director/PDMR shareholding: Disclosure Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a) and 3.1.4R(1)(b)
1. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
Trust (the "ESAS Trust") notified the Company on 30 May 2006 that it had
on 26 May 2006 exercised its discretion and purchased 50,356 ordinary
shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 608.33p per share. None of the shares
purchased were in respect of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.
2. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group PSP Trust (the "PSP Trust")
notified the Company on 30 May 2006 that it had on 26 May 2006 exercised
its discretion and purchased a total of 1,043,827 shares in Barclays PLC at
a price of 608.33p per share. The participants for whom the shares were
purchased are not directors of Barclays PLC.
Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 163,272,240 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. The
Chairman and the executive directors of Barclays are amongst the potential
beneficiaries under these trusts and are therefore regarded for Companies Act
purposes as being interested in the Barclays PLC ordinary shares held in them.