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
August 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 4 July 2006
2. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 10 July 2006
3. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 11 July 2006
4. Absa Group: Trading Statement dated 25 July 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: August 1, 2006 By: /s/ Patrick Gonsalves
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Patrick Gonsalves
Deputy Secretary
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
(Registrant)
Date: August 1, 2006 By: /s/ Patrick Gonsalves
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Patrick Gonsalves
Joint Secretary
Exhibit 1.
4 July 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 3 July 2006 that it had on 28 June
2006 exercised its discretion and purchased a total of 795,085 ordinary shares
in Barclays PLC at a price of 599.71p per share and on 30 June 2006 it released
a total of 494,512 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. None of the shares purchased
or released 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 163,327,075 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 2.
10 July 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 7 July 2006 that it had on 7
July 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 626.50p per share:
Director/PDMR Number of Shares
Mr G A Hoffman 38
Mr D L Roberts 38
Mr J S Varley 38
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 7 July 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 317,527 -
Mr D L Roberts 221,263 -
Mr J S Varley 374,902 -
In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 163,327,075 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 3.
11 July 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 10 July 2006 that it had on 4 July
2006 exercised its discretion and released a total of 7,012 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC. None of the shares released 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 163,320,063 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 4.
Barclays PLC
Shareholders are advised that Absa Group Limited, in which we have a
shareholding of over 56%, and Absa Bank Limited have today issued the Trading
Statement set out below.
ABSA GROUP LIMITED ABSA BANK LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic (Incorporated in the Republic of
of South Africa) South Africa)
(Registration number: 1986/003934/06) (Registration number: 1986/004794/06)
ISIN: ZAE000067237 ISIN: ZAE000079810
JSE share code: ASA JSE share code: ABSP
Issuer code: AMAGB (Absa Bank)
(Absa or the Group)
ABSA GROUP LIMITED: TRADING STATEMENT
In terms of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited (the JSE Listings
Requirements), a listed company is required to publish a trading statement as
soon as it becomes apparent that the financial results for the next period to be
reported on are expected, with a reasonable degree of certainty, to differ by at
least 20% from those of the previous corresponding period.
The favourable trading environment that has persisted for the first half of 2006
has resulted in an improvement in the results of the Group's banking operations.
Shareholders are accordingly advised that the Group's headline earnings per
share for the six months ended 30 June 2006 are expected to increase by
approximately twenty percent (20%) compared with the pro forma headline earnings
per share of 432,3 cents per share for the same period in 2005.
The earnings per share for the six months ended 30 June 2006 are not expected to
differ much from the headline earnings per share for the same period. The
pro forma earnings per share for the six months ended 30 June 2005 were 448,7
cents per share.
The financial results on which this trading statement is based have not been
reviewed or reported on by Absa's auditors.
The Group's results for the six months ended 30 June 2006 will be released on
Sens on 3 August 2006.
Enquiries
Eric Wasserman
Group executive: Group Finance
Absa Group Limited
4th floor, Absa Towers East, 170 Main Street, Johannesburg
Tel: (+2711) 350-5887 Fax: (+2711) 350-6487
e-Mail: ericwas@absa.co.za
Issued by:
Jacques Badenhorst
Investor Relations
Absa Group Limited
4th floor, Absa Towers East, 170 Main Street, Johannesburg
Tel: (+2711) 350-4061 Fax: (+2711) 350-6487
e-Mail: jacques.badenhorst@absa.co.za
Lead sponsor:
Merrill Lynch South Africa (Proprietary) Limited
Co-sponsor:
Absa Capital - Corporate Finance, a division of Absa Bank Limited
Johannesburg
25 July 2006
Barclays PLC
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations Media Relations
Mark Merson/James S Johnson Jason Nisse/Alistair Smith
+44 (0) 20 7116 5752/2927 +44 (0) 20 7116 6223/6132