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
September 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 1 August 2006
2. Absa Interim Results released dated 3 August 2006
3. Base Rate Change dated 3 August 2006
4. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 4 August 2006
5. Additional Listing dated 8 August 2006
6. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 8 August 2006
7. Publication of Prospectus dated 9 August 2006
8. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 15 August 2006
9. Cancellation/Cessation dated 16 August 2006
10. Statement re Acquisition dated 21 August 2006
11. Publication of Prospectus dated 21 August 2006
12. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 22 August 2006
13. Statement re Joint Venture dated 23 August 2006
14. Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 30 August 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: September 1, 2006 By: /s/ Patrick Gonsalves
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Patrick Gonsalves
Deputy Secretary
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
(Registrant)
Date: September 1, 2006 By: /s/ Patrick Gonsalves
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Patrick Gonsalves
Joint Secretary
Exhibit 1.
1 August 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 31 July 2006 that it had between 24
July and 28 July 2006 exercised its discretion and released a total of 19,908
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 163,300,155 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.
BARCLAYS PLC
3 August 2006
Shareholders are advised that Absa Group Limited ("Absa"), in which Barclays PLC
has a controlling stake, and Absa Bank Limited have today issued unaudited
financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2006. For further details
please refer to Absa's website, www.absa.co.za
For further information, please contact:
Barclays PLC
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
Exhibit 3.
3 August 2006
BARCLAYS BANK INCREASING BASE RATE
Barclays Bank is increasing its base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.75 per cent with
effect from today, 3 August 2006.
Exhibit 4.
4 August 2006
Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act 1985 s.329
On 3 August 2006 the following ordinary shares in Barclays PLC were purchased on
behalf of the following non-executive directors of Barclays PLC at a price of
631.50p per share. As disclosed in the Barclays Annual Report, these purchases
arise from the policy of using part of each director's fee to purchase shares in
Barclays PLC on the directors' behalf which, together with reinvested dividends,
are retained for the director until they leave the Board.
DIRECTOR BARCLAYS PLC TOTAL BENEFICIAL TOTAL NON-
SHARES INTEREST FOLLOWING BENEFICIAL
PURCHASED THIS NOTIFICATION INTEREST FOLLOWING
THIS NOTIFICATION
Sir Richard Broadbent 955 8,045 -
Leigh Clifford 895 5,219 -
Fulvio Conti 538 2,538 -
Dr Danie Cronje 878 3,547 -
Professor Sandra Dawson 1064 9,921 -
Sir Andrew Likierman 887 5,441 -
Sir Nigel Rudd 1,246 51,117 -
Stephen Russell 1,172 18,581 -
Robert Steel 854 104,492 -
Sir John Sunderland 864 10,054 -
Exhibit 5.
Application has been made to The UK Listing Authority and the London Stock
Exchange for a block listing of 2,500,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each under the
Barclays Incentive Share Option Plan, to trade on the London Stock Exchange and
to be admitted to the Official List upon issuance. The shares shall rank equally
with the existing issued shares of the Company.
Exhibit 6.
8 August 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 Barclays PLC ("the Company") on 7
August 2006 that it had on 4 August 2006 exercised its discretion and
purchased a total of 2,498,638 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price
of 634.00p per share and on 4 August 2006 it had released 22,724 ordinary
shares in Barclays PLC.
2. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP) Employees' Benefit
Trust (the "PSP Trust") notified the Company on 7 August 2006 that it had
on 4 August 2006 exercised its discretion and purchased a total of 151,813
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 634.00p per share.
Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 165,927,882 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.
3. The trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan, an HM Revenue and
Customs approved all-employee share plan, informed the Company on 7 August
2006 that it had on 7 August 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 629.50p per share:
Director/PDMR Number of Shares
Mr G A Hoffman 40
Mr D L Roberts 40
Mr J S Varley 40
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 August
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 317,567 -
Mr D L Roberts 221,303 -
Mr J S Varley 374,942 -
4. The independent trustee of the PSP Trust notified the Company on 7 August
2006 that on 4 August 2006 it had resolved to grant the following award
under the Barclays PLC Performance Share Plan ("the PSP") to a director of
Barclays PLC:
Director Allocation of Maximum number potentially
performance shares (a) releasable
Mr F F Seegers 157,728 473,184
The effective date of the grant of the awards is 4 August 2006 and the
calculation of the initial award allocation was based on a share price of
634.00p. No consideration was paid for the grant of any award.
5. The independent trustee of the ESAS Trust notified the Company on 7 August
2006 that on 4 August 2006 it had resolved to grant the following award
under the Barclays PLC Joiners Share Award Plan ("the JSAP") to a director
of Barclays PLC:
Director Allocation of shares (b)
Mr F F Seegers 802,208
Notes:
(a) Under PSP, award is granted as a provisional allocation and does 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.
(b) Under JSAP, the award shares will be released as follows:
(i) 80% in June 2007;
(ii) 10% in June 2008; and
(iii) 10% in June 2009.
Exhibit 7.
CORRECTION IN ISIN NUMBER FOR THE CALL WARRANTS
The following unitary prospectus was approved by the UK Listing Authority on 26
July 2006:
Barclays Bank PLC
5,000,000 Call Warrants and 5,000,000 Put Warrants each relating to a basket of
shares, issued and tradable together as World Basket 10 Year Equity Linked
Security (Issue 20) issued on 7 June 2006, in respect of the Warrant Programme
of Barclays Bank PLC in respect of which a base prospectus was approved on 2
June 2006.
On pages 23, 27 and 32 of the above detailed unitary prospectus, the correct
ISIN number in respect of the Call Warrants is "GB00B15C7Z13" and not
"GB00B15C7213".
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of your browser:
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For further information, please contact:
Barclays Bank PLC
5 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 4BB
United Kingdom
Attention: SPET
Telephone: +44(0) 20 773 7676
Fax: +44(0) 20 773 8446
DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSEES
Please note that the information contained in the Unitary Prospectus may be
addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular
countries (specified in the Unitary Prospectus) only and is not intended for use
and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to
whom the offer contained in the Unitary Prospectus is not addressed. Prior to
relying on the information contained in the Prospectus you must ascertain from
the Unitary Prospectus whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of
the information contained therein.
Your right to access this service is conditional upon complying with the above
requirement.
Exhibit 8.
15 August 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 Barclays PLC ("the Company") on 14 August 2006
that it had on 8 August 2006 exercised its discretion and released a total of
283,758 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 165,644,124 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 9.
STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
EUR10,500,000 Credit Linked Notes due 23 January 2012 (the "Notes") issued by
Barclays Bank PLC (the "Issuer")
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 11 August 2006
RE: Cancellation of Notes and consequent cessation of Listing
The Listing Agent, on behalf of the Issuer, hereby announces that the
above-referenced Notes were repurchased by the Issuer on July 28, 2006. The
Issuer cancelled the Notes on August 11, 2006 (the "Cancellation Date"). As of
the Cancellation Date, the Notes will no longer be in existence and will
consequently not be capable of being the subject of a listing on the Daily
Official List of the Irish Stock Exchange.
J & E Davy Louise Murray
Listing Agent +353 1 614 8933
This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of
the Irish Stock Exchange
Exhibit 10.
21 August 2006
Barclays today announces that shareholders representing 96% of the share capital
of Rank Investments and Credits (India) Limited ("Rank") have agreed to the
subscription of equity and preference shares of Rank by Barclays Bank PLC for a
total consideration of $7.5m in cash. Following such subscription, Barclays will
effectively own approximately 99.28% of the equity share capital of Rank.
Completion of the transaction is conditional upon no objection being raised by
the Reserve Bank of India or any other Indian governmental authority during the
30 day period following public announcement of the proposed transaction in
India. This transaction forms part of Barclays ongoing investment and
development of its business activities in India.
For further information please contact
Investor Relations Media Relations
Anne Ramsay/Karen Menzel Jason Nisse
+44 (0) 20 7116 8171/2929 +44 (0) 20 7116 6223
Exhibit 11.
Publication of Prospectus
The following base prospectus supplement has been approved by the UK Listing
Authority and is available for viewing:
Base Prospectus Supplement dated 18 August 2006 for the Barclays Bank PLC
GBP20,000,000,000 Debt Issuance Programme
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of your browser.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8904h_-2006-8-21.pdf
For further information, please contact
Barclays Treasury
1 Churchill Place
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HP
DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSEES
Please note that the information contained in the Prospectus may be addressed to
and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (specified
in the Prospectus) only and is not intended for use and should not be relied
upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in
the Prospectus is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained
in the Prospectus you must ascertain from the Prospectus whether or not you are
part of the intended addressees of the information contained therein.
Any Notes issued or to be issued pursuant to the Prospectus have not been and
will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), or any relevant securities laws of any state of
the United States and are subject to U.S. tax law requirements. Subject to
certain exceptions, such Notes may not be offered, sold or delivered in the
United States or to or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons, as such terms
are defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act.
Your right to access this service is conditional upon complying with the above
requirement.
Exhibit 12.
22 August 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 Barclays PLC ("the Company") on 21 August 2006
that it had between 14 August and 15 August 2006 exercised its discretion and
released a total of 46,461 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 165,597,663 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 13.
23 August 2006
Barclays Bank PLC and Argos Retail Group to form joint venture
Barclays Bank PLC ("Barclays") and Argos Retail Group have today announced that
they have signed a Shareholders' Agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture to
provide a new Argos credit card and loan product, and a new Homebase loan
product.
The joint venture encompasses Argos's 650 stores in the UK as well as Homebase's
chain of 300 out of town stores.
Each party has made an initial de minimis capital contribution to the joint
venture. A Services Agreement will be entered into between Argos Limited,
Barclays and the joint venture company (ARG Personal Finance Limited) later this
year when the business of the joint venture company will become fully
operational. If the Services Agreement is not signed by 31 December 2006, the
Shareholders' Agreement will terminate without prejudice to Argos Limited or
Barclays.
The move underlines Barclays strategy to grow its UK cards and consumer lending
business with a growing contribution from partnership business and follows
previous, similar deals with Sky and House of Fraser.
- ENDS -
For further information, please contact:
Barclaycard
Public Relations
Ian Barber
Tel: + 44 (0)1604 251 229
Barclays
Investor Relations Media Relations
Anne Ramsay/Karen Menzel Jason Nisse/Alistair Smith
+44 (0) 20 7116 8171/2929 +44 (0) 20 7116 6223/6132
About Barclays Bank PLC
Barclays Bank PLC is a major global financial services provider engaged in
retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth
management and investment management services. We are one of the largest
financial services companies in the world by market capitalisation. Operating in
over 60 countries and employing over 118,000 people, we move, lend, invest and
protect money for over 25 million customers and clients worldwide. With over 300
years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays Bank PLC has six major
businesses including Barclaycard.
Barclaycard is one of the leading credit card businesses in Europe and has 11.2
million UK customers and 5.3 million international cards in issue.
About Argos Retail Group
Argos Retail Group is the UK's leading home and general merchandise retailer
with sales of over GBP5.5 billion in the year ended 31st March 2006. It sells
products under two distinctive and complementary retail brands, Argos and
Homebase.
Argos is a unique retailer recognised for choice, value and convenience. It
sells over 17,000 general merchandise products for the home through its network
of more than 650 stores, online and over the phone. Argos' internet site,
www.argos.co.uk, is the second most popular internet retail site in the UK.
Homebase is the UK's second largest home improvement retailer and is recognised
for choice, style and customer service across the wider home enhancement market.
It has more than 300 large, out of town stores, which sell over 30,000 products,
as well as a growing internet offering at www.homebase.co.uk.
Argos and Homebase are supported by an in-house financial services business, ARG
Financial Services, which provides a range of credit and insurance products to
their customers through all customer-facing channels of stores, online and over
the phone. ARG Financial Services is one of the largest store card providers in
the UK, having over one million active store card customers.
Exhibit 14.
30 August 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 Barclays PLC ("the Company") on 29 August 2006 that
it had between 21 August and 24 August 2006 exercised its discretion and
released a total of 30,246 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 165,567,417 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.