Last checked at 1 Aug 2023 07:30
01 August 2023
Barclays PLC
Transaction in own shares
Barclays PLC (the "Company") announces that it has purchased for cancellation the following number of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each on the London Stock Exchange from Citigroup Global Markets Limited as part of its buy-back announced on 28 July 2023:
Date of purchase: | 31 July 2023 |
Number of ordinary shares purchased: | 7,232,235 |
Highest price paid per share: | 156.6600p |
Lowest price paid per share: | 155.5200p |
Volume weighted average price paid per share: | 155.9903p |
The Company intends to cancel all of the purchased ordinary shares.
Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 15,544,227,760 ordinary shares with voting rights.
There are no ordinary shares held in Treasury.
The above figure (15,544,227,760) may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended, a full breakdown of the individual purchases of ordinary shares made by Citigroup Global Markets Limited on behalf of the Company can be found at:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8153H_1-2023-7-31.pdf
Since the commencement of the share buy-back programme announced on 28 July 2023, the Company has purchased 14,184,045 ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange in aggregate at a volume weighted average price of 155.6986p per ordinary share.
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