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328 Barclays PLC Annual Report 2009 www.barclays.com/annualreport09
Shareholder information
Dividends on the ordinary shares of Barclays PLC
Barclays PLC has paid dividends on its ordinary shares every year since its incorporation in 1896.
As announced on 10th November 2009, the Board resumed dividend payments with an interim cash dividend of 1p per ordinary share paid on
11th December 2009. A final cash dividend for the full-year ended 31st December 2009 of 1.5p per ordinary share was announced on 16th February 2010
for payment on 19th March 2010.
The dividends declared for each of the last five years were:
Pence per 25p ordinary share 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Interim 1.00 11.50 11.50 10.50 9.20
Final 1.50 – 22.50 20.50 17.40
Total 2.50 11.50 34.00 31.00 26.60
US Dollars per 25p ordinary share 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
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Interim 0.02 0.20 0.23 0.20 0.16
Final 0.02 – 0.45 0.41 0.31
Total 0.04 0.20 0.68 0.61 0.47
The gross dividends applicable to an American Depositary Share (ADS) representing four ordinary shares, before deduction of withholding tax,
are as follows:
US Dollars per American Depositary Share 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Interim 0.07 0.82 0.93 0.80 0.65
Final 0.09 – 1.78 1.64 1.24
Total 0.16 0.82 2.71 2.44 1.89
For years prior to 2009, final dividends expressed in Dollars have been translated at the Noon Buying Rates in New York City for cable transfers in Pounds
Sterling as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the Noon Buying Rate). From January 2009, the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York discontinued the publication of Noon Buying Rates. The final dividend for 2009 is expressed in Dollars translated at the closing spot rate for
Pounds Sterling as determined by Bloomberg at 5pm in New York City (the ‘Closing Spot Rate’) on 5th March 2010 (the latest practicable date for inclusion
in this report). No representation is made that Pounds Sterling amounts have been, or could have been, or could be, converted into Dollars at these rates.
Trading market for ordinary shares of Barclays PLC
The nominal capital of Barclays PLC is divided into 20,996,000,000 ordinary shares of 25p each (ordinary shares), 0.4 million Sterling preference shares of
£100 each, 0.4 million US Dollar preference shares of $100 each, 150 million US Dollar preference shares of $0.25 each, 0.4 million Euro preference shares
of ¤100 each, 0.4 million Yen preference shares of ¥10,000 each and 1 million staff shares of £1 each. At the close of business on 31st December 2009,
11,411,577,230 ordinary shares were outstanding.
The principal trading market for Barclays PLC ordinary shares is the London Stock Exchange. Ordinary share listings were also obtained on the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE) with effect from 9th September 1986.
Trading on the NYSE is in the form of ADSs under the symbol ‘BCS’. Each ADS represents four ordinary shares and is evidenced by an American Depositary
Receipt (ADR). The ADR depositary is J P Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Details of trading activity are published in the stock tables of leading daily newspapers
in the US.
There were 891 ADR holders and 1,595 recorded holders of ordinary shares with US addresses at 31st December 2009, whose shareholdings represented
approximately 12.08% of total outstanding ordinary shares on that date. Since certain of the ordinary shares and ADRs were held by brokers or other
nominees, the number of recorded holders in the US may not be representative of the number of beneficial holders or of their country of residence.