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Shareholder Information
Trading Market for Ordinary Shares of Barclays PLC
The nominal capital of Barclays PLC is divided into 9,996,000,000 ordinary shares of 25p each (ordinary shares) and 1,000,000 staff shares of £1 each
(staff shares). At the close of business on 31st December 2003, 6,562,731,310 25p ordinary shares and 875,000 staff 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 Tokyo
Stock Exchange with effect from 1st August 1986 and 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 25p ordinary shares and is evidenced by an American
Depositary Receipt (ADR). The ADR depositary is The Bank of New York. Details of trading activity are published in the stock tables of leading daily
newspapers in the US.
There were 229 ADR holders and 890 recorded holders of ordinary shares with US addresses at 31st December 2003, whose shareholdings
represented approximately 1.71% 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.
The following table shows the high and low sales prices for the ordinary shares of 25p during the periods indicated, based on mid-market prices at
close of business on the London Stock Exchange and the high and low sale prices for ADSs as reported on the NYSE composite tape.
From 29th January 2001, decimal pricing was introduced for trading on the NYSE.
American
25p ordinary shares Depositary Shares
High Low High Low
p p US$ US$
2003
By month:
December 513 476 36.57 33.50
November 512 486 35.99 33.04
October 527 485 36.15 32.04
September 503 460 33.24 29.10
August 492 436 32.05 28.28
July 468 438 31.20 28.60
By quarter:
Fourth quarter 527 476 36.57 32.04
Third quarter 503 436 33.24 28.28
Second quarter 475 373 32.37 23.34
First quarter 397 311 25.87 20.30
2002
Fourth quarter 478 370 30.42 23.55
Third quarter 558 355 34.48 21.37
Second quarter 624 521 38.00 30.83
First quarter 576 516 34.00 29.67
2003 527 311 36.57 20.30
2002 624 355 38.00 21.37
2001 582 379 34.12 22.25
2000 528 334 32.19 22.72
1999 502 322 32.18 22.71
The high and low prices for 25p ordinary shares and American depositary shares in January 2004 were 536p and 495p and US$39.43 and US$36.20
respectively.
This section incorporates information on the prices at which securities of Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC have traded. It is emphasised that past
performance cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance.