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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 2004, 6,453,561,180 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 144 ADR holders and 1,224 recorded holders of ordinary shares with US addresses at 31st December 2004, whose shareholdings
represented approximately 2.21% 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.
American
25p ordinary shares Depositary Shares
High Low High Low
ppUS$ US$
2005
By month:
January 604 574 45.97 43.33
February 614 565 47.00 43.74
2004
By month:
December 586 545 45.99 42.15
November 577 540 43.15 39.52
October 572 532 41.72 39.04
September 545 520 39.59 37.38
August 524 460 38.81 33.52
July 468 443 35.05 32.78
By quarter:
Fourth quarter 586 532 45.99 39.04
Third quarter 545 443 39.59 32.78
Second quarter 514 470 37.78 34.49
First quarter 536 473 39.88 34.94
2003
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
2004 586 443 45.99 32.78
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
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.