UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
July, 2008
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):
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.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Result of Placing and Open Offer dated 18 July 2008
This announcement shall
not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any
securities, nor shall there be any sale or purchase of securities in any
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
The availability of the Open Offer to persons not resident in
the
United
States
or
the
United
Kingdom
may be affected by
the laws of the relevant jurisdictions. Such persons should inform themselves about
and observe any applicable requirements.
Result of Placing and Open
Offer
On 25 June 2008, the Board of
Directors of Barclays announced details of a Share Issue to raise approximately
£4.5 billion through the issue of 1,576 million New Ordinary Shares.
The Firm Placing of 169
million
New Ordinary Shares was
completed on 4 July and the Open Offer closed
on 17
July
in accordance with its
terms.
Barclays announces that valid
applications under the Open Offer have been received from Qualifying Shareholders
in respect of
267,115,898
Open Offer Shares in
aggregate. This represents
19.0
per cent. of the Open
Offer Shares offered pursuant to the Open Offer.
Accordingly,
the remaining
1,140,310,966
Open Offer Shares have
been allocated to Qatar Investment Authority, Challenger, China Development Bank,
Temasek and certain
leading
institutional shareholders
and other investors with whom they had been conditionally placed.
John Varley, Group Chief
Executive of Barclays, said
:
"I'm pleased to welcome new
shareholders to our register as a result of our capital raising. We look forward to
building on our relationships with our new shareholders, Qatar Investment Authority
and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and we appreciate the support of existing
owners of our shares including China Development Bank, Temasek, and other
institutional holders."
Admission and commencement of
dealings in Open Offer Shares is expected at 8.00 a.m.
on 22 July
2008
. Open Offer Shares in
uncertificated form are expected to be credited to CREST accounts at 8.00
a.m.
on 22 July 2008, and
definitive share certificates for the New Ordinary Shares in certificated
form
and statements of
entitlement for Sharestore members
are expected to be
despatched by 25
July
2008.
Listing of new ADSs on the
New York Stock Exchange is expected to
occur
on 22 July 2008, and
new ADSs are expected to be delivered to each ADS subscriber as
soon
as practicable after the
delivery of the underlying New Ordinary Shares to the depositary's custodian, which
is expected to be on 22 July 2008
.
Mark Merson
+44 (0) 20 7116 5752
John McIvor
+44 (0) 20 7116 2929
Alistair Smith
+44 (0) 20 7116 6132
Ebony Kenny
+44 (0) 20 7116
6217
Capitalised terms used in
this announcement shall have the same meaning given to them in Barclays
announcement of 25 June 2008 referred to above.
This announcement should be
read in conjunction with the full text of the Prospectus published by Barclays on
25 June 2008 in relation to the Share Issue. Copies of the Prospectus
are
available, free of
charge, for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility,
which is situated at: The Financial Services Authority, 25 The North
Colonnade,
Canary
Wharf
,
London
E14 5HS. In addition,
copies of the Prospectus are available for inspection during normal business hours
on Monday to Friday of each week (public holidays excepted) at Barclays registered
office and on its website
www.barclays.com
.
This announcement is not a
prospectus but an advertisement. Investors should only rely on the information
contained in the Prospectus and any documents incorporated therein by
reference.
This announcement shall not
constitute an offer to buy, sell, issue, or subscribe for, or the solicitation of
an offer to buy, sell or issue, or subscribe for any securities, nor shall there be
any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities
laws of any such jurisdiction.
The times and dates mentioned
throughout this announcement may be adjusted by Barclays in which event details of
the new times and dates will be notified to the UK Listing Authority, the London
Stock Exchange and, where appropriate, existing Shareholders. References to times
in this announcement are to
London
times unless otherwise
stated. Different deadlines and procedures may apply in certain
cases.
This announcement has been
issued by and is the sole responsibility of Barclays. The distribution of this
announcement, the offering of the New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Placing and
the availability of the Open Offer to persons not resident in
the
United States
and
the
United Kingdom
may be affected by the
laws of the relevant jurisdictions. It is the responsibility of any person
(including, without limitation, nominees and trustees) outside the United States or
the United Kingdom who has applied for New Ordinary Shares under the Open Offer to
satisfy himself or herself as to the full observance of the laws of any relevant
territory in connection therewith, including obtaining any governmental or other
consents that may be required, observing any other formalities required to be
observed in such territory and paying any issue, transfer or other taxes due in
such territory. Any failure to comply with such laws may constitute a violation of
the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
C
opies of this announcement
are not being, and must not be, mailed or otherwise distributed or sent in, into or
from any Restricted Jurisdiction into which the same would be unlawful. Persons
receiving this announcement (including, without limitation, custodians, nominees
and trustees) must not distribute, mail or send it in, into or from any Restricted
Jurisdiction, and so doing may render any purported acceptance of the Placing and
Open Offer invalid.
The New Ordinary Shares
issued pursuant to the Firm Placing and
to be issued pursuant
to the
Placing and Open Offer
have not been, and will not be, admitted to trading on any stock exchange other
than the London Stock Exchange and, as applicable, in the form of American
Depositary Shares (ADS) on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Open Offer Shares have
not been offered or sold directly or indirectly within the borders of the People's
Republic of
China
. This announcement or the
information contained herein has not been approved by or registered with any
relevant governmental authorities in the People's Republic of China and may not be
offered for sale in the People's Republic of China. Investors with registered
addresses in, or who are resident or ordinarily resident in, or a citizen of, the
People's Republic of China are responsible for obtaining all relevant government
regulatory approvals/licences (if any) themselves, including, but not limited to,
any which may be required from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and
other competent regulatory authorities and complying with all relevant People's
Republic of China regulations (if applicable), including, but not limited to, any
relevant foreign exchange regulations and/or overseas investment
regulations.
Neither the content of
Barclays website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on Barclays website is
incorporated in, or forms part of, this announcement.
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: July 18, 2008
By: /s/ Patrick
Gonsalves
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Patrick Gonsalves
Deputy Secretary
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
(Registrant)
Date: July 18, 2008
By: /s/ Patrick Gonsalves
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Patrick Gonsalves
Joint Secretary