STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 13, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) (NYSE:BCB_p):
Form 8.1/8.3
Lodge with a RIS or Newstrack, if appropriate, and the Takeover Panel. Use separate form for each class of securities in which dealings have been made.
Date of Disclosure 13 March 2003
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(i) and 8.3 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGER
Date of Dealing 12 March 2003
Dealing in TESCO
(1)Class of security (eg ordinary shares) ORD GBP0.05
(2)Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit
126 0 1.6165
137 0 1.6190
153 0 1.6265
161 0 1.6215
192 0 1.6415
199 0 1.6190
205 0 1.6165
268 0 1.6146
282 0 1.6215
301 0 1.6215
308 0 1.6180
313 0 1.6121
316 0 1.6215
334 0 1.6216
362 0 1.6235
362 0 1.6185
381 0 1.6540
406 0 1.6215
437 0 1.6315
450 0 1.6265
487 0 1.6215
609 0 1.6565
642 0 1.6165
649 0 1.6435
817 0 1.6565
889 0 1.6315
1,017 0 1.6620
3,811 0 1.6150
6,000 0 1.6600
6,200 0 1.6665
7,251 0 1.6500
57,550 0 1.6250
104,951 0 1.6327
0 220 1.6431
0 234 1.6175
0 275 1.6129
0 319 1.6531
0 324 1.6336
0 392 1.6306
0 435 1.6336
0 460 1.6261
0 526 1.6306
0 549 1.6356
0 755 1.6206
0 1,068 1.6261
0 1,146 1.6206
0 1,180 1.6231
0 1,299 1.6531
0 1,313 1.6150
0 1,380 1.6155
0 1,443 1.6180
0 1,465 1.6606
0 1,477 1.6206
0 1,522 1.6580
0 1,789 1.6261
0 1,840 1.6575
0 1,842 1.6531
0 1,974 1.6661
0 2,098 1.6331
0 2,159 1.6531
0 2,181 1.6531
0 2,350 1.6281
0 2,432 1.6331
0 2,671 1.6181
0 2,691 1.6531
0 4,535 1.6556
0 8,422 1.6410
0 12,782 1.6431
(3)Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled 328,243,941
(and percentage of class) (4.51 % )
(4) Party making disclosure Barclays PLC
(5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser/vendor (Note 1)
(b) If dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund
management organisation
Barclays PLC
(6) Reason for disclosure (Note 2)
(a) associate of (i) offeror (Note 3) NO
(ii) offeree NO
Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8 overleaf)
(b) Rule 8.3 (i.e disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% or more of the class of relevant securities dealt in) YES
Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above
Geoff Smith,Telephone and extension number 0207 699 2305
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