Barclays PLC Reveals Rights Issue Prospectus

Barclays plc (LON:BARC) announces timetable for £5.8bn rights issue.

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Barclays (LSE: BARC) (NYSE: BCS.US) has revealed further details of the £5.8bn rights issue by publishing its prospectus.

It confirms the following timetable for those hoping to take part in the four-for-one rights issue, with new ordinary shares issued at 185p, a discount of some 40% to today’s price:

  • Close of business on 13 September — Record Date for entitlement under the Rights Issue for Qualifying Shareholders and Qualifying Sharestore Members;
  • 17 September — Despatch of Provisional Allotment Letters and Sharestore Forms of Instruction;
  • 8.00 a.m. on 18 September — Admission, Dealings in New Ordinary Shares, nil paid, commence on the London Stock Exchange, Existing Ordinary Shares marked “Ex-Rights” by the London Stock Exchange;
  • As soon as practicable after 8.00 a.m. on 18 September — Nil Paid Rights credited to stock accounts in CREST, Nil Paid Rights and Fully Paid Rights enabled in CREST;
  • 2.00 p.m. on 2 October — Latest time and date for acceptance and payment by settlement of an MTM instruction in CREST;
  • 11.59 p.m. on 2 October — Latest time and date for receipt of an acceptance, instruction and payment by returning a Provisional Allotment Letter or a Sharestore Form of Instruction and registration of renounced Provisional Allotment Letters
  • 8.00 a.m. on 4 October — Results of Rights Issue to be announced, Dealings in New Ordinary Shares, fully paid, commence on the London Stock Exchange

Management confirmed that the bank “continues to remain cautious about the environment in which it operates and its focus remains on costs, capital, leverage and returns in order to drive sustainable performance improvements”.

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> Sam owns shares in Barclays.

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