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Activities |
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A review of the Group’s business activities
and their performance can be found at Chief Executive's Review and The business at a glance
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Second interim dividends |
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Second interim dividends for the year ended
31st December 2000 of 38p per ordinary share
and of 10p per staff share have been approved
by the Directors. The second interim dividend
will be paid on 30th April 2001 in respect of the
ordinary shares registered at the close of business
on 23rd February 2001 and in respect of the staff
shares so registered on 31st December 2000.
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Directors |
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Details of the current members of the Board
are shown under Board and Executive Committee. Details of the
Directors’ Remuneration and interests in
ordinary shares of Barclays PLC are under Summary Report on Renumeration and Directors' interests.
Sir Brian Jenkins, Stephen Russell and John
Stewart were appointed as Directors on
25th October 2000. Sir Brian Jenkins was
appointed a Deputy Chairman and John Stewart
was appointed Deputy Group Chief Executive
and Chief Executive, Retail Financial Services on
the same date. David Allvey resigned from the
Board on 9th November 2000 and John Varley
was appointed Group Finance Director from
that date. Mary Baker retired from the Board
on 31st December 2000.
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Retirement and re-election of Directors |
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One-third (or the nearest whole number below
one-third) of the Directors of Barclays PLC are
required to retire by rotation at each annual
general meeting, together with Directors
appointed by the Board since the previous annual
general meeting. The retiring Directors are
eligible to stand for re-election. The Directors
retiring at the 2001 annual general meeting and
offering themselves for re-election are Sir Peter
Middleton, Peter Jarvis and Chris Lendrum. In
addition, Sir Brian Jenkins, Stephen Russell and
John Stewart, who were appointed as Directors
since the last annual general meeting, will be
offering themselves for re-election at the 2001
annual general meeting in accordance with
Article 103 of the Company.
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Auditors’ report |
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The auditors’ report on the full annual accounts
of the Group for the year ended 31st December
2000 was unqualified and did not contain
a statement under either Section 237(2)
(accounting records or returns inadequate or
accounts not agreeing with records and returns)
or Section 237(3) (failure to obtain necessary
information and explanations) of the Companies
Act 1985.
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