Holding(s) in Company

Barclays PLC
13 August 2007


BARCLAYS PLC                                        

Notification of Major Interests in Shares

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1.Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which 
voting rights are attached:

Barclays PLC

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

4. Full name of shareholders(s) (if different from 3.):

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or 
reached:

8 August 2007

6. Date on which the issuer notified:

10 August 2007

7. Thresholds(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

From 3% to 4%

8. Notified Details:

8. A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

Ord GBP 25p (ISIN CODE: GB0031348658)

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Number of shares            Number of Voting Rights
242,312,850                 242,312,850

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Number of shares     Number of Voting Rights     % of voting rights

Direct               Direct                      Direct
261,524,831          261,524,831                 4.00%

8B: Financial Instruments

Type of financial      Expiration date      Number of         % of
instrument                                  voting rights     voting rights

N/a                    N/a                  N/a               N/a

TOTAL (A+B)

Number of voting rights         % of voting rights
261,524,831                     4.00%

9.Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited
(LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (261,524,831 - 4.00% = LGAS, LGPL & 
PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (221,153,771 
- 3.38% = PMC)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (221,153,771 -
3.38% = PMC)

Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)

Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)

Proxy Voting:

10.Name of proxy holder:

Not disclosed

11.Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

Not disclosed

12.Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

Not disclosed

13.Additional information:

Notification using shares in issue figure of 6,530,471,873


Contact name for enquiries:

Lawrence Dickinson
Company Secretary
020 7116 8099
13 August 2007




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