Additional Listing

Barclays PLC
26 January 2005




Application has been made to The UK Listing Authority and the London Stock
Exchange for a block listing of 2,000,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each to be
issued under the Barclays Incentive Share Option Plan, to trade on the London
Stock Exchange and to be admitted to the Official List upon issuance. The shares
shall rank pari passu with the existing issued shares of the Company.


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