Additional Listing

Barclays PLC
03 March 2006



Application has been made to The UK Listing Authority and the London Stock
Exchange for block listings totalling 14,950,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each 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.

The Block listings consist of 14,000,000 shares to be issued under the Barclays
Incentive Share Option Plan, 700,000 shares to be issued under the Barclays
Executive Share Option Scheme and 250,000 shares to be issued under the Woolwich
Executive Share Option Plan.




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