Holding(s) in Company

Barclays PLC
01 November 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:

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

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

China Development Bank
Upper Chance Group Limited

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

Upper Chance Group Limited

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

31 October 2007 (being the date that Barclays PLC announced its Voting Rights 
and Capital for the month ending 31 October)

6. Date on which the issuer notified:

1 November 2007

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

Shareholding exceeding 3% threshold

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
201,388,889                 201,388,889

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Number of shares     Number of Voting Rights     % of voting rights

Direct               Direct                      Direct
201,388,889          201,388,889                 3.0195%

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
201,388,889                     3.0195%

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

China Development Bank
Upper Chance Group Limited

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:

Not disclosed


Contact name for enquiries:

Lawrence Dickinson
Company Secretary
020 7116 8099
1 November 2007




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