Holding(s) in Company

Barclays PLC
02 May 2008


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:

Appleby Trust (Jersey) Limited in its capacity as trustee of the Barclays Group 
(ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust and the Barclays Group (PSP) Employees' Benefit 
Trust

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

Greenwood Nominees Limited - acting as custodian

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

5 September 2007

6. Date on which the issuer notified:

TR-1 submitted on 1 May 2008

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

3%

8. Notified Details:

8A: 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
203,767,198                 203,767,198

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Number of shares     Number of Voting Rights     % of voting rights

                     Direct          Indirect       Direct    Indirect
206,632,598          206,632,598     N/a            3.02%     N/a


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
206,632,598                     3.02%

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

Not disclosed

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:

It is our normal practice to abstain from voting in relation to our holding


Contact name for enquiries:

Lawrence Dickinson
Company Secretary
020 7116 8099
2 May 2008




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