Holding(s) in Company

Barclays PLC
20 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 event changing the breakdown 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:

16 August 2007

6. Date on which the issuer notified:

17 August 2007

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

From 4% to 3%

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
261,524,831                 261,524,831

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Number of shares     Number of Voting Rights     % of voting rights

Direct               Direct                      Direct
262,201,359          262,201,359                 3.81%

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
262,201,359                     3.81%

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) (262,201,359 - 3.81% = LGAS, LGPL 
& PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct)(LGIMHD) 
(221,409,299 - 3.22% = PMC)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (221,409,299 -
3.22% = 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 6,864,158,569


Contact name for enquiries:

Lawrence Dickinson
Company Secretary
020 7116 8099
20 August 2007




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