Holding(s) in Company

Barclays PLC
12 October 2005


                                                                 12 October 2005

                                  Barclays PLC

         Notification of Major Interests in Shares: Listing Rule 9.6.7
                        and s.198-202 Companies Act 1985

Barclays PLC (the 'Company') has today, 12 October 2005, been informed that 
Legal & General Group plc and/or its subsidiaries have an interest in 
225,075,261 ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company, representing 3.48% of 
its issued share capital, held by the following registered holders:

                                                                       
                                                                     Number of
                                                                        shares
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945                      2,313,841
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 923363                      1,011,478
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775237                          6,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942199                        636,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942229                        655,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942217                        892,033
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942205                        994,504
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942175                      1,013,904
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942187                        825,557
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245                     23,913,964
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 130007                        112,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206                    147,744,733
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203                     11,102,128
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 904332                      1,309,637
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 916681                        328,333
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 922437                         29,400
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 969995                     14,978,888
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 754612                      4,090,368
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 282605                      2,569,312
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509                      9,591,450
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 766793                        349,286
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 824434                        216,602
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 924422                        390,843

                                                       TOTAL       225,075,261





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