Additional Listing

Barclays PLC
31 August 2005



Application has been made to The UK Listing Authority and the London Stock
Exchange for block listings totalling 3,000,000 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 2,000,000 shares to be issued under the Barclays
Incentive Share Option Plan, 500,000 shares under the Renewed 1986 Executive
Share Option Scheme and 500,000 shares to be issued under the Woolwich Executive
Share Option Plan.





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