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Barclays PLC 08 October 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 acquisition or disposal 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: 1 October 2007 6. Date on which the issuer notified: 5 October 2007 7. Thresholds(s) that is/are crossed or reached: From 3% to 4% 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 262,201,359 262,201,359 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction: Number of shares Number of Voting Rights % of voting rights Direct Direct Direct 271,732,991 271,732,991 4.02% 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 271,732,991 4.02% 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) (271,732,991 - 4.02% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct)(LGIMHD) (230,566,731 - 3.41% = PMC) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (230,566,731 - 3.41% = 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 6,743,515,237 Please note this notification has been delayed due to the large number of disclosures required following a substantial amount of new business which has come to Legal & General Group Plc in the form of an in-specie transfer. Contact name for enquiries: Lawrence Dickinson Company Secretary 020 7116 8099 8 October 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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