Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2484N

Barclays PLC

12 February 2009

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:

AXA S.A.

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

N/a

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is

crossed or reached:

10 February 2009

6. Date on which the issuer notified:

11 February 2009

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

Reached 5%

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

509,211,922 509,211,922

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Number of shares Number of Voting Rights % of voting rights

Direct Indirect Direct Indirect

78,677,491 381,517,692 0.94% 4.56%

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

460,195,183 5.50%

9.Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting

rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Name of the Company / Fund	Number of Shares	% of issued share capital
Alliance Capital Management	6,653,200.00	0.07945

Direct
AXA	17,768,992.00	0.21218

Direct
AXA Australia	649,387.00	0.00775

Indirect
AXA Colonia Konzern	2,621,667.00	0.03131

Direct
AXA Colonia Konzern	77,828.00	0.000929352

Indirect
AXA Financial, Inc	360,672,033.00	4.31

Indirect
AXA Framlington	803,236.00	0.009591525

Indirect
AXA France	1,965,877.00	0.023474743

Indirect
AXA IM UK	40,031,796.00	0.478023868

Direct
AXA IM UK	3,455,515.00	0.041262666

Indirect
AXA Rosenberg	13,893,816.00	0.165907512

Indirect
AXA Winterthur	11,601,836.00	0.138538739

Direct

Total Direct	78,677,491	0.93950
Total Indirect	381,517,692	4.55574
TOTAL	460,195,183	5.49524