Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

BARCLAYS PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

No

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

No

Other (please specify):

A re-calculation of the voting rights attributable to the shareholder's holding of warrants of the Issuer, pursuant to FSA DTR 5.3.3G

Yes

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Qatar Holding LLC

Qatar Investment Authority (as parent undertaking only)

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

Qatar Holding LLC

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

13/10/2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

16/10/2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

9%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary shares of 25 pence each

GB0031348658

813,964,552

813,964,552

813,964,552

813,964,552

N/A

6.68%

N/A

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Warrants for ordinary shares

31/10/2013

197,686,765

Nominal

Delta

1.62%

Options on ordinary shares

Dates starting 26/09/2012

and ending

10/10/2012

13,447,183

Nominal

Delta

0.11%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

1,025,098,500

8.41%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Qatar Holding LLC is the beneficial holder of the specified shares, warrants and voting rights in Barclays PLC. Qatar Holding LLC is established as a limited liability company in the Qatar Financial Centre and is licensed by the QFC Authority under Licence No. 00004. Qatar Holding LLC is wholly-owned by Qatar Investment Authority.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

1. There has been no change in the holder's holding of warrants of the Issuer. The obligation to make this notification has been caused by the re-calculation of the voting rights attributable to the holder's holding of warrants of the Issuer, pursuant to FSA DTR 5.3.3G.

2. As required under the DTRs, this notification has been prepared using the total voting rights figure of 12,193,339,401 as set out in the public announcement made by the Issuer dated 29 September 2011.

14. Contact name:

Mr. Ahmad Al-Sayed, Managing Director & CEO of Qatar Holding LLC

15. Contact telephone number:

+974.4499.5806