Holding(s) in Company

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof 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

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 change in the Total Voting Rights

Yes

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

Qatar Holding LLC

Qatar Investment Authority (as parent undertaking only)

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

Qatar Holding LLC

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

30 November 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

01 December 2016

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

6% (downwards)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary shares of 25 pence each

GB0031348658

1,017,455,690

1,017,455,690

1,017,455,690

1,017,455,690

N/A

5.999 %

N/A

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversion Period

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

1,017,455,690

5.99 %

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

Qatar Holding LLC ("QH") is the beneficial holder of the specified ordinary share and voting rights in Barclays plc. QH is established as a limited liability company in the Qatar Financial Centre ("QFC") and is licensed by the QFC Authority under Licence No. 00004. QH 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:

As required under the DTRs, this notification has been prepared using the total voting rights figure of 16,960,452,693 as set out in the public announcement made by Barclays plc dated 01 December 2016. 

14. Contact name:

Mr. Ian Kellow

Head of Compliance

15. Contact telephone number:

+974 4499 5893