Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

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

Barclays PLC

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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

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

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

Regulatory announcement by issuer of an increased total in its issued ordinary shares with voting rights

x

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

His Excellency Khadem Abdulla Khadem Butti Al Qubaisi ("HE Khadem Al Qubaisi")

KAQ Holdings Limited ("KAQ")

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

KAQ Holdings Limited ("KAQ")

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

3 July 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

7 July 2009

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

9%, 8%, 7%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/  Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Option

Subject to prior conditions

No expiration date

No exercise period

758,437,618

Nominal

Delta

6.88%

Not required

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

758,437,618

6.88%

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

The option has been granted to KAQ, which is wholly owned by HE Khadem Al Qubaisi.

The option is to acquire, at any time, the entire share capital (and not a portion only) of Kadin Holdings Ltd. ("Kadin"). Kadin wholly owns PCP Gulf Invest 3 Limited, which, in turn, owns warrants exercisable into 758,437,618 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at an exercise price of 197.775p. The expiration date of the warrants is 31 October 2013.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

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

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

13. Additional information:

On 3 July 2009, Barclays PLC released a regulatory announcement that its total issued ordinary shares with voting rights was 11,027,630,910.

As a direct result, the aggregate percentage of voting rights in Barclays PLC referenced by the option granted to KAQ and HE Khadem Al Qubaisi is required to be recalculated from 9.04% to 6.88%.

The previous percentage of 9.04% is as stated in the regulatory announcement of KAQ and HE Khadem Al Qubaisi that was filed on 8 June 2009, and which was based on a total issued Barclays PLC ordinary share capital of 8,391,578,567 as announced by Barclays PLC on 29 May 2009.

14. Contact name:

Fryderyk J. Holc

15. Contact telephone number:

+971.(2).417.6690