Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

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

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

ü

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

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

His Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan ("HHSM")

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

Yas Capital Limited ("YCL")

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

Transaction date: 27 April 2011

Date threshold crossed: 3 May 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

8 May 2013

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

6%

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

758,437,618

758,437,618

Nil

Nil

758,437,618

Nil%

5.895%

ISIN GB0031348658

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

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

Cash-settled options referencing ordinary shares

Nominal

Delta

%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

758,437,618

5.895%

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

The triggering event for this notification is the closing in full of the position previously held by YCL under cash-settled options, with the effect that there are now no voting rights in Barclays PLC held, or deemed to be held, by YCL. As a result of the triggering event, HHSM's indirect holding of ordinary shares (which has been the subject of previous notifications) taken alone represents 5.895% of the voting rights in Barclays PLC and, being less than the relevant 6% threshold, is notifiable by HHSM pursuant to DTR 5.1.2R.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

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

13. Additional information:

As required under the Disclosure Rules, this notification has been prepared using the total voting rights figure of 12,863,935,245 as set out in the regulatory announcement made by Barclays PLC dated 1 May 2013

14. Contact name:

Michael Latefi

15. Contact telephone number:

+971.566.852.568