Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
10 October 2007


                                                                 10 October 2007


 Director/PDMR shareholding: Disclosure and Transparency Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a) and
                                  3.1.4R(1)(b)


The Company was notified on 9 October 2007 by the Administrators of the Dividend
Reinvestment Plan (the 'Plan') that on 1 October 2007 the following directors/
Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) (or their connected
persons) had received ordinary shares in the Company under the Plan for the half
year ended 30 June 2007 at a price of 595.50p per share. The number of shares
received, together with their total beneficial interests following the
notification are as follows:

Director/PDMR                 No. of shares received     Beneficial Interest

Sir Richard Broadbent                              62                  14,026
SG Russell                                         52                  21,004
Professor Dame Sandra Dawson                       43                  12,040


The Company was notified on 10 October 2007 by the Personal Equity Plan (PEP) /
Individual Savings Account (ISA) Administrators that on 5 October 2007 the
following director/Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMR) (or their
connected person) had received ordinary shares in the Company, following the
reinvestment of the Barclays dividend for the half year ended 30 June 2007 at a
price of 656.50p per share. The number of shares received, together with his
total beneficial interests following the notification are as follows:

Director/PDMR                No. of shares received      Beneficial Interest

Mr G A Hoffman                                  186                  431,397






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