Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
06 January 2006



                                                                  6 January 2006

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

Barclays PLC was notified on 5 January 2006 that on 23 December 2005 Mr G A
Hoffman, a Director, exercised options granted under the Barclays PLC 1991 SAYE
Share Option Scheme and received 1,008 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a
price of 308.00p per share.

The revised total shareholding for Mr G A Hoffman following this transaction is
as follows:

Director             Beneficial Holding          Non Beneficial Holding

Mr G A Hoffman       173,716                     -

In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 147,145,847 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC. Mr G A Hoffman is amongst the potential beneficiaries under these
trusts and is therefore regarded for Companies Act purposes as being interested
in the Barclays PLC ordinary shares held in them.




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