Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
09 October 2006



                                                                  9 October 2006


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

1. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust
(the 'ESAS Trust') notified Barclays PLC on 6 October 2006 that it had on 6
October 2006 exercised its discretion and allocated reinvested dividend shares
in Barclays PLC for the following directors/Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibility (PDMRs) at a price of 680.27p per share:

Director/PDMR            Shares allocated to director/PDMR
Mr RE Diamond Jr         15,730
Mr PT Idzik              3,178

The revised total shareholding for Mr RE Diamond Jr following these transactions
is as follows:

Director                 Beneficial Holding       Non-Beneficial Holding
Mr RE Diamond Jr         2,531,682                -

2. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust
(the 'ESAS Trust') notified Barclays PLC on 9 October 2006 that it had on 2
October 2006 and 3 October 2006 exercised its discretion and purchased a total
of 4,799,573 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 680.02p per share and
between 4 October 2006 and 6 October 2006 it had released 1,786,964 ordinary
shares in Barclays PLC.

3. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP) Employees' Benefit Trust
(the 'PSP Trust') notified Barclays PLC on 9 October 2006 that it had on 2
October 2006 and 3 October 2006 exercised its discretion and purchased a total
of 439,198 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 680.18p per share.

Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 167,991,608 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. The
Chairman and the executive directors of Barclays PLC are amongst the potential
beneficiaries under these trusts and are therefore regarded for Companies Act
purposes as being interested in the Barclays PLC ordinary shares held in them.



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