Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
10 October 2006


                                                                 10 October 2006

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

The trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan, an HM Revenue and Customs
approved all-employee share plan, informed the Company on 9 October 2006 that it
had on 9 October 2006 purchased, and now held as bare trustee of the Barclays
Group Sharepurchase Plan, the following ordinary shares in the capital of
Barclays PLC for the following directors/Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibility (PDMRs) at a price of 706.00p per share:

Director/PDMR        Number of Shares
Mr G A Hoffman       18
Mr D L Roberts       18
Mr J S Varley        18
Mr L C Dickinson     14

The Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan now includes Matching Shares provided by
the Company on a 1:1 basis up to the first £600 per annum invested by the
participant under the Plan. The number of shares purchased on 9 October 2006 for
each director/PDMR above includes the Matching Shares.

The revised total shareholding for each director following these transactions is
as follows:

Director             Beneficial Holding        Non Beneficial
                                               Holding
Mr G A Hoffman       317,619                   -
Mr D L Roberts       221,371                   -
Mr J S Varley        374,994                   -

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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