Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
09 May 2007


                                                                      9 May 2007



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



1. The trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan ('the Plan'), an HM
Revenue and Customs approved all-employee share plan, informed Barclays PLC
('the Company') on 8 May 2007 that it had on 8 May 2007 purchased, and now held
as bare trustee of the Plan, the following ordinary shares in the capital of the
Company for the following directors who are Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibility (PDMRs) at a price of 735.00p per share:


Director/PDMR       Number of Shares

Mr G A Hoffman      285
Mr F F Seegers      285
Mr J S Varley       285


The Plan 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 8 May 2007 for each director/PDMR above includes any
Matching Shares.


2. The Company was notified on 8 May 2007 by the Personal Equity Plan (PEP) /
Individual Savings Account (ISA) Administrators that on 30 April 2007 the
following director (or his connected persons) had received ordinary shares in
the Company, following the reinvestment of the Barclays dividend for the year
ended 31 December 2006 at a price of 729.50p per share. The number of shares
received, together with his total beneficial interest following the notification
is as follows:


Director            No. of shares received

Mr S G Russell      75


The Company was also notified on 8 May 2007 by the Personal Equity Plan (PEP) /
Individual Savings Account (ISA) Administrators that on 4 May 2007 the following
directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) (or their
connected persons) had received ordinary shares in the Company, following the
reinvestment of the Barclays dividend for the year ended 31 December 2006 at a
price of 741.00p 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

Mr G A Hoffman      281


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


Director         Beneficial Holding     Non Beneficial Holding


Mr G A Hoffman   361,160                -
Mr S G Russell   19,724                 -
Mr F F Seegers   4,604                  -
Mr J S Varley    400,559                -






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