Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
27 February 2008


                                                                27 February 2008


                                  Barclays PLC

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

Sale of shares

Sir Nigel Rudd, a Director of Barclays PLC, notified the Company on 26 February
2008 that on 26 February 2008 he sold 28,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a
price of 498.00 pence per share.

Purchase of shares

On 26 February 2008 the following Directors of Barclays PLC ('the Company')
notified the Company that on 26 February 2008 they purchased ordinary shares in
the Company as follows:

DIRECTOR          BARCLAYS PLC  PRICE PER SHARE           TOTAL           TOTAL
                        SHARES          (PENCE)      BENEFICIAL  NON-BENEFICIAL
                     PURCHASED                         INTEREST        INTEREST
                                                 FOLLOWING THIS  FOLLOWING THIS
                                                   NOTIFICATION    NOTIFICATION
Sir Nigel Rudd          28,000           498.25          86,489               -

Patience Wheatcroft      1,200          523.475           2,197               -


The 28,000 ordinary shares purchased by Sir Nigel Rudd are now held in PEP and
ISA accounts held by him and his spouse. 11,000 ordinary shares are held by Sir
Nigel Rudd and 17,000 ordinary shares are held by his spouse.

Patience Wheatcroft's beneficial holding includes 528 ordinary shares in the
Company held by her spouse.



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