Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
24 May 2006


                                                                     24 May 2006



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


1. Mr R K Steel, a director of the Company, notified the Company on 23 May 2006
that on 19 May 2006 he had received ordinary shares in the Company, following
the reinvestment of the Barclays dividend for the year ended 31 December 2005 at
a price of 685.00p per share. The number of shares received, together with his
total beneficial interest following the notification is as follows:

Director/PDMR          No. of shares received            Beneficial Interest
Mr R K Steel           2,506                             103,638


2. The Company was notified on 24 May 2006 by the Personal Equity Plan (PEP) /
Individual Savings Account (ISA) Administrators that on 5 May 2006, Mr L C
Dickinson, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMR) of the Company,
had received 78 ordinary shares in the Company following the reinvestment of the
Barclays dividend for the year ended 31 December 2005 at a price of 676.50p per
share.






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