Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
09 May 2008


                                                                      9 May 2008


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


1. The trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan ('the Plan'), a HM
Revenue and Customs approved all-employee share plan, informed Barclays PLC
('the Company') on 8 May 2008 that it had on 7 May 2008 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
Responsibilities (PDMRs) at a price of 476.95p per share:


Director/PDMR     Number of Shares

Mr C G Lucas      439

Mr G A Hoffman    439

Mr F F Seegers    440

Mr J S Varley     439


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 7 May 2008 for each director/PDMR above includes any
Matching Shares.

2. The Company was notified on 9 May 2008 by the Personal Equity Plan (PEP) /
Individual Savings Account (ISA) Administrators that on 29 April 2008 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 2007 at a price of 463.50p 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   136


The Company was also notified on 9 May 2008 by the Personal Equity Plan (PEP) /
Individual Savings Account (ISA) Administrators that on 2 May 2008 the following
directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (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 2007 at a
price of 478.50p 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   515


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

Director             Beneficial Holding         Non Beneficial Holding

Mr C G Lucas         60,598                     -

Mr G A Hoffman       447,046                    -

Mr S G Russell       22,920                     -

Mr F F Seegers       700,310                    -

Mr J S Varley        488,352                    -






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