Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
28 April 2008


                                                                   28 April 2008


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


The Company was notified on 28 April 2008 by the Administrators of the Dividend
Reinvestment Plan (the 'Plan') that on 25 April 2008 the following directors/
Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) (or their connected
persons) had received ordinary shares in the Company under the Plan for the year
ended 31 December 2007 at a price of 467.75p 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     Beneficial Interest

Sir Richard Broadbent                                347                  15,860
Professor Dame Sandra Dawson                         109                  13,634
Chris Lucas                                        1,796                  60,159
Stephen Russell                                      130                  22,784






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