Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5160D

Barclays PLC

23 March 2011

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

1. Barclays PLC (the "Company") was notified on 22 March 2011 that, on 18 March 2011, following the re-investment of the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2010, the following Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") and their connected persons had received ordinary shares in the Company as follows at a price of 283.35p per share:

Director/PDMR	No. of shares received
M Agius	1,015
R E Diamond Jr	6,574
T Kalaris	28,460

2. The trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan ("Sharepurchase"), an HM Revenue and Customs approved all employee share plan, informed the Company on 22 March 2011 that, on 21 March 2011 it had acquired, and now held as bare trustee of Sharepurchase, the following ordinary shares in the Company, following the re-investment of the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2010, for the following Directors/PDMRs at a price of 286.84p per share:

Director/PDMR	No. of shares received
C Lucas	19
M Harding	11
R Le Blanc	2
C Turner	43

3. The Company was notified on 22 March 2011 by the Administrators of the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan") that on 18 March 2011, following the re-investment of the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2010, the following Directors/PDMRs (or their connected persons) had received ordinary shares in the Company under the Plan at a price of 280.54p per share. The number of shares received is as follows:

Director/PDMR	No. of shares received
R Broadbent	130
C Lucas	896
M Harding	13
A Jenkins	118
C Turner	971

4. The nominee of the Barclays ESAS Nominee Arrangement confirmed to the Company on 22 March 2011 that the independent trustee of ESAS had on 1 and 2 March 2011 exercised its discretion and re-invested an amount equal to the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2010 in ordinary shares of the Company at a price of 314.75p per share for the following Directors/PDMRs. The number of shares received is as follows:

Director/PDMR	No. of shares received
R E Diamond Jr	12,102
J del Missier	7,535
M Harding	198
T Kalaris	4,155
A Jenkins	465
R Le Blanc	1,180
R Ricci	1,884
C Turner	158

The number of shares held in the Barclays ESAS Nominee Arrangement form a proportion of the shares which were provisionally allocated by the trustee under ESAS on 21 March 2006 and 21 March 2007.

5. The independent nominee of the Barclays Corporate Nominee Arrangement notified the Company on 22 March 2011 that it had on 18 March 2011 exercised its discretion and re-invested the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2010 in ordinary shares of the Company at a price of 280.23p per share for the following Directors/PDMRs. The number of shares received is as follows: