Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3578Z

Barclays PLC

14 March 2012

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

1. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP) Employees' Benefit Trust (the "PSP Trust") and the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust (the "ESAS Trust") notified Barclays PLC (the "Company") on 13 March 2012 that on 12 March 2012 it had resolved to release the following ordinary shares of Barclays PLC of nominal value of 25p each (the Shares) under awards made over the previous five years under the following plans: (i) Barclays PLC Performance Share Plan (PSP) (following the satisfaction of the relevant performance conditions); (ii) Barclays Group Share Value Plan (SVP); (iii) the Barclays Group Executive Share Award Scheme (ESAS); and (iv) Incentive Share Plan (ISP) to the following Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs) of the Company. The market price at the date of release was 239.88 pence per share:

Director/ PDMR	Shares released to Director/ PDMR	Shares sold on behalf of Director/PDMR including those to satisfy withholding liabilities
RE Diamond Jr	56,691	29,168
C Lucas	1,179,874	613,536
M Harding	476,617	476,617
A Jenkins	757,839	757,839
T Kalaris	906,126	471,187
R Le Blanc	608,405	608,405
J del Missier	3,979,607	3,979,607
R Ricci	3,919,581	3,919,581

2. The nominee of the Barclays ESAS Nominee Arrangement notified the Company on 13 March 2012 that on 12 March 2012 it sold ordinary shares of the Company at a price of 239.88 pence per share for the following PDMRs: