Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
20 March 2007


                                                                   20 March 2007



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


The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust
(the 'ESAS Trust') notified Barclays PLC ('the Company') on 19 March 2007 that
it had between 14 March 2007 and 16 March 2007 exercised its discretion and
released a total of 168,604 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. None of the shares
released were in respect of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.


Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 208,844,689 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. The
executive directors of Barclays PLC are amongst the potential beneficiaries
under these trusts and are therefore regarded for Companies Act purposes as
being interested in the Barclays PLC ordinary shares held in them.




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