Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
08 August 2006


                                                                   8 August 2006



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


1.  The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
    Trust (the 'ESAS Trust') notified the Barclays PLC ('the Company') on 7 
    August 2006 that it had on 4 August 2006 exercised its discretion and 
    purchased a total of 2,498,638 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price 
    of 634.00p per share and on 4 August 2006 it had released 22,724 ordinary 
    shares in Barclays PLC.

2.  The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP) Employees' Benefit
    Trust (the 'PSP Trust') notified the Company on 7 August 2006 that it had 
    on 4 August 2006 exercised its discretion and purchased a total of 151,813 
    ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 634.00p per share.

Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 165,927,882 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. The
Chairman and 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.

3.  The trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan, an HM Revenue and
    Customs approved all-employee share plan, informed the Company on 7 August 
    2006 that it had on 7 August 2006 purchased, and now held as bare trustee 
    of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan, the following ordinary shares in 
    the capital of Barclays PLC for the following directors/Persons Discharging 
    Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) at a price of 629.50p per share:

    Director/PDMR         Number of Shares

    Mr G A Hoffman        40
    Mr D L Roberts        40
    Mr J S Varley         40
    Mr L C Dickinson      16

    The Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan now 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 August 2006 
    for each director/PDMR above includes the Matching Shares.

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

    Director             Beneficial Holding         Non Beneficial
                                                    Holding

    Mr G A Hoffman       317,567                    -
    Mr D L Roberts       221,303                    -
    Mr J S Varley        374,942                    -

4.  The independent trustee of the PSP Trust notified the Company on 7 August
    2006 that on 4 August 2006 it had resolved to grant the following award 
    under the Barclays PLC Performance Share Plan ('the PSP') to a director of 
    Barclays PLC:

    Director             Allocation of              Maximum number potentially
                         performance shares (a)     releasable

    Mr F F Seegers       157,728                    473,184

    The effective date of the grant of the awards is 4 August 2006 and the
    calculation of the initial award allocation was based on a share price of
    634.00p. No consideration was paid for the grant of any award.

5.  The independent trustee of the ESAS Trust notified the Company on 7 August 
    2006 that on 4 August 2006 it had resolved to grant the following award
    under the Barclays PLC Joiners Share Award Plan ('the JSAP') to a director 
    of Barclays PLC:

    Director             Allocation of shares (b)

    Mr F F Seegers       802,208


    Notes:

    (a) Under PSP, award is granted as a provisional allocation and does not
        give rise to any entitlement to the shares. At the third anniversary, 
        shares may be released by the trustee subject to performance conditions 
        being satisfied.

    (b) Under JSAP, the award shares will be released as follows:
        (i)    80% in June 2007;
        (ii)   10% in June 2008; and
        (iii)  10% in June 2009.







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