Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
21 April 2006


                                                                   21 April 2006


                                  Barclays PLC

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

Mr F Conti, a director of Barclays PLC, notified the Company on 20 April 2006
that on 20 April 2006 he had purchased 2,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a
price of 677.83p per share.

Following this transaction, Mr F Conti has a total beneficial interest in 2,000
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.






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