Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
11 April 2006



                                                                   11 April 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 Company on 10 April 2006 that it had 
    between 3 April and 7 April 2006 exercised its discretion and released a
    total of 399,700 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. None of the shares 
    released were in respect of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.


2.  The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP) Employees' Benefit 
    Trust (the 'PSP Trust') notified the Company on 10 April that it had on
    4 April 2006 exercised its discretion and purchased a total of 19,938 
    ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. None of the shares purchased were in     
    respect of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.


3.  Gary Hoffman, a Director of Barclays PLC, notified the Company on 10 April 
    2006 that, on 10 April 2006, he had exercised the following ISOP option:


    Number of shares     Option price (pence)     Shares sold     Price (pence)

    200,000              390.00                   200,000         693.00


    The revised total shareholding for Mr Hoffman following this transaction is
    317,123 ordinary shares.


In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 159,525,307 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC. The Chairman and the executive directors of Barclays 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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