Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
08 September 2006







                                                                8 September 2006

                                  Barclays PLC


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


On 7 September 2006, the Company was notified that options had, on 5 September
2006, been granted under the Barclays Sharesave Scheme (Sharesave), a HM Revenue
& Customs approved all-employee share plan, over ordinary shares in the capital
of Barclays PLC at an exercise price of 510p per share to the following
directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs):

Director/PDMR         Number of Options     Earliest Maturity Date
Mr G A Hoffman        1,743                 01/11/13
Mr D L Roberts        631                   O1/11/11
Mr L C Dickinson      440                   01/11/09

The trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan, a HM Revenue & Customs
approved all-employee share plan, informed the Company on 7 September 2006 that
it had on 7 September 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 656.50p per share:

Director/PDMR         Number of Shares
Mr G A Hoffman        34
Mr D L Roberts        34
Mr J S Varley         34
Mr F F Seegers        319
Mr L C Dickinson      14

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 September 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         317,601                      -
Mr D L Roberts         221,337                      -
Mr J S Varley          374,976                      -
Mr F F Seegers         4,319                        -

In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 165,469,454 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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