Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
11 October 2006


                                                                 11 October 2006


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

The Company was notified on 10 October 2006 by the Personal Equity Plan (PEP) /
Individual Savings Account (ISA) Administrators that on 4 October 2006 the
following director (or his connected persons) had received ordinary shares in
the Company, following the reinvestment of the Barclays dividend for the half
year ended 30 June 2006 at a price of 674.00p per share. The number of shares
received, together with his total beneficial interest following the notification
is as follows:

Director                       No. of shares received
Mr S G Russell                 41

The Company was also notified on 10 October 2006 by the Personal Equity Plan
(PEP) / Individual Savings Account (ISA) Administrators that on 6 October 2006
the following the following directors/Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibility (PDMRs) (or their connected persons) had received ordinary shares
in the Company, following the reinvestment of the Barclays dividend for the half
year ended 30 June 2006 at a price of 696.00p per share. The number of shares
received, together with their total beneficial interests following the
notification are as follows:

Director/PDMR                  No. of shares received
Mr G A Hoffman                 148
Mr L C Dickinson               57

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

Director            Beneficial Holding    Non Beneficial Holding
Mr S G Russell      18,661                -
Mr G A Hoffman      317,767               -

In addition to these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 167,991,608 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.








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