Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
06 August 2007


                                                                   6 August 2007


                                  Barclays PLC


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


On 6 August 2007 the following Director of Barclays PLC ('the Company') notified
the Company that on 3 August 2007 he had each purchased ordinary shares in the
Company as follows:

DIRECTOR          BARCLAYS PLC  PRICE PER SHARE           TOTAL           TOTAL
                        SHARES          (PENCE)      BENEFICIAL  NON-BENEFICIAL
                     PURCHASED                         INTEREST        INTEREST
                                                 FOLLOWING THIS  FOLLOWING THIS
                                                   NOTIFICATION    NOTIFICATION
Leigh Clifford           6,000            689.5          18,872               -



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