Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
10 May 2007


                                                                     10 May 2007


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


1.     The independent trustee of the PSP Trust notified the Company on 9 May
2007 that on 1 May 2007 it had resolved to grant the following award under the
Barclays PLC Performance Share Plan ('the PSP') to a director of Barclays PLC:


Director         Allocation of performance         Maximum number potentially
                 shares (a)                        releasable
Mr C G Lucas     82,910                            248,730


The effective date of the grant of the awards is 1 May 2007 and the calculation
of the initial award allocation was based on a share price of 723.68p. No
consideration was paid for the grant of any award.

2.     The independent trustee of the ESAS Trust notified the Company on 9 May
2007 that on 1 May 2007 it had resolved to grant the following award under the
Barclays PLC Joiners Share Award Plan ('the JSAP') to a director of Barclays
PLC:

Director         Allocation of shares (b)
Mr C G Lucas     69,091


Notes:

(a)      Under PSP, award is granted as a provisional allocation and does not
give rise to any entitlement to the shares. At the third anniversary, shares may
be released by the trustee subject to performance conditions being satisfied.

(b)      Under JSAP, the award shares are scheduled to be released as follows:
(i)      50% in March 2008 and
(ii)     50% in March 2009.








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