Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
18 May 2006


                                                                     18 May 2006






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


The Company was notified on 17 May 2006 by the Administrators of the Barclays
Group Sharepurchase Plan (the 'Plan') that on 16 May 2006 the following
directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) had received
ordinary shares in the Company under the Plan, following the re-investment of
the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2005, at a price of 641.00p
per share. The number of shares received is as follows:

Director/PDMR        No. of shares received

G A Hoffman          38
D L Roberts          38
J S Varley           38
L C Dickinson        4
R Le Blanc           6


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


Director             Beneficial Holding         Non-Beneficial Holding

G A Hoffman          317,447                    -
D L Roberts          219,259                    -
J S Varley           374,822                    -


In addition to these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 162,178,057 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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