Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
16 October 2006


                                                                 16 October 2006



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


The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust
(the 'ESAS Trust') notified Barclays PLC ('the Company') on 16 October 2006 that
it had between 9 October and 12 October 2006 exercised its discretion and
released a total of 321,290 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. None of the shares
released were in respect of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.


Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 167,670,318 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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