Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
24 October 2006


                                                                 24 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 23 October 2006 that
it had between 16 October and 19 October 2006 exercised its discretion and
released a total of 182,746 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC and on 16 October
2006 it purchased 129,820 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 679.00
pence per share. The following shares were released to a PDMR of Barclays PLC:

PDMR             Shares released     Shares sold on     Price         Shares
                 to PDMR             behalf of PDMR     per share     retained 
                                                        (pence)       by PDMR

Mr R Le Blanc    170,451             170,451            715.73        0


Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 167,617,392 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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