Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
31 October 2006


                                                                 31 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 30 October 2006 that
it had on 27 October 2006 exercised its discretion and released a total of
73,207 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC and on 24 October 2006 it purchased
1,031,880 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 716.48 pence per share.
None of the shares purchased 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 168,576,065 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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