Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
06 June 2006


                                                                    6 June 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 the Company on 5 June 2006 that it had between 1
June and 2 June exercised its discretion and released a total of 78,056 ordinary
shares in Barclays PLC. 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 163,194,184 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. The
Chairman and the executive directors of Barclays 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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