Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
15 April 2008


                                                                   15 April 2008


   Director/PDMR Shareholding: Disclosure and Transparency Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a)

The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust
(the 'ESAS Trust') notified Barclays PLC ('the Company') on 14 April 2008 that
it had on 31 March 2008 exercised its discretion and released shares following
provisional allocations made by the trustee over the Company's ordinary shares
to participants in the Executive Share Award Scheme ('ESAS'). Of these shares,
the following were released to Chris Lucas, a director of the Company:

Director Shares      Shares sold on                 Price per   Shares retained
/PDMR    released    behalf of Director/PDMR to     share       by Director/PDMR
         to          satisfy withholding            (pence)
         Director/   liabilities
         PDMR      

Chris    34,546      14,186                         448.88       20,360
Lucas


The revised total shareholding following this transaction is as follows:

Director         Beneficial Holding

Chris Lucas      58,363



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