Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1270Y

Barclays PLC

16 December 2010

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

1. Barclays PLC (the "Company") was notified on 15 December 2010 that, on 10 December 2010, following the reinvestment of the interim dividend for the year ended 31 December 2010, the following Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") had received ordinary shares in the Company as follows at a price of 277.75p per share:

Director/PDMR	No. of shares received
M Agius	413
T Kalaris	11,571

2. The trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan ("Sharepurchase"), an HM Revenue and Customs approved all employee share plan, informed the Company on 15 December 2010 that, on 10 December 2010 it had acquired, and now held as bare trustee of Sharepurchase, the following ordinary shares in the Company, following the reinvestment of the interim dividend for the year ended 31 December 2010, for the following Directors/PDMRs at a price of 267.59p per share:

Director/PDMR	No. of shares received
J Varley	16
C Lucas	9
M Harding	5
R Le Blanc	2
C Turner	18

3. The Company was notified on 15 December 2010 by the Administrators of the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan") that on 10 December 2010, following the re-investment of the interim dividend for the year ended 31 December 2010, the following Directors/PDMRs (or their connected persons) had received ordinary shares in the Company under the Plan at a price of 275.00p per share. The number of shares received is as follows:

Director/PDMR	No. of shares received
R Broadbent	53
C Lucas	365
M Harding	6
A Jenkins	48
C Turner	394

4. The independent nominee of the Barclays ESAS Nominee Arrangement notified the Company on 15 December 2010 that it had on 10 December 2010 exercised its discretion and re-invested the interim dividend for the year end 31 December 2010 in ordinary shares of the Company at a price of 274.21p per share for the following Directors/PDMRs. The number of shares received is as follows:

Director/PDMR	No. of shares received
J Varley	434
R E Diamond Jr	5,537
J Del Missier	3,447
M Harding	91
T Kalaris	1,901
A Jenkins	212
R Le Blanc	540
R Ricci	863
C Turner	72

5. The independent nominee of the Barclays Corporate Nominee Arrangement notified the Company on 15 December 2010 that it had on 10 December 2010 exercised its discretion and re-invested the interim dividend for the year ended 31 December 2010 in ordinary shares of the Company at a price of 274.21p per share for the following Directors/PDMRs. The number of shares received is as follows: