Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5180I

Barclays PLC

15 June 2011

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

1. Barclays PLC (the "Company") was notified on 14 June 2011 that, on 10 June 2011, following the re-investment of the interim dividend for the year ended 31 December 2011, the following Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") and their connected persons had received ordinary shares in the Company as follows at a price of 263.75p per share:

Director/PDMR	No. of shares received
M Agius	440
R E Diamond Jr	2,850
T Kalaris	15,014

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 June 2011 that, on 14 June 2011 it had acquired, and now held as bare trustee of Sharepurchase, the following ordinary shares in the Company, following the re-investment of the interim dividend for the year ended 31 December 2011, for the following Directors/PDMRs at a price of 260.50p per share:

Director/PDMR	No. of shares received
C Lucas	8
M Harding	5
R Le Blanc	1

3. The nominee of the Barclays ESAS Nominee Arrangement confirmed to the Company on 14 June 2011 that the independent trustee of ESAS had on 10 June 2011 exercised its discretion and re-invested an amount equal to the interim dividend for the year ended 31 December 2011 in ordinary shares of the Company at a price of 260.89p per share for the following Directors/PDMRs. The number of shares received is as follows:

Director/PDMR	No. of shares received
R E Diamond Jr	5,920
J del Missier	4,264
T Kalaris	2,261
A Jenkins	285
R Le Blanc	278
R Ricci	1,331

The number of shares held in the Barclays ESAS Nominee Arrangement form a proportion of the shares which were provisionally allocated by the trustee under ESAS on 21 March 2006 and 21 March 2007.

4. The independent nominee of the Barclays Corporate Nominee Arrangementnotified the Company on 14 June 2011 that it had on 10 June 2011 exercised its discretion and re-invested the interim dividend for the year ended 31 December 2011 in ordinary shares of the Company at a price of 260.89p per share for the following Directors/PDMRs. The number of shares received is as follows:

Director/PDMR	No. of shares received
C Lucas	326
R Le Blanc	1,282

5. The independent trustee of the Company's employee benefit trust notified the Company on 14 June 2011, that it had on 10 June 2011, following the reinvestment of the interim dividend for the period ended 31 December 2011, acquired ordinary shares of the Company which are now held in a nominee account by Appleby Nominees (Jersey) Limited (''Appleby Nominee'') for Directors and PDMRs at a price of 260.89p per share. The number of shares received is as follows: