Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
04 July 2006



                                                                     4 July 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 3 July 2006 that it had on 28 June
2006 exercised its discretion and purchased a total of 795,085 ordinary shares
in Barclays PLC at a price of 599.71p per share and on 30 June 2006 it released
a total of 494,512 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. None of the shares purchased
or released 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 163,327,075 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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