Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
27 October 2005


                                                                 27 October 2005

                                  Barclays PLC

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

Dr Daniel Christiaan Cronje, a director of Barclays PLC, notified the Company on
26 October 2005 that on 26 October 2005 he had purchased 2,000 ordinary shares
in the Company at a price of 551.88p per share.

Following this transaction, Dr Cronje has a total beneficial interest in 2,000
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.

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