Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
27 February 2007


                                                                27 February 2007



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

1.  The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit 
    Trust (the 'ESAS Trust') notified Barclays PLC ('the Company') on 26
    February 2007 that it had between 20 February 2007 and 23 February 2007
    exercised its discretion and released a total of 64,503 ordinary shares in
    Barclays PLC and between 20 February 2007 and 23 February 2007 it purchased
    16,331,131 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at an average price of 764.46 
    pence per share. None of the shares released were in respect of an award 
    made to a director of Barclays PLC.


2.  The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP) Employees' Benefit 
    Trust (the 'PSP Trust') notified the Company on 26 February 2007 that it
    had on 21 February 2007 exercised its discretion and released a total of 
    766,628 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. None of the shares 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 181,145,889 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. The
executive directors of Barclays PLC 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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