Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
06 March 2006





                                                                    6 March 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 6 March 2006 that it had between 27
February and 3 March 2006 exercised its discretion and purchased a total of
13,128,862 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at an average price of 654.51p per
share and between 27 February and 28 February released a total of 1,025,152
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC, of which 286,124 were released to the following
participant in the Executive Share Award Scheme ('ESAS'). The shares were
released following a provisional allocation made by the trustee over Barclays
PLC ordinary shares. The following shares were released to a director of
Barclays PLC:

Director           Shares released    Shares sold on     Price       Shares
                   to director        on behalf of       per share   retained 
                                      director (pence)               by director

Mr RE Diamond Jr   286,124            98,167             674.00      187,957

The revised total shareholding for Mr RE Diamond Jr following these transactions
is as follows:

Director           Beneficial Holding         Non-Beneficial Holding

Mr RE Diamond Jr   1,700,532                  -

Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 168,659,913 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. Mr
RE Diamond, 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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