Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
22 March 2006

                                                                   22 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 21 March 2006 that it had on 3 March
2006 exercised its discretion and allocated reinvested dividend shares in
Barclays PLC for the following directors/Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibility (PDMRs) at a price of 650.54p per share:

Director             Shares allocated
                     to director/PDMR

Mr RE Diamond Jr     14,180
Mr PT Idzik          2,205

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     2,515,952                  -

In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 162,942,041 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC. Matthew W Barrett, 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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