Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
19 October 2006


                                                                 19 October 2006



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


Mr D L Roberts, a Director of Barclays PLC ('the Company'), notified the Company
on 18 October 2006 that, on 18 October 2006, he had exercised the following
options over 260,000 ordinary shares:

Scheme                                             Number of     Option
                                                   shares        price (pence)

Barclays PLC Incentive Share Option Plan (ISOP)    60,000        534.00
Barclays PLC Incentive Share Option Plan (ISOP)    120,000       520.00
Barclays PLC Incentive Share Option Plan (ISOP)    80,000        326.00

Mr Roberts also notified the Company on 18 October 2006 that, on 18 October
2006, he had sold 260,000 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 715.00
pence per share.

The revised total shareholding for Mr Roberts following this transaction is
221,395 ordinary shares.





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