Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barclays PLC
20 February 2008







                                                                20 February 2008

                                  Barclays PLC

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

On 19 February 2008 the following ordinary shares in Barclays PLC were purchased
on behalf of the following non-executive directors of Barclays PLC at a price of
472.75p per share. As disclosed in the Barclays Annual Report, these purchases
arise from the policy of using part of each director's fee to purchase shares in
Barclays PLC on the directors' behalf which, together with reinvested dividends,
are retained for the director until they leave the Board.

DIRECTOR                BARCLAYS PLC                 TOTAL                 TOTAL
                              SHARES            BENEFICIAL        NON-BENEFICIAL
                           PURCHASED              INTEREST              INTEREST
                                            FOLLOWING THIS        FOLLOWING THIS
                                              NOTIFICATION          NOTIFICATION
David Booth                     1183                51,557                     -
Sir Richard
Broadbent                       1487                15,513                     -
Leigh Clifford                  1312                20,184                     -
Fulvio Conti                    1401                11,468                     -
Dr Danie Cronje                 1270                 6,416                     -
Professor Dame
Sandra Dawson                   1485                13,525                     -
Sir Andrew
Likierman                       1353                 9,490                     -
Sir Michael
Rake                             204                 2,904                     -
Sir Nigel Rudd                  1646                86,489                     -
Stephen Russell                 1600                22,654                     -
Sir John
Sunderland                      1231                32,889                     -
Patience
Wheatcroft                      169                    469                     -


On 19 February 2008 the following Director of Barclays PLC ('the Company')
notified the Company that on 19 February 2008 he had purchased ordinary shares
in the Company at a price of 469.71p per share as follows:

DIRECTOR            BARCLAYS PLC                   TOTAL                   TOTAL
                          SHARES              BENEFICIAL          NON-BENEFICIAL
                       PURCHASED                INTEREST                INTEREST
                                          FOLLOWING THIS          FOLLOWING THIS
                                            NOTIFICATION            NOTIFICATION
Sir Michael
Rake                       1,100                   4,004                       -






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