Director/PDMR Shareholding

20 December 2010

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

1. The Diamond Family Foundation, a connected person to Robert E Diamond Jr, a director of Barclays PLC ("the Company"), notified the Company on 17 December 2010 that on 17 December 2010 it had purchased 381,966 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 260.50 pence per share.

Following this transaction, Mr Diamond has a total beneficial interest in 10,292,671 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.

2. The Company was notified by a third party custodian on 20 December 2010 that, on 17 December 2010, following the reinvestment of the interim dividend for the year ending 31 December 2010, Mr T Kalaris and his connected persons received 1,991 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 277.75 pence per share.