Director/PDMR Shareholding

30 March 2015

Barclays PLC ("the Company")

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

John McFarlane notified the Company on 30 March 2015 that on 30 March 2015 he had purchased 5,000 ordinary shares of the Company at a price of 2.474p per share on the London Stock Exchange. This purchase of shares ensured that Mr McFarlane meets his initial qualifying shareholding requirement.

Following this transaction, John McFarlane has a total beneficial interest in 6,015 ordinary shares in the Company.

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