Director/PDMR Shareholding

19 May 2016

Barclays PLC ("the Company")

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

On 18 May 2016 Jes Staley notified the Company that on 18 May 2016 he had purchased 144,000 American Depositary Shares* ('ADS') of the Company at an average price of $9.95051 per ADS. The transaction took place on the New York Stock Exchange.

Following this transaction, Jes Staley has a total beneficial interest in 3,966,786 ordinary shares in the Company.

*Each American Depositary Share represents four ordinary shares of the Company with a nominal value of 25p each

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