Director/PDMR Shareholding

22 March 2012

Barclays PLC (the "Company")

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

1. The Barclays ESAS Nominee confirmed to the Company on 21 March 2012 that it had on 16 March 2012 re-invested an amount equal to the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2011 in ordinary shares of the Company at a price of 250.50 pence per share for the following Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR"). The number of shares received is as follows:

The number of shares held in the Barclays ESAS Nominee forms a proportion of the shares which were provisionally allocated by the trustee under ESAS on March 2007 and March 2008.

2. The independent nominee of the Barclays Corporate Nominee Arrangement notified the Company on 21 March 2012 that it had on 16 March 2012 re-invested the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2011 in ordinary shares of the Company at a price of 250.50 pence per share for the following Directors/PDMRs. The number of shares received is as follows:

3. The Corporate Nominee for Non Executive Directors notified the company on 21 March 2012 that it had on 16 March 2012, re-invested the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2011 in ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 254.00 pence per share for the following Non Executive Director. The number of shares received is as follows:

4. The Administrators of the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan") notified the Company on 21 March 2012 that, following the re-investment of the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2011, the following Directors/PDMRs and their connected persons would receive on 22 March 2012, ordinary shares in the Company under the Plan at a price of 252.37 pence per share. The number of shares received is as follows:

The revised total shareholding for each Director following these transactions is as follows: