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Barclays PLC03 October 2006 3 October 2006 Director/PDMR shareholding: Disclosure Rules 3.1.4R(1)(a) and 3.1.4R(1)(b) The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust(the "ESAS Trust") notified Barclays PLC on 2 October 2006 that it had on 28September 2006 and 29 September 2006 exercised its discretion and released atotal of 792,652 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. None of the shares releasedwere in respect of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC. Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'benefit trusts hold a total of 164,539,801 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. TheChairman and the executive directors of Barclays PLC are amongst the potentialbeneficiaries under these trusts and are therefore regarded for Companies Actpurposes as being interested in the Barclays PLC ordinary shares held in them. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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