Director/PDMR Shareholding

24 March 2016

Barclays PLC

("the Company")

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

On 23 March 2016 Mike Ashley notified the Company that on 23 March 2016 he had purchased 31,093 ordinary shares of the Company with a nominal value of 25p each ("Shares") at a price of £1.591217 per Share. The transaction took place on the London Stock Exchange.

Following this transaction, Mike Ashley has a total beneficial interest in 60,516 Shares in the Company.

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