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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Name of Registrant)

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports

under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F x Form 40-F

This Report on Form 6-K is filed by Barclays PLC.

This Report comprises:

Information given to The London Stock Exchange and furnished pursuant to

General Instruction B to the General Instructions to Form 6-K.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	BARCLAYS PLC
	(Registrant)

Date: August 19, 2026

	By: /s/ Garth Wright --------------------------------
	Garth Wright
	Assistant Secretary

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

Barclays PLC (the “Company”) announces the following transaction by a person discharging managerial responsibility (“PDMR”) and a person closely associated (“PCA”) with the PDMR in Ordinary Shares of the Company with a nominal value of 25 pence each (“Shares”) as set out below:

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	C.S. Venkatakrishnan P. Venkatakrishnan
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	C.S. Venkatakrishnan: Group Chief Executive P. Venkatakrishnan: PCA with Group Chief Executive
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Barclays PLC
b)	LEI	213800LBQA1Y9L22JB70
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Shares GB0031348658
b)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of Shares held jointly by C.S. Venkatakrishnan and P. Venkatakrishnan by way of a gift to support charitable causes.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		Nil	208,814
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Not applicable
e)	Date of the transaction	2026-08-17
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

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