Director Interests

Barclays PLC
10 July 2003





                                                                    10 July 2003



         Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act 1985 s.329





The trustee of the Barclays Group Share Incentive Plan ('the SIP') informed the
Company on 10 July 2003 that on 7 July 2003 it had purchased, and now held as
bare trustee under the SIP, the following ordinary shares in the capital of
Barclays PLC for the following directors at a price of 454.25p per share:


Director              Number of Shares
Mr C J Lendrum        27
Mr J S Varley         27





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




Director             Beneficial Holding           Non Beneficial Holding


Mr C J Lendrum       220,391                      -
Mr J S Varley        303,599                      -





Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 81,041,561 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. Sir
Peter Middleton, Mr M W Barrett, Mr C J Lendrum and Mr J S Varley, directors of
Barclays PLC, are amongst the potential beneficiaries under these trusts and are
therefore regarded for Companies Act purposes as being interested in the
Barclays PLC ordinary shares held in them.




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