Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
03 June 2004







                                                                     2 June 2004

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

The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust
(the 'ESAS Trust') notified the Company on 2 June 2004 that it had between 24
May 2004 and 27 May 2004 exercised its discretion and released 16,982 ordinary
shares in Barclays PLC to participants in the Executive Share Award Scheme
('ESAS'). The participants to whom the shares were released are not directors of
Barclays PLC.


Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 107,723,898 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. Sir
Peter Middleton, Chairman, and the executive 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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