Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
07 July 2004





                                                                     7 July 2004

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

The trustee of the Barclays Group Share Incentive Plan ('the SIP') informed the
Company on 7 July 2004 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 465.25p per share:

Director                    Number of Shares
Mr C J Lendrum                     27
Mr J S Varley                      27
Mr D L Roberts                     27
Mr G A Hoffman                     27

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

Director          Beneficial     Non Beneficial
                    Holding         Holding
Mr C J Lendrum      231,542            -
Mr J S Varley       329,670            -
Mr D L Roberts      62,265             -
Mr G A Hoffman      133,324            -

In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 110,111,340 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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