Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
08 September 2004





                                                                8 September 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 September 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 529.75p per share:

Director                    Number of Shares
Mr C J Lendrum                     24
Mr J S Varley                      24
Mr D L Roberts                     24
Mr G A Hoffman                     24

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

Director          Beneficial     Non Beneficial
                    Holding         Holding
Mr C J Lendrum      239,263            -
Mr J S Varley       329,719            -
Mr D L Roberts      62,314             -
Mr G A Hoffman      167,792            -

In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 109,934,697 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC. Matthew Barrett, 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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