Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
10 August 2004

                                                                  10 August 2004

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

1.  The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees'
    Benefit Trust (the 'ESAS Trust') notified the Company on 9 August 2004 that 
    it had on 6 August 2004 exercised its discretion and released a total of 
    49,792 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to participants in the Executive 
    Share Award Scheme ('ESAS'). None of the shares released were in respect of 
    an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.

2.  The trustee of the Barclays Group Share Incentive Plan ('the SIP')
    informed the Company on 9 August 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 498.75p per share:

    Director         Number of Shares
    Mr C J Lendrum   25
    Mr J S Varley    25
    Mr D L Roberts   25
    Mr G A Hoffman   25

    Mr G A Hoffman notified the Company on 10 August 2004 that on 10 August 2004 
    he had exercised 40,000 options granted on 5 September 1997 at a price of 
    347p under the Barclays PLC Renewed 1986 Executive Share Option Scheme and 
    on 10 August 2004 he sold 5,332 of these shares at a price of 519.13p.

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

    Director         Beneficial Holding     Non Beneficial
                                            Holding
    Mr C J Lendrum   231,567                -
    Mr J S Varley    329,695                -
    Mr D L Roberts   62,290                 -
    Mr G A Hoffman   167,768                -

Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 110,035,211 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. Sir
Peter Middleton, Chairman, and the executive directors of Barclays 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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