Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
21 September 2004





                                                               21 September 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 20 September 2004 that it had on 15
September 2004 exercised its discretion and released a total of 11,134 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 113,966,016 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.
Matthew Barrett, 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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