Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
11 November 2004


                                                                11 November 2004

                                  Barclays PLC

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

Leigh Clifford, a director of Barclays PLC, notified the Company on 11 November
2004 that on 10 November 2004 he had purchased 2,000 ordinary shares in the
Company at a price of 560.5p per share.

Following this transaction, Mr Clifford has a total beneficial interest in 2,000
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.




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