Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
07 December 2004




                                                                 7 December 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 6 December 2004 that it 
    had on 2 December 2004 exercised its discretion and purchased a total of 
    769,758 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 556.00p per share. 
    None of the shares purchased were in respect of an award made to a director 
    of Barclays PLC.

2.  The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Supplementary Trust 
    (the 'ESAS Supplementary Trust') notified the Company on 6 December 2004 
    that it had on 2 December 2004 exercised its discretion and purchased a 
    total of 53,864 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 556.00p per 
    share. None of the shares purchased were in respect of an award made to a 
    director of Barclays PLC.

3.  The trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan informed the Company 
    on 7 December 2004 that it had on 7 December 2004 purchased, and now held 
    as bare trustee under the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan, the following
    ordinary shares in the capital of Barclays PLC for the following directors 
    at a price of 554.00p per share:

    Director           Number of Shares
    Mr C J Lendrum     22
    Mr J S Varley      22
    Mr D L Roberts     22
    Mr G A Hoffman     22

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

    Director           Beneficial Holding         Non Beneficial
                                                  Holding
    Mr C J Lendrum     239,330                    -
    Mr J S Varley      329,786                    -
    Mr D L Roberts     63,326                     -
    Mr G A Hoffman     167,859                    -

Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 116,590,407 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. Mr
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.




                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange