Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
11 February 2005


                                                                11 February 2005

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

On 10 February 2005 the following ordinary shares in Barclays PLC were purchased
on behalf of the following non-executive directors of Barclays PLC at a price of
585.50p per share. As disclosed in the Barclays Annual Report, these purchases
arise from the policy of using part of each director's fee to purchase shares in
Barclays PLC on the directors behalf which, together with reinvested dividends,
are retained for the director until they leave the Board.


DIRECTOR                       BARCLAYS PLC   TOTAL           TOTAL
                               SHARES         BENEFICIAL      NON-BENEFICIAL
                               PURCHASED      INTEREST        INTEREST
                                              FOLLOWING THIS  FOLLOWING THIS
                                              NOTIFICATION    NOTIFICATION

David Arculus                  1,138          18,566          -
Sir Richard Broadbent          972            4,964           -
Leigh Clifford                 580            2,580           -
Professor Dame Sandra Dawson   1,206          6,666           -
Sir Andrew Likierman           717            2,717           -
Sir Nigel Rudd                 1,137          15,504          -
Stephen Russell                1,115          14,889          -
Dr Jurgen Zech                 1,085          9,049           -






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