Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
24 March 2003


                                                                   24 March 2003



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


1.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
Trust, (the 'trust') notified the Company on 24 March 2003 that it had between
17 March and 21 March 2003 exercised its discretion and released 1,404,275
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to participants in the Executive Share Award
Scheme ('ESAS').   None of these shares were released to a director of Barclays
PLC.


2.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Trust (the 
'PSP & ESOS trust') notified the Company on 24 March 2003 that it had on 17 
March 2003 exercised its discretion and released 31,892 ordinary shares in 
Barclays PLC to a participant who exercised his award under the Barclays Group
Performance Share Plan ('PSP').  The participant to whom shares were released is
not a director of Barclays PLC.


3.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS)
Supplementary Trust (the 'PSP & ESOS Supplementary trust') notified the Company
on 24 March 2003 that it had on 17 March 2003 exercised its discretion and
released 1,848 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.  None of these shares were
released to directors of Barclays PLC.



Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 85,609,783 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. Sir
Peter Middleton, Mr M W Barrett, Mr C J Lendrum and Mr J S Varley, directors of
Barclays PLC, 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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