Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
28 April 2003


                                                                   28 April 2003



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

The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust,
(the 'trust') notified the Company on 28 April 2003 that it had between 22 April
and 24 April 2003 exercised its discretion and released 13,455 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.

Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 81,471,240 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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