Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
06 May 2003



                                                                      6 May 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 6 May 2003 that it had on 30 April 2003
exercised its discretion and released 25,100 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to
a participant 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 81,446,140 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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