Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
01 September 2003

                                                                1 September 2003


         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 1 September 2003 that it 
     had on 27 August 2003 exercised its discretion and released 13,000 ordinary 
     shares in Barclays PLC and on 29 August 2003 exercised its discretion and 
     released 47,560 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 (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
     Trust, (the 'ESAS trust') notified the Company on 1 September 2003 that it 
     had on 26 August 2003 purchased a total of 1,380,318 ordinary shares in 
     Barclays PLC at a price of 471.92p per share.  None of the shares purchased 
     was in respect of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.
     
3.   The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Supplementary Trust 
     (the 'ESAS Supplementary trust') notified the Company on 1 September 2003
     that it had on 26 August 2003 purchased a total of 34,512 ordinary shares 
     in Barclays PLC at a price of 471.92p per share.  None of the shares 
     purchased were in respect of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.

Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 82,290,615 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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