Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
08 September 2003




                                                                8 September 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 8 September 2003 that it had on 5
September 2003 exercised its discretion and released 91,356 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.





The trustee of the Barclays Group Share Incentive Plan ('the SIP') informed the
Company on 8 September 2003 that on 8 September 2003 it had purchased, and now
held as bare trustee under the SIP, the following ordinary shares in the capital
of Barclays PLC for the following directors at a price of 472.00p per share:


Director              Number of Shares
Mr C J Lendrum        26
Mr J S Varley         26





The revised total shareholding for each director following these transactions,
is as follows:



Director             Beneficial Holding           Non Beneficial Holding


Mr C J Lendrum       220,444                      -
Mr J S Varley        303,652                      -





In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 82,199,259 ordinary shares in Barclays
PLC.  Mr C J Lendrum and Mr J S Varley, directors of Barclays PLC, together with
other directors and senior executives, 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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