Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
16 June 2003

                                                                    16 June 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 16 June 2003 that it had on 9 June 2003
exercised its discretion and released 88,995 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 81,727,307 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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