Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
27 October 2003


                                                                 27 October 2003


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


The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust,
(the 'ESAS trust') notified the Company on 27 October 2003 that it had on 21
October 2003 exercised its discretion and released 7,071 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 101,179,990 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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