Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
15 October 2003



                                                                 15 October 2003



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

The trustee of the Barclays Group Share Incentive Plan ('the SIP') informed the
Company on 15 October 2003 that on 14 October 2003 it had purchased, and now
held as bare trustee, ordinary shares in the capital of Barclays PLC as dividend
shares under the SIP for the following directors at a price of 514.25p per
share.  The number of shares received by each director, together with their
total beneficial interests following the purchase are as follows:


Director         Number of Shares   Beneficial Holding    Non Beneficial Holding


Mr C J Lendrum            7         220,477               -
Mr J S Varley             7         303,685               -





Following this transaction, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 100,117,866 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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