Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
01 December 2003


                                                                 1 December 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 1 December 2003 that it had on 28
November 2003 exercised its discretion and released 8,911ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC to a participant 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 84,015,495 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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