Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
08 October 2003


                                                                  8 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 7 October 2003 that on 7 October 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 494.75p 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       220,470                      -
Mr J S Varley        303,678                      -

In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 100,120,923 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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