Director Interests

Barclays PLC
08 April 2004






                                                                    8 April 2004

         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 April 2004 that on 7 April 2004 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 £489.75 per share:

Director        Number of Shares
Mr G A Hoffman  26
Mr C J Lendrum  26
Mr D L Roberts  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 G A Hoffman  132,980             -
Mr C J Lendrum  237,426             -
Mr D L Roberts  62,133              -
Mr J S Varley   329,575             -

In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 106,883,495 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC. Mr G A Hoffman, Mr C J Lendrum, Mr D L Roberts 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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