Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
16 February 2004


                                                                16 February 2004


            Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329

The following directors of Barclays PLC notified the Company on 13 February 2004
that they purchased on 13 February 2004 the following ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC at a price of 493p per share:

  DIRECTOR                    BARCLAYS PLC    TOTAL BENEFICIAL    TOTAL                                    
                              SHARES          INTEREST FOLLOWING  NON-BENEFICIAL
                              PURCHASED       THIS NOTIFICATION   INTEREST    
                                                                  FOLLOWING THIS
                                                                  NOTIFICATION                             

  T D G Arculus               1,617           15,906              -                                        
  Sir Richard Broadbent       853             2,853               -                                        
  H M Cropper                 1,664           4,847               -                                        
  Prof. Dame Sandra Dawson    1,504           4,312               -                                        
  Sir Brian Jenkins           1,443           3,005               105,200                                  
  Sir Nigel Rudd              1,480           12,907              -                                        
  S G Russell                 1,494           12,103              -                                        
  Dr Jurgen Zech              1,357           6,552               -                                        


The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust,
(the 'ESAS trust') notified the Company on 16 February 2004 that it had on 12
and 13 February 2004 exercised its discretion and released 72,772 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.

In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 82,725,171 ordinary shares in Barclays
PLC. Sir Peter Middleton, Mr M W Barrett, Mr C J Lendrum, Mr J S Varley, Mr R
Davis, Mr G A Hoffman, Mr N Kheraj and D L Roberts 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.




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