Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
22 March 2005





                                                                   22 March 2005

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

1.The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust 
  (the 'ESAS Trust') notified the Company on 21 March 2005 that it had on 17 
  March 2005 exercised its discretion and released a total of 227,350 ordinary 
  shares in Barclays PLC. Of these shares, the following were released to 
  directors of Barclays PLC:

  Director    Shares released Shares sold on     Price      Shares   Shares
              to director     behalf of director per share  sold by  retained
                              to meet tax and    (pence)    director by director
                              national insurance
                              liability

  M W Barrett 67,159          27,637             550.74     39,522   0

2.The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Employees' Benefit 
  Trust (the 'PSP & ESOS Trust') notified the Company on 21 March 2005 that it 
  had on 14 March 2005 exercised its discretion and released a total of 10,404
  ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. None of the shares released were in respect 
  of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.

3.The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Supplementary Trust
  (the 'PSP & ESOS Supplementary Trust') notified the Company on 21 March 2005 
  that it had on 14 March 2005 exercised its discretion and released a total of 
  1,332 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. None of the shares released were in 
  respect of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.

Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 136,033,010 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.
Matthew W Barrett, Chairman, and the executive directors of Barclays 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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