Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
19 May 2003

                                                                     19 May 2003


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

     
1.   The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Trust (the 'ESAS
     trust') notified the Company on 19 May 2003 that it had on 13 May 2003 
     purchased a total of 580,993 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 
     406.74p per share.  None of the shares purchased were in respect of an 
     award made to a director of Barclays PLC.
     
2.   The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
     Trust, (the 'ESAS trust') notified the Company on 19 May 2003 that it had 
     on 16 May 2003 exercised its discretion and released 27,141 ordinary shares 
     in Barclays PLC to a participant in the Executive Share Award Scheme 
     ('ESAS').  The participant to whom shares were released is not a director 
     of Barclays PLC.
     
3.   The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Supplementary Trust 
     (the 'ESAS Supplementary trust') notified the Company on 19 May 2003 that
     it had on 13 May 2003 purchased a total of 35,683 ordinary shares in 
     Barclays PLC at a price of 406.74p per share.  None of the shares purchased 
     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 82,009,976 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.
     
4.   The trustee of the Barclays Group Share Incentive Plan ('the SIP') informed 
     the Company on 16 May 2003 that on 15 May 2003 it had purchased, and
     now held as bare trustee, ordinary shares in the capital of Barclays PLC as
     dividend shares under the SIP for the following directors at a price of 
     413.50p per share.  The number of shares received by each director, 
     together with their total beneficial interests following the purchase are 
     as follows:


Director                      No. of shares received        Beneficial interests

C J Lendrum                              9                         220,207

J S Varley                                                         303,543


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