Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
08 January 2004




                                                                  8 January 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 January 2004 that on 7 January 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 516.75p per share:


Director              Number of Shares
Mr G A Hoffman        24
Mr C J Lendrum        24
Mr D L Roberts        24
Mr J S Varley         24


The revised total shareholding for each director following these transactions,
is as follows:

Director             Beneficial Holding           Non Beneficial Holding


Mr G A Hoffman       126,468                      -
Mr C J Lendrum       224,480                      -
Mr D L Roberts         62,058                     -
Mr J S Varley        303,759                      -



Further to the announcement on 2 January 2004 of the details relating to the
appointment of Mr G A Hoffman as a director with effect from 1 January 2004 Mr G
A Hoffman has notified the Company of a further interest in 7,616 Barclays
shares.  The share interest notified on 2 January 2004 was 111,828 and the
revised shareholding including the SIP purchase on 7 January 2004 and the
further 7,616 shares is therefore 126,468.



In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 82,797,943 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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