Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
05 May 2004

                                                                      5 May 2004


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


1.   The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
     Trust (the 'trust') notified the Company on 4 May 2004 that it had between 
     26 April 2004 and 30 April 2004 exercised its discretion and released 
     14,062 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price between 507.13p and 
     510.25p per share to participants in the Executive Share Award Scheme 
     ('ESAS').  None of these shares were released to a director of Barclays 
     PLC.

2.   The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Trust (the 'PSP 
     & ESOS trust') notified the Company on 4 May 2004 that it had on 26 April
     2004 exercised its discretion and released 23,856 ordinary shares in 
     Barclays PLC to participants who exercised their awards under the Barclays 
     Group Performance Share Plan ('PSP').  None of these shares were released 
     to directors of Barclays PLC.

3.   The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Supplementary 
     Trust (the 'PSP & ESOS Supplementary trust') notified the Company on 4 May 
     2004 that it had on 26 April 2004 exercised its discretion and released
     1,719 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.  None of these shares were released 
     to directors of Barclays PLC.

4.   The Company was notified on 4 May 2004 by the Administrators of the
     Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the 'Plan') that on 30 April 2004 the following
     directors had received ordinary shares in the Company by way of the Plan 
     for the 2003 final dividend at a price of 508.36p per share. The number of 
     shares received by each director, together with their total beneficial 
     interests following the allotments are as follows:

Director                 No. of shares received     Beneficial interests

M W Barrett                               7,273                  284,929

S G Russell                                  60                   12,163

D L Roberts                                  37                   62,170


5.   The Company was notified on 5 May 2004 by C J Lendrum, a director of the 
     Company, that on 4 May 2004 he had gifted 6,008 ordinary shares in the
     Company to Durham University. The number of ordinary shares in the Company 
     held beneficially by Mr Lendrum following the transaction is now 231,418.


Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 107,169,056 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. Sir
Peter Middleton, Chairman, and the executive 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.



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