Director Interests

Barclays PLC
30 March 2004


                                                                   30 March 2004



         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 29 March that it had between
22 March 2004 and 23 March 2004 exercised its discretion and released 123,097
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to participants in the Executive Share Award
Scheme ('ESAS'). Of these shares, the following were released to a director of
Barclays PLC:

Director     Shares   Shares sold   Shares   Price   Shares
             released on behalf of  sold at  per     retained
             to a     the director  the      share   by the
             director to meet tax   request  (£)     director
                      and national  of the
                      insurance     director
                      liability
Mr M W       51,155   20,974        30,181   4.75    0
Barrett

2.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Supplementary
Trust (the 'ESAS Supplementary trust') notified the Company on 29 March 2004
that it had between 22 March 2004 and 23 March 2004 released a total of 6,718
shares in Barclays PLC at a price between £4.74 and £4.75 per share. 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 107,972,079 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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