Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
10 February 2004



                                                                10 February 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 9 February 2004 that on 9 February 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 513.50p 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            126,492                       -
Mr C J Lendrum            224,504                       -
Mr D L Roberts             62,082                       -
Mr J S Varley             303,783                       -

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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