Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
08 June 2004

                                                                     8 June 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 7 June 2004 that it had
    between 1 June 2004 and 4 June 2004 exercised its discretion and released a
    total of 35,625 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC and on 4 June 2004 it 
    purchased a total of 98,307 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 
    482.48p per share.  None of the shares released or purchased were in respect 
    of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.

2.  The trustee of the Barclays Group Share Incentive Plan ('the SIP') informed 
    the Company on 7 June 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 prices between 488p and 502.25p per share:

    Director                  Number of Shares
    Mr C J Lendrum            43
    Mr J S Varley             43
    Mr D L Roberts            43
    Mr G A Hoffman            43

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

    Director                  Beneficial Holding          Non Beneficial Holding
    Mr C J Lendrum            231,515                     -
    Mr J S Varley             329,643                     -
    Mr D L Roberts            62,238                      -
    Mr G A Hoffman            133,048                     -

Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 107,786,580 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.
Sir Peter Middleton, Chairman, and the executive directors of Barclays 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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