Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
01 September 2004


                                                                1 September 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 31 August 2004 that it had 
    on 25 August 2004 exercised its discretion and released a total of 22,061 
    ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to participants in the Executive Share Award 
    Scheme ('ESAS'). The participants to whom the shares were released are not    
    directors of Barclays PLC.

2.  The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Supplementary Trust 
    (the 'ESAS Supplementary Trust') notified the Company on 31 August 2004 that 
    it had on 10 August 2004 exercised its discretion and released a total of 
    3,686 shares in Barclays PLC at a price of £5.19 per share. The participants 
    to whom the shares were released are not directors of Barclays PLC.

Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 109,934,697 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.
Matthew Barrett, 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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