Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
24 November 2004





                                                                24 November 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 23 November 2004 that it 
    had between 16 November 2004 and 17 November 2004 exercised its discretion 
    and released a total of 14,816 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. None of the 
    shares released or purchased were in respect of an award made to a director 
    of Barclays PLC.

2.  The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Supplementary Trust 
    (the 'ESAS Supplementary Trust') notified the Company on 23 November 2004 
    that it had on 18 November 2004 exercised its discretion and released a 
    total of 7,550 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. 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 115,766,776 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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