Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
08 April 2005





                                                                    8 April 2005

         Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act 1985 s.329

The trustee of the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan informed the Company on 7
April 2005 that it had on 7 April 2005 purchased, and now held as bare trustee
under the Barclays Group Sharepurchase Plan, the following ordinary shares in
the capital of Barclays PLC for the following directors at a price of 556.50p
per share:

Director             Number of Shares
Mr J S Varley        23
Mr D L Roberts       23
Mr G A Hoffman       23

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

Director             Beneficial Holding         Non Beneficial
                                                Holding
Mr J S Varley        351,049                    -
Mr D L Roberts       70,674                     -
Mr G A Hoffman       178,534                    -

In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 133,074,369 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC. Matthew W 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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