Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
29 April 2003

                                                                   29 April 2003


            Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329

The Company was notified on 29 April 2003 by the Administrators of the Dividend
Reinvestment Plan (the 'Plan') that on 28 April 2003 the following directors had
received ordinary shares in the Company by way of the Plan for the 2002 final
dividend at a price of 432.61p per share.  The number of shares received by each
director, together with their total beneficial interests following the
allotments are as follows:


Director               No. of shares received           Beneficial interests

M W Barrett                    7,233                          270,617

S G Russell                      61                            9,125


In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 81,471,240 ordinary shares in Barclays
PLC. Sir Peter Middleton, Mr M W Barrett, Mr C J Lendrum and Mr J S Varley,
directors of Barclays PLC, 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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