Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
14 April 2003


                                                                   14 April 2003


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


1.   The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
     Trust (the 'trust') notified the Company on 14 April 2003 that it had on 11
     April 2003 purchased 1,057,787 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price 
     of 405.33p per share.  None of the shares purchased were in respect of an 
     award made to a director of Barclays PLC.

2.   The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
     Trust, (the 'trust') notified the Company on 14 April 2003 that it had 
     between 1 April and 8 April 2003 exercised its discretion and released 
     258,449 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to participants in the Executive 
     Share Award Scheme (' ESAS').   None of these shares were released to a 
     director of Barclays PLC.

3.   The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Supplementary Trust 
     (the 'ESAS Supplementary trust') notified the Company on 14 April 2003
     that it had on 11 April 2003 purchased a total of 126,297 ordinary shares 
     in Barclays PLC at a price of 405.33p per share.  None of the shares 
     purchased 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 81,522,035 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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