Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
07 July 2003


                                                                    7 July 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 7 July 2003 that it had on 30 June
2003 exercised its discretion and released 996,696 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.

2.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Supplementary
Trust (the 'ESAS Supplementary trust') notified the Company on 7 July 2003 that
it had on 30 June 2003 released a total of 23,290 ordinary shares in Barclays
PLC at a price of 451.70p per share.  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 81,041,561 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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