Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
07 August 2003

                                                                   7 August 2003


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


The trustee of the Barclays Group Share Incentive Plan ('the SIP') informed the
Company on 7 August 2003 that on 7 August 2003 it had purchased, and now held as
bare trustee under the SIP, the following ordinary shares in the capital of
Barclays PLC for the following directors at a price of 467.5p per share:

Director              Number of Shares

Mr C J Lendrum        27
Mr J S Varley         27

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

Director             Beneficial Holding           Non Beneficial Holding

Mr C J Lendrum       220,418                      -
Mr J S Varley        303,626                      -


In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 81,041,561 ordinary shares in Barclays
PLC.  Mr C J Lendrum and Mr J S Varley, directors of Barclays PLC, together with
other directors and senior executives, 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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