Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
22 September 2003

                                                               22 September 2003



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


The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust,
(the 'ESAS trust') notified the Company on 22 September 2003 that it had on 18
September 2003 exercised its discretion and released 5,594 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC and on 19 September 2003 exercised its discretion and released
22,777 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.


Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 82,170,888 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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