Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
17 November 2003

                                                                17 November 2003

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

1.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
Trust, (the 'ESAS trust') notified the Company on 17 November 2003 that it had
between 12 November and 14 November 2003 exercised its discretion and released
888,093 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 (PSP & ESOS) Trust (the '
PSP & ESOS trust') notified the Company on 17 November 2003 that it had on 13
November 2003 exercised its discretion and released 16,220 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC to a participant who exercised their awards under the Barclays
Group Performance Share Plan ('PSP').  None of these shares were released to
directors of Barclays PLC.

3.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS)
Supplementary Trust (the 'PSP & ESOS Supplementary trust') notified the Company
on 17 November 2003 that it had on 13 November 2003 exercised its discretion and
released 2,077 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.  None of these shares were
released to directors of Barclays PLC.


Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 84,024,406 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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