Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
10 November 2003

                                                                10 November 2003



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

1.       The trustee of the Barclays Group Share Incentive Plan ('the SIP')
informed the Company on 7 November 2003 that on 7 November 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
503p per share:


Director              Number of Shares
Mr C J Lendrum        24
Mr J S Varley         24


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




Director             Beneficial Holding           Non Beneficial Holding


Mr C J Lendrum       224,413                      -
Mr J S Varley        303,709                      -



2.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
Trust, (the 'ESAS trust') notified the Company on 10 November 2003 that it had
on 6 November 2003 purchased a total of 2,263,157 ordinary shares in Barclays
PLC at a price of 495.02p per share.  None of the shares purchased was in
respect of an award made 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 10 November 2003
that it had on 7 November 2003 purchased a total of 192,086 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC at a price of 495.02p per share.  None of the shares purchased were
in respect of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.



4.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Trust (the '
PSP & ESOS trust') notified the Company on 10 November 2003 that it had on 7
November 2003 exercised its discretion and released 11,632 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC to a participant who exercised their award under the Barclays Group
Performance Share Plan ('PSP').  None of these shares were released to directors
of Barclays PLC.





5.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS)
Supplementary Trust (the 'PSP & ESOS Supplementary trust') notified the Company
on 10 November 2003 that it had on 7 November 2003 exercised its discretion and
released 1,489 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.  None of these shares were
released to directors of Barclays PLC.



6.       The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust
(the 'QUEST') notified the Company on 5 November 2003 that they had transferred
157,840 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 5 November 2003 to participants in the
Barclays PLC 1991 SAYE Share Option Scheme and the Barclays Group SAYE Share
Option Scheme following the exercise of their options.  (The QUEST is a trust
which distributes shares to employees of the Barclays Group on the exercise of
options granted under the Barclays PLC 1991 SAYE Share Option Scheme and the
Barclays Group SAYE Share Option Scheme (the 'Schemes').





In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 84,930,796 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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