Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
15 December 2003

                                                                15 December 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 15 December 2003 that it had
on 9 December 2003 exercised its discretion and released a total of 37,173
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to a participant in the Executive Share Award
Scheme.  The participant to whom shares were released is not a director of
Barclays PLC.

2. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Supplementary
Trust (the 'ESAS Supplementary trust') notified the Company on 15 December 2003
that it had on 9 December 2003 released a total of 2,735 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC at a price of 495.75p per share.  None of the shares released were
in respect of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.



Following this transaction, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 83,990,044 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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