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Barclays PLC01 November 2005 1 November 2005 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 31 October 2005 that it had on 26October 2005 exercised its discretion and released a total of 10,996 ordinaryshares in Barclays PLC and on 27 October 2005 purchased a total of 668,006ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 549.05p per share. None of theshares purchased or released were in respect of an award made to a director ofBarclays PLC. Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'benefit trusts hold a total of 150,446,728 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.Matthew W Barrett, Chairman and the executive directors of Barclays are amongstthe potential beneficiaries under these trusts and are therefore regarded forCompanies Act purposes as being interested in the Barclays PLC ordinary sharesheld in them. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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