AGM Resolutions

Barclays PLC
26 April 2002

                      Barclays PLC Annual General Meeting



The Annual General Meeting for 2002 of Barclays PLC was held on Thursday 25
April 2002 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London.



A poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed which were passed with large
majorities:


Resolutions

1     That the Report of the Directors and the audited accounts of the Company for
      the year ended 31st December 2001, laid before the meeting, be received.


2     That Graham Martyn Wallace be re-elected a Director of the Company.


3     That Thomas David Guy Arculus be re-elected a Director of the Company.


4     That Hilary Mary Cropper be re-elected a Director of the Company.


5     That Sir Andrew Large be re-elected a Director of the Company.


6     That John Silvester Varley be re-elected a Director of the Company.


7     That PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors,
      be re-appointed as auditors of the Company to hold office until the
      conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which accounts are
      laid before the Company and that their remuneration be determined by the
      Directors.


8     That Barclays Bank PLC, being a subsidiary of the Company, be and is hereby
      authorised for the purposes of Part XA of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended
      by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000) to make
      Donations to EU Political Organisations and to incur EU Political
      Expenditure during the period ending on the earlier of 24th April 2006 or
      the date of the Company's Annual General Meeting in 2006, unless such
      authority is previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general
      meeting, provided that any such Donations made and EU Political Expenditure
      incurred by Barclays Bank PLC shall not exceed an aggregate of £200,000
      during any financial year of the Company (or pro rata for any part of any
      financial year); provided further that Barclays Bank PLC shall not use the
      authority granted by this resolution other than in the continuation of its
      existing business activities and that the Group's policy of making no direct
      contributions to political parties shall remain unchanged.


9     That Woolwich plc, being a subsidiary of the Company, be and is hereby
      authorised for the purposes of Part XA of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended
      by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000) to make
      Donations to EU Political Organisations and to incur EU Political
      Expenditure during the period ending on the earlier of 24th April 2006 or
      the date of the Company's Annual General Meeting in 2006, unless such
      authority is previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general
      meeting, provided that any such Donations made and EU Political Expenditure
      incurred by Woolwich plc shall not exceed an aggregate of £20,000 during any
      financial year of the Company (or pro rata for any part of any financial
      year); provided further that Woolwich plc shall not use the authority
      granted by this resolution other than in the continuation of its existing
      business activities and that the Group's policy of making no direct
      contributions to political parties shall remain unchanged.


10    That Barclays Capital Services Limited, being a subsidiary of the Company,
      be and is hereby authorised for the purposes of Part XA of the Companies Act
      1985 (as amended by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act
      2000) to make Donations to EU Political Organisations and to incur EU
      Political Expenditure during the period ending on the earlier of 24th April
      2006 or the date of the Company's Annual General Meeting in 2006, unless
      such authority is previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in
      general meeting, provided that any such Donations made and EU Political
      Expenditure incurred by Barclays Capital Services Limited shall not exceed
      an aggregate of £10,000 during any financial year of the Company (or pro
      rata for any part of any financial year); provided further that Barclays
      Capital Services Limited shall not use the authority granted by this
      resolution other than in the continuation of its existing business
      activities and that the Group's policy of making no direct contributions to
      political parties shall remain unchanged.


11    That Barclays Mercantile Business Finance Limited, being a subsidiary of the
      Company, be and is hereby authorised for the purposes of Part XA of the
      Companies Act 1985 (as amended by the Political Parties, Elections and
      Referendums Act 2000) to make Donations to EU Political Organisations and to
      incur EU Political Expenditure during the period ending on the earlier of
      24th April 2006 or the date of the Company's Annual General Meeting in 2006,
      unless such authority is previously renewed, varied or revoked by the
      Company in general meeting, provided that any such Donations made and EU
      Political Expenditure incurred by Barclays Mercantile Business Finance
      Limited shall not exceed an aggregate of £10,000 during any financial year
      of the Company (or pro rata for any part of any financial year); provided
      further that Barclays Mercantile Business Finance Limited shall not use the
      authority granted by this resolution other than in the continuation of its
      existing business activities and that the Group's policy of making no direct
      contributions to political parties shall remain unchanged.


12    That Barclays Bank S.A. (incorporated in Spain), being a subsidiary of the
      Company, be and is hereby authorised for the purposes of Part XA of the
      Companies Act 1985 (as amended by the Political Parties, Elections and
      Referendums Act 2000) to make Donations to EU Political Organisations and to
      incur EU Political Expenditure during the period ending on the earlier of
      24th April 2006 or the date of the Company's Annual General Meeting in 2006,
      unless such authority is previously renewed, varied or revoked by the
      Company in general meeting, provided that any such Donations made and EU
      Political Expenditure incurred by Barclays Bank S.A. shall not exceed an
      aggregate of £10,000 during any financial year of the Company (or pro rata
      for any part of any financial year); provided further that Barclays Bank
      S.A. shall not use the authority granted by this resolution other than in
      the continuation of its existing business activities and that the Group's
      policy of making no direct contributions to political parties shall remain
      unchanged.


13    That in accordance with Article 51 of the Company's Articles of Association,
      each of the 2,499,000,000 issued and unissued ordinary shares of £1 each in
      the capital of the Company be subdivided into 4 ordinary shares of 25p each
      the subdivision to be effective immediately and application to be made for
      dealings in the new ordinary shares to commence on 29 April 2002.


14    That the Company be authorised generally to make market purchases (within
      the meaning of Section 163(3) of the Companies Act 1985) on the London Stock
      Exchange of up to an aggregate of 1,000,264,636 ordinary shares of 25p each
      in its capital, provided that:



      (a)             the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid
      for each ordinary share is not less than 25p;



      (b)             the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid
      for each ordinary share shall not be more than 105% of the average of the
      market values of the ordinary shares (as derived from the Daily Official
      List of the London Stock Exchange) for the five business days immediately
      preceding the date on which the purchase is made; and



      (c)              the authority conferred by this resolution shall expire on
      the date of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2003
      (except in relation to any purchase of shares the contract for which was
      concluded before such date and which would or might be executed wholly or
      partly after such date).




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