Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
5 June 2002


                                                                     5 June 2002


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

The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust,
(the 'trust') notified the Company on 5 June 2002 that it had on 31 May 2002
exercised its discretion and released 4,316 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a
price of 600p per share to a participant in the Executive Share Award Scheme ('
ESAS'). The participant to whom shares were released is not a director of
Barclays PLC.

Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 58,431,262 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. Sir
Peter Middleton, Mr M W Barrett, Sir Andrew Large, Mr C J Lendrum, Mr J M
Stewart 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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