Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
22 July 2002


                                                                    22 July 2002


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

The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Trust (the 'PSP &
ESOS trust') notified the Company on 22 July 2002 that it had on 15 July 2002
exercised its discretion and released 9,288 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to a
participant who exercised his award under the Barclays Group Performance Share
Plan ('PSP').  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 58,381,226 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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