Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
04 November 2002

                                                                 4 November 2002


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

1. The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust
(the 'Quest') notified the Company on 4 November 2002 that they subscribed for a
total of 1,042,743 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 4 November 2002 at a price of
453.5p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest held a
total of 1,042,743 Barclays PLC ordinary shares in which the following directors
of Barclays PLC had an interest as potential beneficiaries: Sir Peter Middleton,
Mr M W Barrett, Mr C J Lendrum, Mr J M Stewart and Mr J S Varley.  (The Quest is
a trust which distributes shares to employees of the Barclays Group on the
exercise of options granted under the Barclays PLC 1991 SAYE Share Option
Scheme, the Barclays Group SAYE Share Option Scheme and the Woolwich PLC
Sharesave Scheme (the 'Schemes').)

The trustees of the Quest also notified the Company on 4 November 2002 that they
had transferred 1,042,743 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 4 November 2002 to
participants in the Schemes following the exercise of their options.  Following
this transaction, each of the directors listed above ceased to have an interest
in such shares.

2. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Trust (the 'trust
') notified the Company on 4 November 2002 that it had on 31 October 2002
exercised its discretion and released 8,388 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC
to a participant who exercised their award under the Barclays Group
Performance Share Plan ('PSP').  The participant to whom shares were
released is not a director of Barclays PLC.

3. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust
(the 'Trust') notified the Company on 4 November 2002 that it had on 28
October 2002 exercised its discretion and released 28,797 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC to  participants in the Executive Share Award Scheme ('ESAS').
The participants to whom shares were released are not directors of Barclays
PLC.

4. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Supplementary Trust (the
'ESAS Supplementary trust') notified the Company on 4 November 2002 that it
had on 28 October 2002 exercised its discretion and released 3,399 ordinary
shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 447.5p per share.   None of these
shares were released to directors of Barclays PLC.

5. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Supplementary
Trust (the 'PSP & ESOS Supplementary trust') notified the Company on 4
November 2002 that it had on 31 October 2002 exercised its discretion and
released 990 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.  None of these shares were
released to directors of Barclays PLC.

Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 70,393,888 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. Sir
Peter Middleton, Mr M W Barrett, 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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