Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
16 September 2002



                                                               16 September 2002





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



1.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Trust (the '
PSP & ESOS trust') notified the Company on 13 September 2002 that it had between
9 September and 12 September 2002 exercised its discretion and released 148,072
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to participants who exercised their awards under
the Barclays Group Performance Share Plan ('PSP').



The PSP & ESOS trust is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees and
former employees (and their families) of Barclays Bank PLC and its subsidiaries.



2.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
Trust (the ' ESAS trust') notified the Company on 13 September 2002 that it
purchased 14,250 ordinary shares on 12 September 2002 at a price of 442p per
share.



3.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS)
Supplementary Trust (the 'PSP & ESOS Supplementary trust') notified the Company
on 13 September 2002 that it had between 9 September and 12 September 2002
exercised its discretion and released 14,604 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at
prices ranging from 427p to 446p per share.    The participants to whom shares
were released are not directors of Barclays PLC.



4.       The trustee of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust
(the 'Quest') notified the Company on 13 September 2002 that it subscribed for a
total of 117,318 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 13 September 2002 at a price of
433p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustee of the Quest held a
total of 117,318 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 trustee of the Quest also notified the Company on 13 September 2002 that it
had transferred 117,318 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 13 September 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.



Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 64,518,207 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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