Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
22 November 2002

                                                               22 November 2002

                                  Barclays PLC

        Notification of director's interests: Companies Act section 329

The Company was notified on 21 November 2002 by the Plan Manager of the WPM
Barclays Share Single Company PEP (the 'PEP') that on 21 November 2002, Mr J M
Stewart and his wife, Mrs S A Stewart, acquired a total of 3 ordinary shares in
the Company at a price of 454p per share as a result of the re-investment of
reclaimed tax from their single Company PEPs.  Following these transactions, Mr
J M Stewart, a director of the Company, has a total beneficial interest in 4,050
ordinary shares in the Company.

As a participant in the Woolwich Sharesave Schemes Mr J M Stewart, together with
other directors and senior executives of Woolwich plc, have interests as
potential discretionary beneficiaries in 1,883,196 Barclays PLC ordinary shares
held by the trustee of the Woolwich Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust.

In addition to the interests shown above, 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.


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