Director's Interests

Barclays PLC
27 December 2001



                                                              27 December 2001


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


1.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees'
Benefit Trust, (the 'trust') notified the Company on 27 December 2001 that it
had exercised its discretion and released the following ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC to participants in the Executive Share Award Scheme ('ESAS'):


Date of release              Number of ordinary shares in Barclays PLC

17 December 2001                                           94,589
18 December 2001                                            4,015
20 December 2001                                            4,668



        The participants to whom shares were released are not directors of
Barclays PLC.



2.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees'
Benefit Trust (the 'Trust') notified the Company on 27 December 2001 that it
purchased 4,545 ordinary shares on 21 December at a price of 2156p per share.
None of the shares purchased were in respect of an award made to a director
of Barclays PLC.



3.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Supplementary
Trust (the 'ESAS Supplementary trust') notified the Company on 27 December
2001 that it had on 21 December 2001 purchased a total of 542 ordinary shares
and released a total of 2,940 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of
2156p per share.  None of the shares purchased or released were in respect of
an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.





Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 10,480,077 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.