Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
22 February 2002

                                                                22 February 2002



           Notification of director's interests:  Companies Act s329



Mr M W Barrett notified the Company today that on 22 February 2002 he had
purchased 10,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 2064p per share.

Following this transaction Mr Barrett has a beneficial interest in 36,089
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.

In addition to the interest shown above, Mr Barrett has an interest as a
potential beneficiary, together with other Directors and senior executives of
Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC in 15,177,385 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC
held by the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees' benefit trusts.



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