Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
3 December 2001



                                                               3 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 30 November 2001 that it
had on 26 November 2001 exercised its discretion and released 1,513 ordinary
shares in Barclays PLC at a price of £21.64 and on 30 November 2001 exercised
its discretion and released 1,473 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price
of £21.17 to participants in the Executive Share Award Scheme ('ESAS'). 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 30 November 2001 that it
purchased 68,232 ordinary shares on 30 November at a price of 2139p per share.
   None of the shares purchased was 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
30 November 2001 that it had on 30 November 2001 purchased a total of 3,147
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 2128p per share.  None of the
shares purchased was 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 10,623,224 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.