Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
29 October 2001



                                                               29 October 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 26 October 2001 that it
had on 22 October 2001 exercised its discretion and released 146 ordinary
shares in Barclays PLC, on 24 October 2001 it exercised its discretion and
released 14,701 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC and on 25 October 2001 it
exercised its discretion and released 1,469 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.
All the shares were released 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 (PSP & ESOS)
Trust (the 'PSP & ESOS trust') notified the Company on 26 October 2001 that it
had on 25 October 2001 exercised its discretion and released 3,244 ordinary
shares in Barclays PLC to participants who exercised their awards under the
Barclays Group Performance Share Plan ('PSP').  The participants to whom
shares were released is not a director of Barclays PLC.



3.             The trustee of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership
Trust (the 'Quest') notified the Company on 26 October 2001 that it subscribed
for a total of 17,896 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 26 October 2001 at a
price of 2113p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustee of the
Quest held a total of 17,896 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 26 October 2001 that it
had transferred 17,896 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 26 October 2001 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 10,533,156 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.