Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
30 April 2002


                                     30 April 2002


            Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329


The Company was notified on 30 April 2002 by the Administrators of the Dividend
Reinvestment Plan (the 'Plan') that on 29 April 2002 the following directors had
received ordinary shares in the Company by way of the Plan for the second
interim dividend for 2001 at a price of 615p per share.  The number of shares
received by each director, together with their total beneficial interests
following the allotments, are as follows:


Director              No. of shares received               Beneficial interests


M W Barrett                            1,828                             37,917

S G Russell                               40                              1,485


Following this transaction, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 14,398,333 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.


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