Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
13 May 2002


                                                                    13 May 2002


         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 13 May 2002 that it had on 10 May
2002 exercised its discretion and released 25,728 ordinary shares in Barclays
PLC at a price of 605p per share 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 13 May 2002 that it had on 9 May 
2002 exercised its discretion and released 5,565 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC 
to a participant who exercised his award under the Barclays Group Performance 
Share Plan ('PSP').  The participant to whom shares were released is not a 
director of Barclays PLC.


Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 58,226,233 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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