Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
08 November 2002

                                                                 8 November 2002


         Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act 1985 s.329

The trustee of the Barclays Group Share Incentive Plan ('the SIP') informed the
Company on 7 November 2002 that on 7 November 2002 it had purchased, and now
held as bare trustee under the SIP, the following ordinary shares in the capital
of Barclays PLC for the following directors at a price of 470.25p per share:

Director              Number of Shares

Mr C J Lendrum        26
Mr J S Varley         26


The revised total shareholding for each director following these transactions,
is as follows:

Director             Beneficial Holding           Non Beneficial Holding

Mr C J Lendrum       202,828                      -
Mr J S Varley        247,416                      -

In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 70,393,888 ordinary shares in Barclays
PLC.  Mr C J Lendrum and Mr J S Varley, directors of Barclays PLC, together with
other directors and senior executives, 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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