Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
12 November 2002


                                                          12 November 2002



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

The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the '
Quest') notified the Company on 11 November 2002 that they subscribed for a
total of 375,359 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 11 November 2002 at a price of
437.25p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest held a
total of 375,359 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 trustees of the Quest also notified the Company on 11 November 2002 that
they had transferred 375,359 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 11 November 2002 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.



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