Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
30 September 2002



                                                               30 September 2002


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



1.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Trust (the '
PSP & ESOS trust') notified the Company on 30 September 2002 that it had between
23 and 25 September 2002 exercised its discretion and released 113,025 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 are not directors of Barclays PLC.



2.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
Trust (the ' ESAS trust') notified the Company on 30 September 2002 that it had
on 23 September 2002 exercised its discretion and released 7,476 ordinary shares
to a participant in the Executive Share Award Scheme ('ESAS').  The participant
to whom shares were released is not a director of Barclays PLC.



3.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS)
Supplementary Trust (the 'PSP & ESOS Supplementary trust') notified the Company
on 30 September 2002 that it had between 23 and 25 September 2002 exercised its
discretion and released 11,972 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC .  None of these
shares were released to directors of Barclays PLC.



4.       The trustee of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust
(the 'Quest') notified the Company on 27 September 2002 that it subscribed for a
total of 81,599 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 27 September 2002 at a price of
393.75p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustee of the Quest held a
total of 81,599 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 27 September 2002 that it
had transferred 81,599 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 27 September 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.





Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 67,353,167 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. Sir
Peter Middleton, Mr M W Barrett, 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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