Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
23 December 2002




                                                                23 December 2002



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



1.       The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust
(the 'Quest') notified the Company on 20 December 2002 that they subscribed for
a total of 105,380 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 20 December 2002 at a price
of 372.5p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest held
a total of 105,380 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 20 December 2002 that
they had transferred 105,380 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 20 December 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.



2.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
Trust, (the 'trust') notified the Company on 23 December 2002 that it had on 18
December 2002 exercised its discretion and released 670,012 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC to participants in the Executive Share Award Scheme ('ESAS').  The
participants to whom shares were released are not directors of Barclays PLC.



3.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Supplementary
Trust (the 'ESAS Supplementary trust') notified the Company on 23 December 2002
that it had on 18 December 2002 exercised its discretion and released 32,835
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at prices ranging from 382.69p to 387.34p per
share.  None of these shares were released to directors of Barclays PLC.



4.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Trust (the '
trust') notified the Company on 23 December 2002 that it had on 20 December 2002
exercised its discretion and released 6,403 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to a
participant who exercised their award under the Barclays Group Performance Share
Plan ('PSP').  The participant to whom shares were released is not a director of
Barclays PLC.



5.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS)
Supplementary Trust (the 'PSP & ESOS Supplementary trust') notified the Company
on 23 December 2002 that it had on 20 December 2002 exercised its discretion and
released 756 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.  None of these shares were
released to directors of Barclays PLC.



Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 70,656,045 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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