Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
07 January 2003
                                                                  7 January 2003

         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 January 2003 that on 7 January 2003 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 382.25p per share:

Director              Number of Shares
Mr C J Lendrum        32
Mr J S Varley         32

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

Director             Beneficial Holding           Non Beneficial Holding

Mr C J Lendrum       202,892                      -
Mr J S Varley        247,480                      -


In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 70,656,045 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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