Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
28 February 2003




                                                                28 February 2003



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


Mr C J Lendrum, a director of Barclays PLC, informed the Company on 28 February
2003 that on 26 February 2003, Mrs M Lendrum, a connected person to Mr Lendrum,
received 11,408 ordinary shares in the capital of Barclays PLC as part of an
inheritance.



Following this change, Mr Lendrum holds a beneficial interest in 214,336
ordinary shares in the capital of Barclays PLC.



In addition to the interest shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 86,076,323 ordinary shares in Barclays
PLC.  Mr Lendrum, together with other directors and senior executives, is
amongst the potential beneficiaries under these trusts and is therefore regarded
for Companies Act purposes as being interested in the Barclays PLC ordinary
shares held in them.








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