Rule 8 - Barclays PLC

Barclays PLC 26 September 2000 Date of Disclosure 26/09/00 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(i) and 8.3 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS Date of dealing 25/09/00 Dealing in BARCLAYS PLC (name of company) 1) Class of securities (eg ordinary shares) ORDINARY SHARES 2) Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit 44,612 - £17.94 44,612 N/A (TRANSFER OUT) The disclosure relates to the subscription by the trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the 'Quest') of 44,612 shares in Barclays PLC. Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest held a total of 44,612 Barclays PLC ordinary shares in which certain directors of the Barclays Group had an interest as potential beneficiaries. (The Quest is a trust established to distribute shares to employees of the Barclays Group on the exercise of options granted under the Barclays PLC 1991 SAYE Share Option Scheme (the 'Scheme')) The trustees of the Quest also notified the Company on 25 September 2000 that they had transferred 44,612 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 25 September 2000 to participants in the Scheme following the exercise of their options. Following this transaction, each of the directors listed above ceased to have an interest in such shares. 3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (and percentage of class) 0 ( 0 %) 4) Party making disclosure OFFEROR - BARCLAYS PLC 5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser/vendor (Note 1) BARCLAYS QUEST/VARIOUS PARTICIPANTS OF THE BARCLAYS SAYE SCHEME OR (b) if dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund management organisation 6) Reason for disclosure (Note 2) (a) associate of (i) offeror (Note 3) YES (ii) offeree company NO Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8 overleaf) CATEGORY 3 ASSOCIATE If category (8), explain (b) Rule 8.3 (ie disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% or more of the class of relevant securities dealt in) NO Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above N/A (Also print name of signatory) S WAINE Telephone and extension number 0207 699 4018 Note 1. Specify owner, not nominee or vehicle company. If relevant, also identify controller of owner, eg where an owner normally acts on instructions of a controller Note 2. Disclosure might be made for more than one reason; if so, state all reasons. Note 3. Specify which offeror if there is more than one. Note 4. When an arrangement exists with any offeror, with the offeree company or which an associate of any offeror or of the offeree company in relation to relevant securities, details of such arrangement must be disclosed, as required by Note 6 on Rule 8 Note 5. It may be necessary, particularly when disclosing derivative transactions, to append a sheet to this disclosure form so that relevant information can be given. Note 6. In the case of an average price bargain, each underlying trade should be disclosed. For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Code. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Tel No: 020 7382 9026 Notification of director's interests: Companies Act s329 The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the 'Quest') notified the Company on 25 September 2000 that they subscribed for a total of 44,612 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 25 September 2000 at a price of 1794p per share. Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest held a total of 44,612 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 D P Allvey, Mr C J Lendrum and Mr J S Varley. (The Quest is a trust established to distribute shares to employees of the Barclays Group on the exercise of options granted under the Barclays PLC 1991 SAYE Share Option Scheme (the 'Scheme')). The trustees of the Quest also notified the Company on 25 September 2000 that they had transferred 44,612 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 25 September 2000 to participants in the Scheme 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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