Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
4 October 2001


                                                              4 October 2001

       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 3 October 2001 that it had on 2
October 2001 exercised its discretion and released 10,433 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC to a participant who exercised his award under the Barclays Group
Performance Share Plan ('PSP'). These shares were released to Sir Andrew
Large, a director of Barclays PLC, who exercised his award under the
Performance Share Plan, of which 4,174 were sold at a price of 1843p to meet
tax liabilities. Following this transaction Sir Andrew Large has a beneficial
interest in 7,058 Barclays PLC ordinary shares.

2.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees'
Benefit Trust, (the 'trust') notified the Company on 3 October 2001 that it
had on 28 September 2001 exercised its discretion and released 28,471 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.

Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 10,396,956 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC. Sir Peter Middleton, Mr M W Barrett, Sir Andrew Large, 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.