Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
20 February 2002


                                                                20 February 2002





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


The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust
(the 'Trust') notified the Company on 20 February 2002 that it purchased
4,698,445 ordinary shares on 20 February 2002 at a price of 2075p per share.

Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 15,177,385 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.



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