Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
8 April 2002




                                                                    8 April 2002



            Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329



Mr C J Lendrum notified the Company on 4 April 2002 that on 3 April 2002 he had
transferred 1,036 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to the University of Durham, a
registered charity, by way of a gift.



Following this transaction, Mr Lendrum has a beneficial interest in 42,266
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.



In addition to the interests shown above, Mr Lendrum has an interest as a
potential beneficiary, together with other Directors and senior executives of
Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC in 14,534,857 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC
held by the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees' benefit trusts.





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