Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
09 September 2002


                                                               9 September 2002


         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 6 September 2002 that it had on 6
September 2002 exercised its discretion and released 118,034 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC to participants who exercised their awards under the Barclays Group
Performance Share Plan ('PSP').

Of those shares, 111,856 were released to directors of Barclays PLC.  55,928
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC were released to Mr J S Varley and 55,928
ordinary shares were released to Mr C J Lendrum, participants who exercised
their awards under the PSP of which 22,372 were sold on behalf of Mr Varley and
22,372 on behalf of Mr Lendrum at a price of 438p per share to meet tax
liabilities.  Following this transaction, Mr Varley has a beneficial interest in
247,325 shares and Mr Lendrum has a beneficial interest in 202,741 shares.

The PSP & ESOS trust is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees and
former employees (and their families) of Barclays Bank PLC and its subsidiaries.


2.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
Trust (the ' ESAS trust') notified the Company on 6 September 2002 that it
purchased 488,511 ordinary shares on 3 September 2002 at a price of 428p per
share.



3.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Supplementary
Trust (the 'ESAS Supplementary trust') notified the Company on 6 September 2002
that it had on 3 September 2002 purchased a total of 30,218 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC at a price of 428p per share.



4.       The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS)
Supplementary Trust (the 'PSP & ESOS Supplementary trust') notified the Company
on 6 September 2002 that it had on 6 September 2002 exercised its discretion and
released 13,930 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC at a price of 439p per share.
The participants to whom shares were released are not directors of Barclays PLC.



5.       The trustee of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust
(the 'Quest') notified the Company on 6 September 2002 that it subscribed for a
total of 74,408 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 6 September 2002 at a price of
433.5p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustee of the Quest held a
total of 74,408 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 C J Lendrum, Mr J M Stewart and Mr J S Varley.  (The Quest is a
trust which distributes shares to employees of the Barclays Group on the
exercise of options granted under the Barclays PLC 1991 SAYE Share Option
Scheme, the Barclays Group SAYE Share Option Scheme and the Woolwich plc
Sharesave Scheme (the 'Schemes')).



The trustee of the Quest also notified the Company on 6 September 2002 that it
had transferred 74,408 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 6 September 2002 to
participants in the Schemes following the exercise of their options.  Following
this transaction, each of the directors listed above ceased to have an interest
in such shares.



Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 64,666,633 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. Sir
Peter Middleton, Mr M W Barrett, 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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