Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
17 February 2003
                                                                17 February 2003


            Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329


The following directors of Barclays PLC notified the Company on 14 February 2003
that they purchased on 14 February 2003 the following ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC at a price of 374.25p per share:


DIRECTOR                  BARCLAYS PLC              TOTAL BENEFICIAL INTEREST TOTAL
                          SHARES                    FOLLOWING THIS            NON-BENEFICIAL INTEREST
                          PURCHASED                 NOTIFICATION              FOLLOWING THIS
                                                                              NOTIFICATION

T D G Arculus             1,709                     13,100                    -
H M Cropper               1,876                     11,579                    -
Sir Brian Jenkins         593                       4,169                     105,200
Sir Nigel Mobbs           1,817                     48,144                    20,000
Sir Nigel Rudd            1,658                     10,262                    -
S G Russell               1,939                     9,064                     -
G M Wallace               1,767                     5,471                     -
Dr J Zech                 1,361                     3,861                     -



In addition to the interests shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 70,651,234 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.




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