Director's Interests

Barclays PLC
15 August 2000


            NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST: COMPANIES ACT 1985 s.329


The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Employees' Benefit
Trust (the 'trust') notified Barclays PLC on 14 August 2000 that they had:


a) on 9 August 2000 released 10,450 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to        
   participants who exercised their awards under the Barclays Group
   Performance Share Plan ('PSP').

b) on 10 August 2000 released 2,903 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to        
   participants who exercised their awards under the Barclays Group
   Performance Share Plan ('PSP').

c) on 11 August 200 released 19,425 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to   
   participants who exercised their awards under the Barclays Group 
   Performance Share Plan ('PSP').

d) on 14 August 2000 released 7,427 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to
   participants who exercised their awards under the Barclays Group           
   Performance Share Plan ('PSP').

The trust is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees and former
employees (and their families) of Barclays Bank PLC and its subsidiaries. 
None of the above transactions were in respect of awards made to any director
of Barclays PLC.

Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 7,602,618 shares in Barclays PLC in
which the following directors of Barclays PLC have an interest as potential
beneficiaries: Sir Peter Middleton, Mr M W Barrett, Mr D P Allvey, Sir Andrew
Large, Mr C J Lendrum and Mr J S Varley.