Director's Interests

Barclays PLC
12 December 2000

                                Barclays PLC
                                      
       Notification of director's interests: Companies Act section 329

On 11 December 2000 Mr J M Stewart, under the proposals made to Woolwich plc
share scheme participants following the acquisition of Woolwich plc by
Barclays PLC, elected to roll-over his options over 617,144 and 6,436
Woolwich plc shares granted under the terms of the Woolwich plc 1998
Executive Share Option Plan and the Woolwich Sharesave Schemes respectively.

As a result, Mr Stewart was re-granted options on 11 December 2000 and now
has options over Barclays PLC ordinary shares under the terms of the
Woolwich plc 1998 Executive Share Option Plan and the Woolwich Sharesave
Schemes as follows:

Woolwich plc 1998 Executive Share Option Plan

Options over Exercise       Date of      Date from which
Barclays PLC Price per      original     Exercisable
ordinary     share          Grant        
shares                                   

1,944        £15.42         28/04/98     28/04/01
15,411       £15.42         28/04/98     28/04/01
17,529       £16.90         25/03/99     25/03/02
64,203       £15.38         14/12/99     14/12/02
34,926       £13.17         17/02/00     17/02/03

Woolwich Sharesave Schemes

Options over Exercise       Date of      Date from which
Barclays PLC Price per      original     Exercisable
ordinary     share          Grant        
shares                                   

1,397        £12.34         28/05/98     01/07/03

Following the rollover, Mr Stewart has a total beneficial interest in 641
Barclays PLC ordinary shares and options over 135,410 Barclays PLC ordinary
shares.

Mr Stewart, together with other Directors and senior executives of Barclays
PLC and Barclays Bank PLC, has an interest as a potential beneficiary in
7,876,020 Barclays PLC ordinary shares held by the independent trustee of
the Barclays Group employees' benefit trusts. These are discretionary trusts
established for the benefit of Barclays Group employees and former employees
(and in each case their families) all of whom are potential beneficiaries.

As a participant in the Woolwich Sharesave Schemes Mr Stewart also has an
interest as a potential discretionary beneficiary in 474,306 Barclays PLC
ordinary shares held by the trustee of the Woolwich Qualifying Employee
Share Ownership Trust.