Director's Interests

Barclays PLC
1 February 2001
                                                        1 February 2001

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

The Company was notified on 31 January 2001 by the Plan Manager of the
Barclays Single Company PEP that:
                             
 on 27 June 2000 Mr C J Lendrum received 4 ordinary shares in the Company at a
price of 1611p per share as a result of the dividend on the shares held in the
PEP being reinvested; and

on 30 November 2000 Mr C J Lendrum received 3 ordinary shares in the Company
at a price of 1879p per share as a result of the dividend on the shares held
in the PEP being reinvested.

Following these transactions, Mr Lendrum has a total beneficial interest in
36,247 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.

In addition to the interest shown above, the Director has an interest as a
potential beneficiary, together with other Directors and senior executives, in
the total of 7,724,689 Barclays PLC ordinary shares held by the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts.