Director's Interests

Barclays PLC
9 November 2001


                                                               8 November 2001


       Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act section 329


Mr C J Lendrum notified the Company on 8 November 2001 that on 8 November 2001
he sold 2,312 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 21.61p per share.

Following this transaction, Mr Lendrum has a beneficial interest in 42,257
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.

In addition to the interest shown above, the trustees of all the Barclays
Group employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 10,531,331 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC.  Mr C J Lendrum, a Director of Barclays PLC, together with other
directors and senior executives, is amongst the potential beneficiaries under
these trusts and is therefore regarded for Companies Acts purposes as being
interested in the Barclays PLC ordinary shares held in them.