Director Shareholding

Barclays PLC
9 March 2001


                                                                  9 March 2001


        Notification of director's interests: Companies Act 1985 s329

Sir Peter Middleton notified the Company on 8 March 2001 that on that day
trusts of which he is a co trustee and in which he has a non beneficial
interest have sold 21,400 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 2162p
per share.

Following these transactions, Sir Peter Middleton has a beneficial interest in
34,533 ordinary shares and a non-beneficial interest in 1,500 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 12,949,959 Barclays PLC ordinary shares held by the Barclays
Group employees' benefit trusts.