Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
27 October 2000



        Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act section 329

Mr C J Lendrum notified the Company on 26 October 2000 that on 24 October 2000
he sold 6,367 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 1877p per share.

Following this transaction, Mr Lendrum has a beneficial interest in 36,240
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 7,851,527 Barclays PLC ordinary shares held by the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts.