Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
1 November 2000


           Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329


The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the
'Quest') notified the Company on 31 October 2000 that they subscribed for a
total of 20,119 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 31 October 2000 at a price of
1964p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest held a
total of 20,119 Barclays PLC ordinary shares in which the following directors
of Barclays PLC had an interest as potential beneficiaries: Sir Peter
Middleton, Mr M W Barrett, Mr D P Allvey, Mr C J Lendrum, Mr J M Stewart and
Mr J S Varley.  (The Quest is a trust established to distribute shares to
employees of the Barclays Group on the exercise of options granted under the
Barclays PLC 1991 SAYE Share Option Scheme (the 'Scheme')).

The trustees of the Quest also notified the Company on 31 October 2000 that
they had transferred 20,119 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 31 October 2000 to
participants in the Scheme following the exercise of their options.  Following
this transaction, each of the directors listed above ceased to have an
interest in such shares.