Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
21 September 2000


         Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329


The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the
'Quest') notified the Company on 20 September 2000 that they subscribed for a
total of 113,561 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 20 September 2000 at a price
of 1725p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest
held a total of 113,561 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 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 20 September 2000 that
they had transferred 113,561 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 20 September 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.