Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
7 December 2000

                                      
       Notification of director's interests: Companies Act section 329


Sir Andrew Large notified the Company on 6 December 2000 that on 5 December
2000 a trust of which he is a trustee and in which he has a non-beneficial
interest purchased 7,500 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 1939.75p
per share.

Following the transaction, Sir Andrew Large has a beneficial interest in 799
ordinary shares and a non-beneficial interest in 7,500 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC.

In addition to the interest shown above, Sir Andrew Large has an interest as
a potential beneficiary, together with other Directors and senior
executives, in the total of 7,876,020 Barclays PLC ordinary shares held by
the Barclays Group employees' benefit trusts.