Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
2 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 1 November 2000 that they subscribed for a
total of 6,340,176 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 1 November 2000 at a price
of 1998p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest
held a total of 6,340,176 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 1 November 2000 that
they had transferred 6,340,176 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 1 November 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.