Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
5 March 2001



                                                                5th March 2001


           Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329

The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the '
Quest') notified the Company on 2 March 2001 that they subscribed for a total
of 26,172 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 2 March 2001 at a price of 2192p per
share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest held a total of
26,172 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 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 2 March 2001 that they
had transferred 26,172 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 2 March 2001 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.