Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
15 January 2001

                                                             15th January 2001



           Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329



The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the
'Quest') notified the Company on 12 January 2001 that they subscribed for a
total of 106,313 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 12 January 2001 at a price of
2116p per share. Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest held a
total of 106,313 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 12 January 2001 that
they had transferred 106,313 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 12 January 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.