Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
13 February 2001






                                                            13th February 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 February 2001 that they subscribed for a
total of 128,918 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 12 February 2001 at a price
of 2250p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest
held a total of 128,918 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 February 2001 that
they had transferred 128,918 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 12 February 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.