Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
30 January 2001


                                                             30th 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 26 January 2001 that they subscribed for a
total of 31,649 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 26 January 2001 at a price of
2147p per share. Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest held a
total of 31,649 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 26 January 2001 that
they had transferred 31,649 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 26 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.