Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
9 May 2001

                                                                    9 May 2001



           Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329



The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the '
Quest') notified the Company on 8 May 2001 that they subscribed for a total of
31,444 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 8 May 2001 at a price of 2211p per
share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest held a total of
31,444 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 which distributes shares to employees of the Barclays Group on the
exercise of options granted under the Barclays PLC 1991 SAYE Share Option
Scheme, the Barclays Group SAYE Share Option Scheme and the Woolwich PLC
Sharesave Scheme (the 'Schemes').)



The trustees of the Quest also notified the Company on 8 May 2001 that they
had transferred 31,444 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 8 May 2001 to
participants in the Schemes following the exercise of their options.
Following this transaction, each of the directors listed above ceased to have
an interest in such shares.