Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
21 June 2001


                                                                  21 June 2001



        Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act 1985 s.329



The independent trustees of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Trust (the 'trust
') notified the Company on 21 June 2001 that it had on 21 June 2001 subscribed
for a total of 3,551 Barclays PLC ordinary shares at a price of 2147p per
share.



The trustees of the trust also notified the Company on 21 June 2001 that it
had transferred 3,551 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC on 21 June 2001 to
participants in the Woolwich plc 1998 Executive Share Option Plan ('ESOP') who
had elected to exchange their options granted under the ESOP for options over
Barclays PLC ordinary shares following the acquisition of Woolwich plc by
Barclays PLC.  The shares were transferred on the exercise of these options
over Barclays PLC ordinary shares by the participants.



None of these shares were transferred to a director of Barclays PLC.



Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 9,497,279 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC.   Sir Peter Middleton, Mr M W Barrett, Sir Andrew Large, Mr C J
Lendrum, Mr J M Stewart and Mr J S Varley, directors of Barclays PLC, are
amongst the potential beneficiaries under these trusts and are therefore
regarded for Companies Act purposes as being interested in the Barclays PLC
ordinary shares held in them.