Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
15 August 2001


                                                                15 August 2001



        Notification of directors' interests Companies Act 1985 s.329




The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Trust (the 'PSP &
ESOS trust') notified the Company on 14 August 2001 that it had on 13 August
2001 exercised its discretion and released 83,365 ordinary shares in Barclays
PLC to participants who exercised their awards under the Barclays Group
Performance Share Plan ('PSP').



Of those shares, 20,286 were released to directors of Barclays PLC.  10,143
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC were released to Mr J S Varley and 10,143
ordinary shares were released to Mr C J Lendrum, participants who exercised
their awards under the PSP of which 4,058 were sold on behalf of Mr Varley and
4,058 on behalf of Mr Lendrum at a price of 2197p per share to meet tax
liabilities.  Following this transaction, Mr Varley has a beneficial interest
in 44,653 shares and Mr Lendrum has a beneficial interest in 44,569 shares.



The PSP & ESOS trust is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees and
former employees (and their families) of Barclays Bank PLC and its
subsidiaries.



Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 10,451,422 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.