Notification of Interest

Barclays PLC
9 October 2000


             NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST: COMPANIES ACT 1985 s.329
                                      
The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
Trust (the 'ESAS trust') notified the Company on 6 October 2000 that they
had on 5 October 2000 purchased a total of 65,871 ordinary shares at a price
of 1911p per share.   None of the shares purchased was in respect of an
award made to a director of Barclays PLC.

The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Supplementary Trust
(the 'ESAS Supplementary trust') notified the Company on 6 October 2000 that
they had on 5 October 2000 purchased a total of 2,534 ordinary shares at a
price of 1911p per share.  None of the shares purchased was in respect of an
award made to a director of Barclays PLC.

The ESAS trust and the ESAS Supplementary trust are discretionary trusts for
the benefit of employees and former employees (and their families) of
Barclays Bank PLC and its subsidiaries.

The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Supplementary
Trust (the 'PSP & ESOS Supplementary trust') notified Barclays PLC on 6
October 2000 that they had on 5 October 2000 purchased a total of 260 ordinary
shares at a price of 1911p per share.  None of the shares purchased was in
respect of an award made to a director of Barclays PLC.

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

Following the transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 7,872,456 shares in Barclays PLC
in which the following directors of Barclays PLC have an interest as
potential beneficiaries: Sir Peter Middleton, Mr M W Barrett, Mr D P Allvey,
Sir Andrew Large, Mr C J Lendrum and Mr J S Varley.