Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
20 November 2000


          Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329

The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the
'Quest') notified the Company on 17 November 2000 that they subscribed for a
total of 145,389 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 17 November 2000 at a price
of 1936p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest
held a total of 145,389 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 17 November 2000 that
they had transferred 145,389 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 17 November 2000
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.