Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
9 May 2001


                                                                    9 May 2001


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


The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Trust (the 'trust')
notified the Company on 8 May 2001 that it had on 4 May 2001 subscribed for a
total of 56,127 Barclays PLC ordinary shares at a price of 2172p per share.

The trustees of the trust also notified the Company on 8 May 2001 that it had
transferred 56,127 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC on 8 May 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 the transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees'
benefit trusts hold a total of 9,521,022 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.