Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
1 August 2001


                                                                 1 August 2001



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



The trustee of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the '
Quest') notified the Company on 31 July 2001 that it subscribed for a total of
12,455 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 31 July 2001 at a price of 2027p per
share.  Following this transaction, the trustee of the Quest held a total of
12,455 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 which distributes shares to employees of the Barclays Group on the
exercise of options granted under the Barclays PLC 1991 SAYE Share Option
Scheme, the Barclays Group SAYE Share Option Scheme and the Woolwich plc
Sharesave Scheme (the 'Schemes').)


The trustee of the Quest also notified the Company on 31 July 2001 that it had
transferred 12,455 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 31 July 2001 to
participants in the Schemes following the exercise of their options.
Following this transaction, each of the directors listed above ceased to have
an interest in such shares.