Notification of Interests

Barclays PLC
31 October 2000

                                      
                                      
       Notification of director's interests: Companies Act section 329


Mr J S Varley notified the Company on 30 October 2000 that on 25 October 2000
Mrs C T Varley (a connected person) sold 3,000 ordinary shares in the Company
at a price of 1895p per share.

Following this transaction, Mr Varley has a beneficial interest in 33,863
ordinary shares in Barclays PLC.

In addition to the interest shown above, the Director has an interest as a
potential beneficiary, together with other Directors and senior executives,
in the total of 7,882,756 Barclays PLC ordinary shares held by the Barclays
Group employees' benefit trusts.