Schedule 10

Barclays PLC
15 January 2001


                       SCHEDULE 10
        NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company:    Barclays PLC

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

     Prudential Assurance Company Limited (a member of
     the Prudential plc group of companies).

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it
     is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in
     2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
     or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under
     the age of 18

     Yes, it is in respect of holding in 2 above.

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than
     one holder, the number of shares held by each of
     them

     N/A                                                 

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired             N/A

6)   Percentage of issued class                            N/A

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed             N/A

8)   Percentage of issued class                            N/A

9)   Class of security        N/A

10)  Date of transaction      N/A

11)  Date company informed    11 January 2001

12)  Total holding following this notification             N/A

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class              N/A
following this notification

14)  Any additional information
     
     Prudential Assurance Company Limited no longer has a
     notifiable interest in the issued share capital of
     Barclays PLC.  Notwithstanding this, Prudential plc
     continue to have a notifiable interest amounting to
     3.08% of the Barclays PLC issued ordinary share
     capital.
     
15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries
     
     Patrick Gonsalves                        020 7699 3512

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official
     responsible for making this notification

     Patrick Gonsalves                        

Date of notification                      15 January 2001