Directors’ interests in ordinary shares of Barclays PLC (a)

		As at 1st January 2000 (b)		At 31st December 2000
		Beneficial	Non-beneficial	Beneficial	Non-beneficial
	Chairman
	Sir Peter Middleton	34,995	17,000	34,533	22,900
	Executive
	M W Barrett	25,000	-	25,000	-
	C J Lendrum	35,905	-	36,247	-
	J M Stewart (c)	270	-	642	-
	J S Varley	20,464	-	33,863	-
	Non-Executive
	T D G Arculus	1,962	-	2,249	-
	M E Baker (d)	3,354	-	3,654	-
	H M Cropper	1,346	-	1,792	-
	P J Jarvis	2,686	-	3,790	-
	Sir Brian Jenkins	74	-	500	26,300
	Sir Andrew Large	799	-	799	7,500
	Sir Nigel Mobbs	10,615	5,000	10,914	5,000
	Sir Nigel Rudd	1,224	-	1,511	-
	S G Russell	689	-	1,109	-

	Notes
	(a) Beneficial interests in the table above represent shares held by Directors, either directly or through a nominee, their spouse and children under 18. They include any interests held through the 1991 UK Profit Sharing Schemes, but do not include any awards under ESAS, ISOP, Performance Share Plan, Executive Share Option Plan, Save As You Earn schemes, the Woolwich Save As You Earn scheme, or Woolwich Executive Share Option Plan. Sir Peter Middleton, Sir Andrew Large and the executive Directors, together with other senior executives, are potential beneficiaries in such shares of the Company held from time to time by the trustees of the Barclays Group Employees’ Benefit Trusts. (b) Or date appointed to the Board, if later. (c) Mr Stewart, together with other senior executives from The Woolwich, is a potential beneficiary in such shares of the Company held from time to time by the trustee of the Woolwich Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust. (d) Mary Baker retired from the Board on 31st December 2000. There were no changes in any of the Directors’ interests in shares shown above between 31st December 2000 and 7th February 2001.