Director's Notification of Dealing in Shares

Barclays PLC
16 May 2000

           Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329


The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the
'Quest') notified the Company on 15 May 2000 that they subscribed for a total
of 79,626 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 15 May 2000 at a price of 1571p per
share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest held a total of
79,626 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 D P Allvey, Mr C J Lendrum and Mr J S Varley.  (The Quest
is a trust established to distribute shares to employees of the Barclays Group
on the exercise of options granted under the Barclays PLC 1991 SAYE Share
Option Scheme (the 'Scheme').)

The trustees of the Quest also notified the Company on 15 May 2000 that they
had transferred 79,626 Barclays PLC ordinary shares on 15 May 2000 to
participants in the Scheme following the exercise of their options.  Following
this transaction, each of the directors listed above ceased to have an
interest in such shares.