Directors' Dealings

BARCLAYS PLC                                             
7 October 1999


Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329

The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the
'Quest') notified the Company on 5 October 1999 that they subscribed on 5
October 1999 for a total of 3,810 Barclays PLC ordinary shares at a price of
1785p per share. Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest held a
total of 3,810 Barclays PLC ordinary shares in which the following directors of
Barclays PLC had an interest as potential beneficiaries: Mr M W Barrett, Sir
Peter Middleton, Mr D P Allvey, Mr C J Lendrum, Sir Andrew Large 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 5 October 1999 that they
had transferred on 5 October 1999 3,810 Barclays PLC ordinary shares 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.