Directors' Dealings

Barclays PLC
7 December 1999


Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329

The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share
Ownership Trust (the 'Quest') notified the Company on 6
December 1999 that they subscribed on 3 December 1999 for
a total of 95,350 Barclays PLC ordinary shares at a price
of 1804p per share.  Following this transaction, the
trustees of the Quest held a total of 95,350 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, Sir
Andrew Large, 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 6
December 1999 that they had transferred on 3 December
1999 95,350 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.