Directors' Dealings

Barclays PLC
20 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 20 December 1999 that they subscribed on 17
December 1999 for a total of 84,190 Barclays PLC ordinary shares at a price of
1668p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest held a
total of 84,190 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 20 December 1999 that
they had transferred on 17 December 1999 84,190 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.