Directors' Dealings

Barclays PLC
12 January 2000


          Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329

The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the
'Quest') notified the Company on 7 January 2000 that they subscribed on 7
January 2000 for a total of 30,395 Barclays PLC ordinary shares at a price
of 1589p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest
held a total of 30,395 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 7 January 2000 that
they had transferred on 7 January 2000 30,395 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.