Directors' Dealings

Barclays PLC
14 February 2000



          Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329


The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the
'Quest') notified the Company on 11 February 2000 that they subscribed on 11
February 2000 for a total of 140,773 Barclays PLC ordinary shares at a price
of 1408p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest
held a total of 140,773 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 11 February 2000 that
they had transferred on 11 February 2000 140,773 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.