Directors' Dealings

BARCLAYS PLC
29 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 28
October 1999 that they subscribed on 27 October 1999 for
a total of 9,312 Barclays PLC ordinary shares at a price
of 1737p per share.  Following this transaction, the
trustees of the Quest held a total of 9,312 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 28
October 1999 that they had transferred on 27 October 1999
9,312 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.