Directors' Dealings

Barclays PLC
14 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 14 January 2000 that they subscribed on 14
January 2000 for a total of 97,289 Barclays PLC ordinary shares at a price of
1553p per share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of the Quest held a
total of 97,289 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 14 January 2000 that
they had transferred on 14 January 2000 97,289 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.