Directors' Dealings

BARCLAYS PLC
16 July 1999



Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act s329


The trustees of the Barclays Qualifying Employee Share
Ownership Trust ('Quest') notified the Company on 15 July
1999 that they subscribed on 14 July 1999 for a total of
35,840 Barclays PLC ordinary shares at a price of 1793p
per share.  Following this transaction, the trustees of
Quest held a total of 35,840 Barclays PLC ordinary shares
in which the following directors of Barclays PLC had an
interest as potential beneficiaries: Sir Peter Middleton,
Mr C J Lendrum, Sir Andrew Large, Mr O H J Stocken, and
Mr J S Varley.  (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 Quest also notified the Company on 15
July 1999 that they had transferred on the 14 July 1999
35,840 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.