Directors' Dealings

BARCLAYS PLC
1 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 30
September 1999 that they subscribed on 28 September 1999
for a total of 9,834 Barclays PLC ordinary shares at a
price of 1781p per share.  Following this transaction,
the trustees of the Quest held a total of 9,834 Barclays
PLC ordinary shares in which the following directors of
Barclays PLC had an interest as potential beneficiaries:
Sir Peter Middleton, Mr D P Allvey, Mr C J Lendrum, Sir
Andrew Large, Mr O H J Stocken (who, as announced on 2
July 1999, ceased to be a director with effect from 30
September 1999) 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 30
September 1999 that they had transferred on 28 September
1999 9,834 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.