RNS No 8202u
BARCLAYS PLC
26th March 1999
                                      
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                          
                                      
             NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST: COMPANIES ACT 1985 s.329
                                      

The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit
Trust, (the "trust") notified the company on 25 March that they have on, 22
March 1999, released 528,015 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to participants
in the Executive Share Award Scheme, of which 165,368 ordinary shares were
sold on 23 March 1999 by the trustees on behalf of participants to meet
their tax liabilities.  The trust is a discretionary trust for the benefit
of employees and former employees (and their families) of Barclays Bank PLC
and its subsidiaries.

The ordinary shares released to directors of Barclays PLC and the number of
ordinary shares sold on their behalf by the trustees are set out below,
together with details of further sales made by certain directors on 23 March
1999, and the shares retained by them.

Director     Shares    Shares sold   Shares     Shares
             acquired  on behalf of  sold by    Retained
                       directors to  directors
                       meet tax      at a
                       liability at  price of
                       a price of    #17.41
                       #17.41 per    per
                       ordinary      ordinary
                       share         share
                                     
Mr A R F     11,187    4,475         NIL        6,712
Buxton
Mr C J       3,629     1,452         2,177      NIL
Lendrum
Sir Peter    9,210     3,684         NIL        5,526
Middleton
Mr O H J     18,052    7,221         10,831     NIL
Stocken
Mr J S       12,843    5,137         NIL        7,706
Varley

The total share interest for each director retaining shares, following these
transactions, is as follows:

Director           Beneficial Holding  Non Beneficial
                                       Holding
                                       
Mr A R F Buxton    58,274              23,000
Sir Peter          34,460              25,000
Middleton
Mr J S Varley      19,703              -

Following these transactions, the trustee of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 11,568,845 shares in Barclays PLC
in which the following directors of Barclays PLC have an interest as
potential beneficiaries: Mr A R F Buxton, Mr M E O'Neill, Sir Andrew Large,
Mr C J Lendrum, Sir Peter Middleton, Mr O H J Stocken and Mr J S Varley.




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