Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
23 May 2002


                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 23rd May 2002 it purchased for cancellation
150,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 609.1 pence per share.


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