Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
5 June 2002



Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 5 June 2002 it purchased for cancellation
1,000,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 586.2551 pence per share.

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