Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
7 May 2002


                                  Barclays PLC


                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 7th May 2002 it purchased for cancellation
225,000 of its Ordinary  shares at a price of  608.67 pence per share.




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