Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
16 May 2002


                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 16th May 2002 it purchased for cancellation
280,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 611.54 pence per share.


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