Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
21 May 2002


                                                 Barclays PLC

                       SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 21st May 2002 it purchased for cancellation
150,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 615.1 pence per share.



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