Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
14 May 2002




                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 14th Mayl 2002 it purchased for cancellation
100,000 of its Ordinary  shares at a price of  615.1 pence per share.



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