Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
15 April 2002



                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

 Barclays PLC announces that on 15th April 2002 it purchased for cancellation
 40,000 of its Ordinary  shares at a price of  2252.5 pence per share.



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