Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
16 April 2002


                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 16th April 2002 it purchased for cancellation
70,000 of its Ordinary  shares at a price of  2266.48 pence per share.


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