Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
17 April 2002


                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 17th April 2002 it purchased for cancellation
60,000 of its Ordinary  shares at a price of  2276.5 pence per share.


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