Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
18 April 2002




                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

Barclays PLC announces that on 18th April 2002 it purchased for cancellation
60,000 of its Ordinary  shares at a price of  2293.56 pence per share.




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