Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
30 May 2002


Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 30 May 2002 it purchased for cancellation
1,000,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 590.4902 pence per share.

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