Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
05 September 2002


                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 5th September 2002 it purchased for cancellation
     1,365,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 420.88 pence per share.


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