Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
02 August 2002



Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 2 August 2002 it purchased for cancellation
1,500,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 424.6422 pence per share.

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