Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
05 August 2002


Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 5 August 2002 it purchased for cancellation
2,000,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 413.0319 pence per share.

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