Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
29 August 2002

                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 29th August 2002 it purchased for cancellation
805,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 458.1 pence per share.



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