Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
30 September 2002


                                  Barclays PLC


                                SHARE REPURCHASE



Barclays PLC announces that on 30th September 2002 it purchased for cancellation
1,100,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 370.6 pence per share.



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