Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
19 February 2002



                                                                19 February 2002


                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE



Barclays PLC announces that on 19 February 2002 it purchased for cancellation
300,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2117.25p per ordinary share.



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