Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
20 February 2002


                                                                20 February 2002



                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 20 February 2002 it purchased for cancellation
200,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2094.67p per ordinary share.



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