Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
22 February 2002

                                                                22 February 2002



                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 22 February 2002 it purchased for cancellation
235,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2060.83p per ordinary share.



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