Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
27 February 2002


                                                                27 February 2002


                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 25 February 2002 it purchased for cancellation
200,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2083.79p per ordinary share.



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