Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
5 March 2002

                                                                   5 March 2002


                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 5 March 2002 it purchased for cancellation
100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2190.60p per ordinary share.


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