Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
6 March 2002

                                                                    6 March 2002

                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

Barclays PLC announces that on 6 March 2002 it purchased for cancellation 60,000
of its ordinary shares at a price of 2174.19p per ordinary share.


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