Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
7 March 2002

                                                                    7 March 2002


                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 7 March 2002 it purchased for cancellation 60,000
of its ordinary shares at a price of 2211.04p per ordinary share.


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