Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
12 March 2002

                                                                   12 March 2002



                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 12 March 2002 it purchased for cancellation
60,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2186.33p per ordinary share.


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