Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
22 March 2002


                                                                   22 March 2002



                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE



Barclays PLC announces that on 22 March 2002 it purchased for cancellation
100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2213.88p per ordinary share.





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