Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
25 March 2002


                                                                   25 March 2002


                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

Barclays PLC announces that on 25 March 2002 it purchased for cancellation
200,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2168.15p per ordinary share.

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