Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
26 March 2002


                                                                   26 March 2002


                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 26 March 2002 it purchased for cancellation
150,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2148.5p per ordinary share.



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