Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
19 March 2002




                                                                 19 March 2002


                                  BARCLAYS PLC
                                SHARE REPURCHASE

Barclays PLC announces that on 19 March 2002 it purchased for cancellation
100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2279.86p per ordinary share.


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