Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
22 May 2002


                                  Barclays PLC


                                SHARE REPURCHASE



Barclays PLC announces that on 22nd May 2002 it purchased for cancellation
150,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 608.5 pence per share.


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