Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
19 April 2002




                                Barclays PLC

                              SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 19th April 2002 it purchased for cancellation
60,000 of its Ordinary  shares at a price of  2291.85 pence per share.




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