Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
13 March 2002

                                                                   13 March 2002


                                  BARCLAYS PLC
                                 SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 13 March 2002 it purchased for cancellation
60,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2207.92p per ordinary share.


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