Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
8 March 2002

                                                                    8 March 2002


                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 8 March 2002 it purchased for cancellation 40,000
of its ordinary shares at a price of 2189.13p per ordinary share.





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