Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
3 April 2002

                                                                     3 April 2002





                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 3 April 2002 it purchased for cancellation
120,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2164.79p per ordinary share.





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