Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
15 March 2002

                                                                   15 March 2002


                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 15 March 2002 it purchased for cancellation
60,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2239.75p per ordinary share.



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