Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
31 May 2002



Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 31 May 2002 it purchased for cancellation 300,000
of its Ordinary shares at a price of 601.4127 pence per share.

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