Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
15 May 2002


                                  Barclays PLC


                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 15th May 2002 it purchased for cancellation
150,000 of its Ordinary  shares at a price of  613 pence per share.



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