Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
24 September 2002




                                  Barclays PLC


                                SHARE REPURCHASE



Barclays PLC announces that on 24th September 2002 it purchased for cancellation
3,000,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 345.55 pence per share.




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