Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
11 September 2002


                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 11th September 2002 it purchased for cancellation
800,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 444.12 pence per share.


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