Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
07 October 2002


                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 7th October 2002 it purchased for cancellation
12,000,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 392.63 pence per share.


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