Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
5 April 2002



                                                                    5 April 2002


                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 5 April 2002 it purchased for cancellation
100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2159.5p per ordinary share.



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