Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
11 March 2002






                                                                   11 March 2002


                                  BARCLAYS PLC
                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 11 March 2002 it purchased for cancellation
80,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2191.51p per ordinary share.





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