Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
28 March 2002

                                                                   28 March 2002

                                  BARCLAYS PLC
                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 28 March 2002 it purchased for cancellation
125,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2158.9p per ordinary share.


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