Repurchase of Shares

Barclays PLC
21 March 2002





                                                                   21 March 2002


                                  BARCLAYS PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE



Barclays PLC announces that on 21 March 2002 it purchased for cancellation
100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 2248.95p per ordinary share.



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