Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
09 December 2002


Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 9 December, 2002 it purchased for cancellation
2,100,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 396.2733 pence per share.

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