Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
18 December 2002

Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 18 December, 2002 it purchased for cancellation
2,000,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 379.6235 pence per share.

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