Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
03 March 2003



Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 3 March 2003 it purchased for cancellation
1,275,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 359.877 pence per share.

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