Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
09 April 2003


                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 9th April 2003 it purchased for cancellation
1,025,000 of its Ordinary  shares at a price of  390.54 pence per share.



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