Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
14 March 2003



                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

Barclays PLC announces that on 14th March 2003 it purchased for cancellation
235,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston at a price of
343.5085 pence per share.


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