Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
24 March 2003




                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE



Barclays PLC announces that on 24th March 2003 it purchased for cancellation
1,970,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse First Boston at a price of
379.85 pence per share.








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