Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
04 March 2003



Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 4 March 2003 it purchased for cancellation
1,500,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 353.7527 pence per share.

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