Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
07 March 2003

Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 7 March 2003 it purchased for cancellation
2,177,500 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 337.1832 pence per share.

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