Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
09 May 2003




                                  Barclays PLC



                                SHARE REPURCHASE



   Barclays PLC announces that on 9th May 2003 it purchased for cancellation
      480,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 409.78 pence per share.




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