Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
22 May 2003



                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 22nd May 2003 it purchased for cancellation
300,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 409.83 pence per share.








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