Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
24 June 2003


                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 24th June 2003 it purchased for cancellation
660,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 453.49 pence per share.



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