Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
18 November 2003


                               Barclays PLC
                        
                             SHARE REPURCHASE



Barclays PLC announces that on 18th November 2003 it purchased for cancellation
600,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 488.38159 pence per share.



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