Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
04 November 2003



                                  Barclays PLC

             SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 4th November 2003 it purchased for cancellation
400,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 499.133 pence per share.


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