Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
05 November 2003



                                  Barclays PLC



                                 SHARE REPURCHASE



Barclays PLC announces that on 5th November 2003 it purchased for cancellation
400,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 490.5075 pence per share.




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