Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
27 November 2003



                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE



Barclays PLC announces that on 27th November 2003 it purchased for cancellation
1,475,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 507.29 pence per share.


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