Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
31 December 2003

                                  Barclays PLC
                               SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 31st December 2003 it purchased for cancellation
400,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 498.11 pence per share.


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