Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
02 April 2004

Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 2 April 2004 it purchased for cancellation
1,750,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 485.0937 pence per share.

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