Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
06 April 2004



Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase


Barclays PLC announces that on 6 April 2004 it purchased for cancellation
3,000,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 484.0995 pence per share.



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