Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
17 September 2004


Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase


Barclays PLC announces that on 17 September 2004 it purchased for cancellation
370,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 534.3624 pence per share.


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