Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
26 August 2004


Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 26 August 2004 it purchased for cancellation
385,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 521.5775 pence per share.


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