Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
12 August 2004

Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 12 August 2004 it purchased for cancellation
1,000,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 514.9509 pence per share.


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