Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
24 August 2004


Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase


Barclays PLC announces that on 24 August 2004 it purchased for cancellation
475,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 513.9208 pence per share.


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