Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
14 September 2004


Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 14 September 2004 it purchased for cancellation
250,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 532.2394 pence per share.

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