Transaction in Own Shares

Barclays PLC
24 February 2004




                                  Barclays PLC



                                SHARE REPURCHASE



Barclays PLC announces that on 23rd February 2004 it purchased for cancellation
      985,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 507.22 pence per share.







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