Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
17 December 2002



Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 17 December, 2002 it purchased for cancellation
2,700,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 388.5809 pence per share.

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