Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
25 March 2003



                                  Barclays PLC


                                SHARE REPURCHASE



  Barclays PLC announces that on 25th March 2003 it purchased for cancellation
      650,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 370.25 pence per share.



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