Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
10 March 2003


Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 10 March 2003 it purchased for cancellation
1,335,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 333.2599 pence per share.

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