Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
27 March 2003


                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

Barclays PLC announces that on 27th March 2003 it purchased for cancellation
1,575,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 376.36 pence per share.



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