Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
04 December 2003


                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 4th December 2003 it purchased for cancellation
980,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 501.326 pence per share.





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