Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
21 May 2004

Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 21 May 2004 it purchased for cancellation
3,000,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 504.5053pence per share.

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