Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
14 April 2004

Barclays PLC



Share Repurchase



Barclays PLC announces that on 14 April 2004 it purchased for cancellation
2,250,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 485.6581 pence per share.



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