Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
07 May 2004

Barclays PLC

Share Repurchase

Barclays PLC announces that on 7 May  2004 it purchased for cancellation
3,000,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 498.3717 pence per share.



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