Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
03 December 2002

                                  Barclays PLC


                               SHARE REPURCHASE

Barclays PLC announces that on 3rd December 2002 it purchased for cancellation
2,250,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 428.15 pence per share.


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