Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
29 August 2003



                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 28th August 2003 it purchased for cancellation
530,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 469.97 pence per share.


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