Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
23 June 2003



                                Barclays PLC

                              SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 23rd June 2003 it purchased for cancellation
250,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 455.93 pence per share.


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