Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
13 November 2003



                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

Barclays PLC announces that on 13th November 2003 it purchased for cancellation
1,000,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 492.39 pence per share.



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