Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
14 November 2003




                                  Barclays PLC


                                SHARE REPURCHASE



Barclays PLC announces that on 14th November 2003 it purchased for cancellation
820,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 488.65 pence per share.




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