Purchase of own securities

Barclays PLC
08 December 2003

                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 8th December 2003 it purchased for cancellation
1,000,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 494.71 pence per share.


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