Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
03 November 2003



                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE


Barclays PLC announces that on 3rd November 2003 it purchased for cancellation
400,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 496.00 pence per share.



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