Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
29 December 2003

                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

Barclays PLC announces that on 29th  December 2003 it purchased for cancellation
717,573 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 491.52 pence per share.



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