Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
30 December 2003


                                  Barclays PLC

                               SHARE REPURCHASE

Barclays PLC announces that on 30th December 2003 it purchased for cancellation
800,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 494.1 pence per share.


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