Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
13 February 2004





                                  Barclays PLC

                                SHARE REPURCHASE

Barclays PLC announces that on 13th February 2004 it purchased for cancellation
2,015,000 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 494.42 pence per share.


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