Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
05 August 2004



Barclays PLC



Share Repurchase



Barclays PLC announces that on 5 August 2004 it purchased for cancellation
4,150,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 480.3399pence per share.



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