Purchase of Own Securities

Barclays PLC
27 August 2004

Barclays PLC



Share Repurchase



Barclays PLC announces that on 27 August 2004 it purchased for cancellation
300,000 of its Ordinary Shares at a price of 516.8574 pence per share.



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