Transaction in Own Shares

Barclays PLC
17 March 2004



                                  Barclays PLC

                                 SHARE REPURCHASE

Barclays PLC announces that on 17 March 2004 it purchased for cancellation
3,894,156 of its Ordinary shares at a price of 485.7008 pence per share.




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