Transaction in Own Shares

Barclays PLC
06 November 2007


                                                                 6 November 2007


                                  Barclays PLC


Barclays PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 6 November 2007 it purchased for
cancellation 4,000,000 Barclays ordinary shares at a price of 522.355 pence
each. This purchase was carried out pursuant to the Buy Back Programme, details
of which were announced on 5 October 2007. All shares purchased have been
cancelled.


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