Transaction in Own Shares

Barclays PLC
04 January 2008




                                                                  4 January 2008


                                  Barclays PLC


Barclays PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 4 January 2008 it purchased for
cancellation 1,500,000 Barclays ordinary shares at a price of 499.9662 pence
each. This purchase was carried out pursuant to the Buy Back Programme, details
of which were announced on 5 October 2007 and 14 December 2007. All shares
purchased have been cancelled.



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