Transaction in Own Shares

Barclays PLC
07 September 2007


                                                                7 September 2007

                                  Barclays PLC

Barclays PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 7 September 2007 it purchased for
cancellation 6,000,000 Barclays ordinary shares at a price of 591.4707 pence
each. This purchase was carried out pursuant to the Buy Back Programme, details
of which were announced on 23 July and 2 August 2007. All shares purchased have
been cancelled.


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