Transaction in Own Shares

Barclays PLC
09 August 2007


                                                                   9 August 2007

                                  Barclays PLC


Barclays PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 9 August 2007 it purchased for
cancellation 3,900,000 Barclays ordinary shares at a price of 686.12 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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