Transaction in Own Shares

Barclays PLC
14 August 2007


                                                                  14 August 2007



                                  Barclays PLC


Barclays PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 14 August 2007 it purchased for
cancellation 4,100,000 Barclays ordinary shares at a price of 654.2666 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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