Transaction in Own Shares

Barclays PLC
14 December 2007


                                                                14 December 2007



                                 Barclays PLC


Barclays PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 14 December 2007 it purchased for
cancellation 900,000 Barclays ordinary shares at a price of 526.5919 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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