Transaction in Own Shares

Barclays PLC
19 December 2007


                                                                19 December 2007

                                  Barclays PLC

Barclays PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 19 December 2007 it purchased for
cancellation 1,500,000 Barclays ordinary shares at a price of 500.2913 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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