Transaction in Own Shares

Barclays PLC
24 January 2008


                                                                 24 January 2008



                                  Barclays PLC


Barclays PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 24 January 2008 it purchased for
cancellation 1,800,000 Barclays ordinary shares at a price of 491.1638 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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