Transaction in Own Shares

Barclays PLC
31 August 2007


                                                                  31 August 2007




                                  Barclays PLC



Barclays PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 31 August 2007 it purchased for
cancellation 3,800,000 Barclays ordinary shares at a price of 608.86 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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