Transaction in Own Shares

Barclays PLC
18 September 2007



                                                               18 September 2007

                                  Barclays PLC




Barclays PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 18 September 2007 it purchased
for cancellation 6,000,000 Barclays ordinary shares at a price of 599.2661 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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