Transaction in Own Shares

Barclays PLC
19 November 2007


                                                                19 November 2007

                                  Barclays PLC


Barclays PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 19 November 2007 it purchased for
cancellation 2,500,000 Barclays ordinary shares at a price of 498.3632 pence
each. This purchase was carried out pursuant to the Buy Back Programme, details
of which were announced on 5 October 2007. All shares purchased have been
cancelled.


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