Transaction in Own Shares

Barclays PLC
08 January 2008


               
                                                                  8 January 2008


                                  Barclays PLC



Barclays PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 8 January 2008 it purchased for
cancellation 1,000,000 Barclays ordinary shares at a price of 467.14 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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