Transaction in Own Shares

Barclays PLC
17 September 2007


                                                               17 September 2007



                                  Barclays PLC



Barclays PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 17 September 2007 it purchased
for cancellation 5,900,000 Barclays ordinary shares at a price of 579.1612 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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Investor Relations                       Media Relations
Mark Merson                              Alistair Smith/Robin Tozer
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