16 May 2024
Barclays PLC
Transaction in own shares
Barclays PLC (the "Company") announces that it has purchased for cancellation the following number of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each on the London Stock Exchange from J.P. Morgan Securities plc as part of its buy-back announced on 21 February 2024:
| Date of purchase: | 15 May 2024 |
| Number of ordinary shares purchased: | 4,604,000 |
| Highest price paid per share: | 218.2500p |
| Lowest price paid per share: | 212.5500p |
| Volume weighted average price paid per share: | 215.4857p |
The Company intends to cancel all of the purchased ordinary shares.
Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 14,957,282,446 ordinary shares with voting rights.
There are no ordinary shares held in Treasury.
The above figure 14,957,282,446 may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended, a full breakdown of the individual purchases of ordinary shares made by J.P. Morgan Securities plc on behalf of the Company can be found at:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6301O_1-2024-5-15.pdf
Since the commencement of the share buy-back programme announced on 21 February 2024, the Company has purchased 255,123,018 ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange in aggregate at a volume weighted average price of 185.6301p per ordinary share.
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| Investor Relations Marina Shchukina +44 (0) 20 7116 2526 |
| Media Relations Jonathan Tracey +44 (0) 20 7116 4755 |
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