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Transaction in Own Shares & Completion of buy-back
Barclays PLC has completed its share buy-back programme announced on 23 October 2025, having purchased 1,932,579 ordinary shares on 30 January 2026 for cancellation at a volume weighted average price of 487.5669p per share. In total, the company repurchased 107,319,865 ordinary shares for approximately £500 million. Following these cancellations, Barclays' issued share capital will consist of 13,815,647,298 ordinary shares, which shareholders can use as a denominator for notification obligations. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n2 February 2026\nBarclays PLC\nTransaction in own shares and completion of buy-back\nBarclays 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 Citigroup Global Markets Limited (\"Citi\") as part of its buy-back announced on 23 October 2025:\n\n\n\n\nDate of purchase:\n\n\n30 January 2026\n\n\n\n\nNumber of ordinary shares purchased:\n\n\n1,932,579\n\n\n\n\nHighest price paid per share:\n\n\n490.3500p\n\n\n\n\nLowest price paid per share:\n\n\n483.9500p\n\n\n\n\nVolume weighted average price paid per share:\n\n\n487.5669p\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Company intends to cancel all of the purchased ordinary shares.\nFollowing the cancellation of the repurchased shares, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 13,815,647,298 ordinary shares with voting rights.\nThere are no ordinary shares held in Treasury.\nThe above figure (13,815,647,298) 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.\nIn 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 Citi on behalf of the Company can be found at:\nhttp://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/1894R_1-2026-1-30.pdf\n \nThe Company announces that, following the purchase of these shares, the share buy-back programme announced on 23 October 2025 has completed. Since the commencement of the buy-back, the Company has repurchased for cancellation 107,319,865 ordinary shares in aggregate at a volume weighted average price of 465.8970p per ordinary share for a total consideration of approximately £500 million.\n- ENDS -\nFor further information, please contact:\n\n\n\n\nInvestor Relations\n\n\nMedia Relations\n\n\n\n\nMarina Shchukina +44 (0) 20 7116 2526\n\n\nTom Hoskin +44 (0) 20 7116 4755\n\n\n\n\n \nAbout Barclays\nOur vision is to be the UK-centred leader in global finance. We are a diversified bank with comprehensiv...