Barclays PLC has announced that it has purchased and will cancel 8,217,511 of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each on the London Stock Exchange. The shares were purchased from Citigroup Global Markets Limited as part of Barclays' buy-back program. The highest price paid per share was 146.1200p, the lowest price paid per share was 143.0000p, and the volume weighted average price paid per share was 144.2308p. After the cancellation, Barclays' issued share capital will consist of 15,461,286,509 ordinary shares with voting rights. There are no ordinary shares held in Treasury. Shareholders can use this figure as the denominator for calculating their interest in the company. Since the start of the buy-back program, Barclays has purchased a total of 99,325,927 ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange at an average price of 149.4914p per share.