Stmnt re Legal Proceedings

Barclays PLC
06 December 2006


                                                                 6 December 2006





                        STATEMENT RE: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS


As previously disclosed, on July 20, 2006 the United States District Court for
the Southern District of Texas Houston Division dismissed the claims against
Barclays PLC, Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital Inc. in the Enron class
action. Yesterday, based on the plaintiff's assertion that the dismissal was
procedurally improper, the court confirmed its prior legal and factual analysis
which found the pleadings against Barclays deficient, but gave the plaintiffs
until the end of this month to file an amended pleading against Barclays.
Barclays remains confident that the claims against it are without merit.



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