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<strong>Salz</strong> <strong>Review</strong><br />

An Independent <strong>Review</strong> of Barclays’ Business Practices<br />

2005<br />

2005<br />

2006 2006<br />

2007<br />

119,000<br />

129,000<br />

Moved<br />

headquarters from<br />

Lombard <strong>Street</strong> to<br />

Canary Wharf<br />

Acquired a<br />

majority stake<br />

(55.5%) in Absa,<br />

one of South<br />

Africa's leading<br />

banks<br />

Marcus<br />

Agius<br />

became<br />

Chairman<br />

Acquired HomEq<br />

Servicing, a US<br />

mortgage<br />

servicing business,<br />

from Wachovia<br />

Group<br />

Barclays began<br />

and later<br />

withdrew from<br />

merger talks<br />

with ABN Amro<br />

2008<br />

2008<br />

2008<br />

2008<br />

152,000<br />

Raised £4.5<br />

billion of capital<br />

Acquired Lehman<br />

Brothers North American<br />

investment banking and<br />

capital markets businesses<br />

Raised £0.7 billion<br />

(September) and £4.1<br />

billion (November) of<br />

capital<br />

Entered Pakistan, the<br />

14 th emerging market<br />

since March 2007<br />

2008<br />

2008 2009<br />

2009<br />

2010<br />

154,000<br />

151,000<br />

Acquired<br />

Russian bank<br />

Expobank<br />

Sold Barclays<br />

Life<br />

Assurance to<br />

Swiss Re<br />

Sold BGI to<br />

Blackrock<br />

Passed FSA<br />

capital stress<br />

test<br />

Recorded a £898 million<br />

impairment charge<br />

against the Barclays<br />

Corporate loan book in<br />

Spain<br />

2010<br />

Jan. 2011 Jan. 2011<br />

150,000<br />

May 2011<br />

Fined $298 million by US DoJ and NY<br />

DA's Office and $176 million by the<br />

OFAC for handling money transfers<br />

from banks in US-sanctioned countries,<br />

including Cuba, Iran, Sudan, between<br />

1995 and 2006<br />

Bob<br />

Diamond<br />

succeeded<br />

John Varley<br />

as Group<br />

CEO<br />

Fined £7.7<br />

million by<br />

the FSA for<br />

regulatory<br />

failings<br />

concerning<br />

Aviva bonds<br />

Recorded a £1<br />

billion impairment<br />

charge for<br />

potential misselling<br />

of PPI

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