Barclays, Base Prospectus 2006

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Save as disclosed in the foregoing three paragraphs of this section, no member of the Group is or has
been involved in any governmental, legal or arbitration proceedings (including any such proceedings
which are pending or threatened of which the Issuer is aware) which may have, or have had during the
12 months preceding the date of this Prospectus, a significant effect on the Issuer’s and/or the Group’s
financial position or profitability.
Financial Information of Barclays Bank PLC
For the financial years 2004 and 2005 Barclays Bank PLC has prepared both non-consolidated and
consolidated financial statements in accordance with the provisions of UK IFRS. The 2004 Issuer
Annual Report containing the non-consolidated and the consolidated financial statements of Barclays
Bank PLC at 31st December, 2004 and the 2005 Issuer Annual Report containing the non-consolidated
and the consolidated financial statements of Barclays Bank PLC at 31st December, 2005 are
incorporated by reference into this Base Prospectus. Documents incorporated by reference (such as the
2004 and the 2005 Issuer Annual Report, containing inter alia the 2004 and 2005 financial statements
and the independent auditor’s report) have been filed with the United Kingdom Financial Services
Authority (the "FSA") in England in accordance with Titles IV and V of Directive 2001/34/EC.
Documents incorporated by reference may be obtained free of charge at the offices of Barclays Bank
PLC Frankfurt Branch at Bockenheimer Landstrasse 38 - 40, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, during normal
business hours, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding.
Barclays PLC and the Issuer have applied International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") from
1 January 2004, with the exception of the standards relating to financial instruments (IAS 32 and IAS
39) and insurance contracts (IFRS 4) which were applied only with effect from 1 January 2005.
Therefore, in the 2004 Issuer Annual Report, the impacts of adopting IAS 32, IAS 39 and IFRS 4 are
not included in the financial statements in accordance with First-time Adoption of International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRIS 1). The results for 2005 are therefore not entirely comparable to
those for 2004 in affected areas. A summary of the significant accounting policies for Barclays PLC
and the Issuer is included in the 2004 and 2005 Issuer Annual Report.