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Robert E Diamond Jr., President of Barclays PLC will refer to the performance of its investment bank, Barclays Capital, at the Lehman Brothers investor conference in New York today. Commenting on difficult market conditions over the summer, Mr Diamond will say "Barclays Capital traded profitably in August 2007, after full allocation of costs and the mark to market of all positions. This was on the back of a profitable July. Year to date profits are well ahead of 2006."

A copy of Mr Diamond's presentation is available on the investor relations section of the Barclays Group website.