<body.content> <block> <p>NEW YORK, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays PLC, announced the appointments of Allyson Kay and TomLeonard as Directors in Foreign Exchange Sales. Responsible for expanding the firm’s institutional client coverage, they will be based in New York and report to Eric Price, Managing Director and Headof Foreign Exchange Distribution, Americas.</p> <p>”Both Allyson and Tom bring tremendous experience and strong market relationships to the firm,” said Price on the appointments. “Theywill be great assets as we continue to enhance the superior service we provide for our clients as well as our global distribution capabilities in foreign exchange.”</p> <p>Ms. Kay joinsBarclays Capital after thirteen years with TD Securities, Toronto where she was most recently a Vice President in FX Sales. In her role, she was responsible for managing partnerships with clientsthat included corporations, fund managers and equity boutiques. Ms. Kay received a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Windsor and a BA from the University of Western Ontario.</p><p>Mr. Leonard joins Barclays Capital from Hong Kong Shanghai Bank, New York where he was a Senior Vice president, FX Sales, responsible for managing hedge fund sales. Prior to that he was aVice President, Foreign Exchange Sales with Deutsche Bank and has held similar positions with Postipankki LTD. and ABN Amro. He received his MBA from Fordham University and his BS from FairfieldUniversity.</p> <p>About Barclays Capital</p> <p>Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays PLC. The firm employs over 5,000 staff and has significantoperations in all the world’s major financial centers, including regional headquarters in London, New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Barclays Capital is debt focused, providing its clients with a broadrange of financing and risk management products. Barclays Capital acts internationally as intermediary and adviser to corporations, financial institutions, governments and supranationalorganizations, and has the global reach and distribution power to meet the needs of issuers and investors worldwide.</p> <p>For further information on Barclays Capital visit our websiteat <a>http://www.barcap.com/</a> . </p> <datasource>Barclays Capital</datasource> </block> <block class=”contact”> <p>CONTACT: Linda Wynns,+1-212-412-3825, <virtloc idsrc=”dummy” value=”dummy”>linda.wynns@barclayscapital.com</virtloc>,<br/>or Kristin Friel, +1-212-412-7521, <virtloc idsrc=”dummy”value=”dummy”>Kristin.friel@barclayscapital.com</virtloc>, both of<br/>Barclays Capital</p> </block> <block class=”website”> <p>Web site:<a>http://www.barcap.com/</a> </p> </block> </body.content>