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	Notes to the accounts

	25 Other assets
			2000	1999
			£m	£m
	Own shares		5	5
	Balances arising from off-balance sheet financial instruments		12,100	13,390
	Shareholders’ interest in the long-term assurance fund		820	555
	London Metal Exchange warrants and other metals trading positions		1,001	331
	Sundry debtors		1,592	1,629
			15,518	15,910
	Own shares represent Barclays PLC shares held in employee benefit trusts that have not yet been expensed.