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We have examined the Summary Financial Statement, which comprises the summary consolidated income statement, the summary consolidated balance sheet, and the remuneration report.
Respective responsibilities of Directors and auditors
The directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Review in accordance with United Kingdom law.
Our responsibility is to report to you our opinion on the consistency of the Summary Financial Statement within the Annual Review with the full annual financial statements and the Barclays Report on Remuneration, and its compliance with the relevant requirements of section 251 of the Companies Act 1985 and the regulations made thereunder.
We also read the other information contained in the Annual Review and consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the Summary Financial Statement. This statement, including the opinion, has been prepared for and only for the company's members as a body in accordance with section 251 of the Companies Act 1985 and for no other purpose. We do not, in giving this opinion, accept or assume responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person to whom this statement is shown or into whose hands it may come save where expressly agreed by our prior consent in writing. The maintenance and integrity of the Barclays web site is the responsibility of the directors; the work carried out by the auditors does not involve consideration of these matters and, accordingly, the auditors accept no responsibility for any changes that may have occurred to the full annual financial statements or the summary financial statement since they were initially presented on the web site.
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Basis of opinion
We conducted our work in accordance with Bulletin 1999/6, 'The auditors’ statement on the Summary Financial Statement' issued by the Auditing Practices Board. Our report on the company's full annual financial statements describes the basis of our audit opinion on those financial statements and the Barclays Report on Remuneration.
Opinion
In our opinion the summary financial statement is consistent with the full annual financial statements and the Barclays Report on Remuneration of Barclays PLC for the year ended 31 December 2006 and complies with the applicable requirements of section 251 of the Companies Act 1985, and the regulations made thereunder.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chartered Accountants and
Registered Auditors
8th March 2007
