LONDON (Standard&Poor's) Feb. 11, 2009--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that its ratings and outlook on Barclays Bank PLC (AA-/Negative/A-1+) are unaffected by Barclays' full-year results for 2008, announced on Feb. 9, 2009. The announcement said that stated pretax profits of £6.1 billion for 2008 included a number of nonrecurring items, notably a £2.3 billion gain on the acquisition of certain former Lehman Brothers Inc. businesses, £1.7 billion of gains on Barclays' own credit spreads, and various gains on sale of £0.6 billion. Markdowns on credit market assets, net of hedges and associated income, totaled £6.6 billion for the year, of which £2.8 billion was in the first half of the year. The substantial markdowns are broadly
