LONDON (Standard&Poor's) Oct. 21, 2008--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that, correcting a previous omission, it had placed its short-term foreign currency 'A-1+' rating on Barclays PLC on CreditWatch with negative implications, in line with the CreditWatch placement of its local currency ratings. The ratings on Barclays PLC were placed on CreditWatch with negative implications on Sept. 17, 2008, following its announcement that it was to acquire certain businesses from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Due to a clerical error, the short-term foreign currency rating on Barclays PLC was not placed on CreditWatch at this time. Today's CreditWatch placement therefore corrects this omission. We expect to resolve the CreditWatch within the coming weeks. The short-term 'A-1+' ratings on
