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This website has been established to provide general information related to the In re Barclays Bank PLC Securities Litigation, Master File No. 1:09-cv-01989-PAC (the Action), pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the Court). More information regarding the Action is contained in the Notice of Pendency of Class Action (the Notice). You may download a copy of the Notice by clicking here . According to the Courts June 9, 2016 Order, you are a Class Member if you fall within the following definition: All persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired American Depositary Shares (ADS), Series 5, representing non-cumulative callable dollar preference shares of Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays), Series 5, pursuant or traceable to the public offering that commenced on or about April 8, 2008. Excluded from the Class are: Defendants, the officers and directors of Barclays at all relevant times, members of their immediate families and their legal representatives, heirs, successors or assigns, and any entity in which Defendants have or had a controlling interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing exclusions, Investment Vehicles are not excluded from the Class. Investment Vehicles means any investment company or pooled investment fund, including, but not limited to: (i) mutual fund families, exchange-traded funds, fund of funds and hedge funds, in which a Defendant has or may have a direct or indirect interest or as to which its affiliates may act as an investment advisor, but of which a Defendant or its respective affiliates is not a majority owner or does not hold a majority beneficial interest, and (ii) any Employee Benefit Plan as to which a Defendant or its affiliates acts as an investment advisor or otherwise may be a fiduciary. This is a securities class action against Barclays, certain of Barclays officers and directors and the Underwriters of the April 8, 2008 offering for alleged violations of the federal securities laws. The operative complaint alleges that the ...