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SEC approves $200m Barclays distribution plan years after shelf control collapse

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Vlada Gurvich

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Three years after Barclays admitted to selling $17.7 billion in unregistered securities, the SEC has approved a long-awaited plan to return funds to harmed investors.

On August 1, 2025, the SEC approved the distribution plan in its administrative proceeding against Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC, concluding one of the largest and most significant shelf registration failures in recent memory.

The case centered on Barclays’ sale of $17.7 billion in securities that were never properly registered, a

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