Barclays unveils £5.88bn of profits as bank caps bonuses Meanwhile, the group total bonus pool was down 25pc at £2.2bn with the average payout for a group employee down 21pc year on year to £15,200. "We need to be sensitive to the public mood," Mr Diamond added. Mr Diamond also admitted the bank would no longer be able to meet its 2013 return on equity target. Barclays had orginally hoped to achieve an ROE next year of 13pc, but said while it was the "right target," "we may not achieve it." Chris Lucas, finance director, admitted market conditions had been "challenging" this year. Details of Mr Diamond's pay will not be made available until the company produces its annual report in March, and he remained tight-lipped during a conference call on Friday morning. Asked repeatedly if he would take a bonus this year, Mr Diamond replied: "This is about the results - but thank you for the question." However, Barclays added in a statement that "annual incentives for executive directors and the eight highest paid senior executive officers [were] down 48pc versus 2010 on a like-for-like basis." Sources last week told The Sunday Telegraph that Mr Diamond was in line for a bonus in the region of between £2.5 and £3m, which, along with his base salary of £1.35m and long-term incentives worth as much as £6.75m which will vest in three years, would bring his total maximum compensation for the year to £11.7m. Mr Diamond received a £6.5m bonus, £2.25m of long-term incentive awards deferred for three years, a £250,000 salary and £268,000 of other benefits totalling £9.3m in 2010 as head of Barclays Capital. Unlike RBS, Barclays did not take direct taxpayer funding during the 2008 financial crisis. The results come after weeks of conflict over bankers' bonuses in which RBS chief Stephen Hester turned down his £963,000 bonus amid mounting pressure and Lloyds Banking Group boss Antonio Horta-Osorio waived his own payout following a leave of absence. Barclays shares fell 1.35pc in early morning deals, to 229.95p. Shareholders will receive a 9pc increase in their dividend to 6p per share.