UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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EXHIBIT
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FOR BATCHES:
Exhibit
No. 1
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Total Voting Rights dated 01 May 2020
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Exhibit
No. 2
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Update on Arrangements for 2020 AGM dated 04 May 2020
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Exhibit
No. 3
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AGM Statement dated 07 May 2020
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Exhibit
No. 4
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New Group Executive Committee appointment dated 11 May
2020
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Exhibit
No. 5
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Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 11 May 2020
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Exhibit
No. 6
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Director Declaration dated 14 May 2020
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Exhibit
No. 7
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Publication of Final Terms dated 22 May 2020
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Exhibit
No. 8
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Director/PDMR Shareholding dated 26 May 2020
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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BARCLAYS
PLC
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(Registrant)
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Date:
June 01, 2020
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By: /s/
Garth Wright
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Garth
Wright
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Assistant
Secretary
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Exhibit
No. 1
1 May 2020
Barclays PLC - Total Voting Rights
In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA)
Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule 5.6.1R, Barclays PLC
notifies the market that as of 30 April 2020, Barclays PLC's issued
share capital consists of 17,337,615,306 Ordinary shares with
voting rights.
There are no Ordinary shares held in Treasury.
The above figure (17,337,615,306) may be used by shareholders (and
others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the
calculation by which they will determine if they are required to
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in,
Barclays PLC under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules.
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Exhibit
No. 2
4 May 2020
Barclays PLC (the "Company")
Update on Arrangements for 2020 AGM
Barclays is today updating shareholders on the arrangements for its
2020 AGM, which will be held at 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP
at 11:00 am on 7 May 2020.
As we announced in our Notice of Meeting, in light of the
coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, and in accordance with the UK
Government's current guidance on social distancing and prohibition
on non-essential travel and public gatherings, shareholders will
unfortunately be unable to attend our AGM this year. We have
strongly encouraged shareholders to submit questions to the Board
in advance of the AGM and to vote by appointing the chairman of the
meeting as their proxy. We are pleased with the level of
engagement this has elicited and responses to the most frequently
asked questions across key themes received as at 30 April 2020 have
been posted on our website at home.barclays/agm. In addition,
all shareholder questions are being answered
individually.
Shareholders are reminded that the deadline for receipt of
electronic proxy appointments and signed proxy forms is 11:00 am on
Tuesday 5 May 2020. Further details on how to submit
questions and how to vote are set out in our Notice of Meeting,
available at home.barclays/agm.
The AGM will be convened at our registered office with the minimum
required quorum present, including the Chairman and a limited
number of directors and employees, in order to conduct the business
of the meeting. Pre-recorded presentations by the Group
Chairman and the Group Chief Executive will be available from
9:00am on the day of the AGM at home.barclays/agm. The usual
format of the AGM will be condensed and will include only the
formal business of the meeting. Equiniti will act as
scrutineers and the results of the poll votes on the proposed
resolutions will be announced, in the usual way, as soon as
practicable after the conclusion of the AGM. Given the
meeting format changes, and the need to keep the presence of
Barclays employees and third-party contractors to a minimum, no
audio webcast will be provided this year.
We very much regret that shareholders will not be able to attend
the AGM and are grateful to shareholders for their understanding in
these challenging times. We will continue to engage
extensively with our shareholders in the coming months, including
in advance of our progress update on our climate change strategy
and targets which we plan to provide later this year.
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About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by
business, by different types of customer and client, and
geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and
payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full
service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are
supported by our service company which provides technology,
operations and functional services across the Group. For
further information about Barclays, please visit our
website home.barclays
Exhibit
No. 3
7 May 2020
Barclays PLC
AGM Statements
Chairman's 2020 AGM statement
Good morning, everybody.
This is my first annual general meeting of Barclays, and it's
clearly going to be quite a strange one. I was looking forward to
updating you in person on the progress that we've been making in
the delivery of our strategy, but instead we find ourselves
addressing you remotely, and I am sorry about that. I'm sure you
all appreciate, however, the importance of us prioritising
everybody's safety and complying with the law, so that we do our
bit to slow the spread of this dreadful virus.
We would've preferred, obviously, to be meeting in Glasgow where we
are developing a new strategic campus, but we are going to do our
best to ensure that shareholders' questions can be answered and
that your views are properly represented.
I'd like to start, if I may, by paying a tribute to all of my
colleagues in Barclays around the world who have been working so
hard to keep the bank running and providing vital support to
customers and clients. We have today 80% attendance at our call
centres in the UK. We have over 650 branches open for business
every day and critical staff working here, as I am at the moment,
in our office at Canary Wharf and in other buildings around the
country and the world.
Those colleagues and our tens of thousands of people working from
home know how important it is to continue to provide essential
financial services and support, and all of us are extremely
grateful for the dedication that they are showing.
Before I say something about our results for 2019, I would just
like to comment on two other aspects of the crisis, how resilient
the bank has been and how we are responding to the requirements of
customers and clients around the world.
As for resilience, we have been catapulted into the largest-ever
test of dynamic working, something none of us were fully prepared
for, and I'm very pleased to report that the experiment is working
well so far. People at this bank are doing amazing things out of
their living rooms, their kitchens, a reminder of how ingenious and
inventive we can be. And I hope that we will be able to look back
when this period has past and learn some lessons but also take
pride in the way in which the organisation and the infrastructure
of the bank has stood up.
Secondly, I'd like to just share with you that our main external
priority has, of course, been to help the countries where we
operate get through the pandemic and get on to the task of economic
recovery as quickly as possible. Here in the UK we are
participating in many government schemes designed to support
businesses and people impacted by the virus. In addition, we have
deployed formidable programmes of our own, including offering
repayment holidays, waiving banking fees and extending as much
credit as we can responsibly manage.
We are also directly helping those vulnerable communities most
impacted by the virus through Barclays donating an unprecedented
£100 million to charities working to support people through
the crisis. The creation of this Barclays Community Impact Fund is
a source of great pride for colleagues, pleased to see the bank
trying to play its part in alleviating the social effects of
COVID-19 as well as some of the economic effects. I know too from
feedback that we have had from shareholders that you also are very
supportive of this initiative.
Our 2019 results feel like a world away, but I would like to
comment on them nonetheless, as they were a clear indication that
our strategy is working and that the group has transformed itself
considerably over the last few years.
Underlying returns and cost efficiency have improved, and the
capital position is now secure. Group return on tangible equity was
9%, in line with the 2019 target. We have strengthened the control
environment and dealt with our major legacy conduct issues. At the
same time, we are ensuring the operational resilience of the
organisation, including our ability to deal with cyber threats,
which have unfortunately become part of everyday life.
As you are aware, on the advice of the PRA we did take the
difficult decision to cancel the full-year dividend that was due at
the beginning of April in respect of 2019, and we know that this
had an immediate and unwelcome impact on the shareholders, which of
course we deeply regret. But as we have said, the bank has a strong
capital base, could well have afforded the payment, but we felt
that it was prudent to take the step that we did as part of
ensuring that Barclays comes through the crisis strong and
resilient.
The board and management remain committed to returning capital to
shareholders over time, and I want to place on record that it
remains a priority as soon as it is reasonable to do
so.
One more word on our financial performance. You would have seen
that we reported results for the first quarter of this year last
week with the Corporate and Investment Bank's performance improving
strongly. As the UK and US retail markets came under pressure, this
demonstrated very clearly to us again the benefit of our
diversified strategy. We are today a strong British universal bank,
and our distinctive model makes us the leading European player in
the US, which in today's world has real benefit.
We recognise that there is a lot more to do, and our target remains
to produce a group return on tangible equity consistently above
10%. Of course, the global macroeconomic environment, fuelled in
large part by the challenges of COVID-19, make this target much
more difficult to achieve, but it remains our target and attainable
over time.
Let me just return, if I may, to where I started and add a few more
words about the relationship between the bank and society as a
whole.
Now, there's been a lot of talk over the past few years about
corporate purpose, and that's been true also internally at Barclays
where we have given an increasing amount of attention to our own
purpose and what it should mean in practice for how we operate and
the decisions we take, big and small.
We have done a lot of thinking recently about how we can make a
real and positive difference to society, and I think this has
informed the way in which the bank has responded to the current
crisis and to customers and clients. We may not get everything that
we do right, but our
intention is to get
everything that we do right.
This in part builds on the extraordinary breadth and depth of
activity undertaken by colleagues to help communities in which we
live and work, and I think I have said before how impressed I have
been by the depth and feeling behind our citizenship
activities.
This also extends to our role in the preservation of our external
environment. Barclays can and should play a leading role in
tackling climate change. The size and scale of our business means
that we can really help accelerate the transition to a low-carbon
economy.
Resolution 29 before this meeting sets out a powerful ambition for
Barclays to be net-zero by 2050 and commits the group to a strategy
with targets for alignment of its entire financing portfolio to the
goals of the Paris agreement. I believe that this represents a
substantial and necessary step on the journey to Barclays becoming
one of the leading banks globally in addressing climate
change.
I'm extremely grateful to the shareholders and other stakeholders
who have engaged with us so patiently and thoughtfully over recent
months as we have developed this new strategy. Along with the rest
of the board, I strongly encourage you to vote in favour of this
resolution.
I would just like to conclude with a few words of thanks. Again, to
thank all of our staff at Barclays for their normal commitment to
the company but also the extraordinary commitment which they are
showing today. I would like to thank my boardroom colleagues for
welcoming me and for the work that we have done together. Finally,
I would like to thank Jes and the senior management team for the
leadership skills which they deploy on a daily basis today in even
more extraordinary circumstances than ever before.
All of these people are making a huge contribution to Barclays'
success and will continue to do so however challenging the times
ahead of us.
I say also to all of you, to our shareholders, thank you for your
patience with us, for the quality of dialogue that we have had, and
I wish you all well over the coming months.
Thank you very much for listening.
Chief Executive's 2020 AGM statement
Good morning everyone. First of all, let me say that I hope you and
your loved ones have been keeping safe and well in these very
challenging times. Second, let me apologise for the fact that, due
to the extraordinary circumstances we find ourselves in today, we
cannot meet in person this year at our annual general meeting. But,
as you know, and I'm sure you appreciate, it's important that we
all comply with the law, prioritise each other's safety and
wellbeing, and take the steps needed to slow the spread of the
Coronavirus.
Whilst the arrangements for today's meeting are consequently not as
optimal as we would wish, we nevertheless have worked hard to
ensure that your views will be appropriately represented and
recorded. That said, let me now offer you my CEO's
report.
The last time we met, it was a long time ago in a very different
world. Obviously, an event like the Covid-19 pandemic changes
priorities and, inevitably, makes individuals and companies like
ours focus on what's really important right now.
For us, that means running the bank safely and profitably, helping
our customers and clients through the difficulties they face,
supporting the UK economy and the communities where we live and
work, and taking care of our colleagues around the world. We've
been able to do that because of the underlying strength of our
business and the resilience of our diversified model. And I've been
especially proud of the way my colleagues across Barclays have
risen to the challenges of this extraordinary time.
So I want to start today by taking a few minutes to set out how
we've been responding to the crisis. Our business touches half the
households in the UK. We know that some of our customers are facing
very real and very daunting financial challenges. And this is a
worrying time for the vast majority, regardless of their
circumstances. We've moved quickly to give them the reassurance and
support they need.
To give you just a couple of examples, so far Barclays has granted
repayment holidays on 100,000 mortgages and on over 69,000 loans.
And we're providing an interest-free buffer on overdrafts for 5.4
million customers. And, beyond that, we've reduced and capped
charges until at least July. We've waived late payment fees and
cash advance fees for eight million Barclaycard customers and
granted some 112,000 payment holidays.
655 of our branches remain open across the UK, providing vital
banking services, while our teams are fielding some 260,000 calls a
week. That's 44 per cent higher than the typical volume. And I'm
really pleased that we've been able to proactively identify NHS and
key workers among our customer base and move them to the front of
call queues as their time is especially precious at this
moment.
Getting businesses through this period intact is crucial to give
the best chance of a rapid and sustainable economic recovery. And
it's also in our shareholders' interests. The UK government has put
huge resources into supporting that ambition, and it's the central
topic of almost every conversation I have with ministers. It is an
unprecedented effort by them, and by the Bank of England. And we're
committed to playing our full part to help get that support to the
businesses that need it.
We have now approved 5,270 CBILS loans1,
with a total value of just over one billion pounds and we expect
those numbers to increase rapidly in the coming weeks. So, in
addition to the CBILS programme, on Monday, we launched the Bounce
Back programme with Her Majesty's Treasury. On the first day, for
20,000 small businesses across the United Kingdom, we approved
loans that totalled £670 million. Behind those numbers are
stories of businesses and jobs surviving this
crisis.
Take the Titanic Brewery, up in Staffordshire. It's a local
favourite, selling three million pints in a normal year through its
chain of pubs and beyond. We helped them secure a £1 million
CBILS loan and put in place a 12-month payment holiday on an
existing loan they had with us. That has allowed the business to
keep producing and selling beers online, protecting jobs and
allowing them to pay their furloughed workers full
wages.
Or take the Queensbury Hotel and Olive Tree restaurant in Bath,
which I've been to. This is a family-run, four-star hotel that's
had to shut its doors due to the Coronavirus. But with our help
they were able to get a £450,000 CBILS loan quickly. That loan
means that they can cover running costs, their staff are able to be
furloughed rather than laid off, and they'll be able to retain
their hard-earned Michelin star, which would have been forfeited if
they had been in closure.
Make no mistake, interventions like these are making the difference
between survival and failure for businesses and we're pleased to be
playing our part in keeping them going. We've also been absolutely
central, because of our strong investment banking capabilities, to
helping larger businesses to access the Bank of England and
Treasury's CCFF programme. So far, we have arranged £7.2
billion of commercial paper for UK corporates over the past few
weeks, representing 45 per cent of this total market.
In addition to our backing for those government schemes, we've also
been able to provide significant help on our own to our business
clients. For example, we've waived everyday banking fees and
overdraft interest or charges until June for 650,000 of our small
business customers. And we've put in place 12-month capital
repayment holidays for most SMEs with loans of over £25,000.
We're continuing to extend credit to companies and there is
£50 billion of lending limits available to our UK
clients.
But we're not stopping there, we also continue to evolve our
approach and offering to clients big and small, to help them
through the crisis. Because it is crucial that we preserve as many
businesses and jobs as we can to aid the recovery when it
ultimately comes. As you know, Barclays has deep roots in the
communities where we live and work, and I'm proud of everything our
colleagues do, year-round, to support their local areas, never more
so than now.
That includes going above and beyond for our customers, to help
them any way we can. Whether that's our colleague, Glynis Wilson,
who's in a contact centre in Sunderland. She was helping a customer
in dire straits to access charitable support. Then we made a
goodwill payment to see that this customer got through a very tight
spot. Or our colleague, Heena Mistry in Hyde, ringing vulnerable
customers to see how they're doing and then getting an ambulance
for an elderly man who was obviously having difficulty breathing.
Or our colleague, Caroline Pearson, in Harrow and Edgware branch,
helping an 80-year old customer keep a special promise to her
grandson by guiding her through buying on his birthday a pair of
trainers online. These are just three stories of hundreds up and
down the country where our people are working beyond their
professional obligations to support vulnerable
customers.
We are carrying on delivering our core citizenship programmes, such
as Life Skills and Connect with Work, with a particular focus now
on helping mitigate the impacts of Covid-19. But we're trying to do
even more. For example, where we can, we're now offering colleagues
four weeks' paid leave to volunteer to support health or social
care work and helping those that are vulnerable.
And we've launched a 100 million Community Aid Package, made up of
£50 million in grants for charity partners in the UK and our
international markets, and £50 million to match colleague
donations. That equates to up to £150 million from Barclays
and our colleagues, deployed to help the communities and people
hardest-hit by the crisis from providing food to vulnerable
families to purchasing protective equipment for NHS
staff.
We understand that our fortunes are intertwined with those of the
communities and economies we serve. And at time like these, more
than ever, our obligation is to support them. And we're going to
continue to do that and prioritise that effort through this
crisis.
Finally today I want to briefly set out some overall thoughts on
our performance, both in 2019 and in the first quarter, which we
reported on the 29th April.
Barclays finished 2019 in a very good position. The group return on
tangible equity, our ROTE, was nine per cent, meeting our target
for the year and almost double what it was a couple of years'
ago.
We also met the cost guidance we had set out, coming in at the
lower end of the range, at £13.6 billion. Our liquidity ratio,
at 160 per cent, was among the highest we've ever had. And the
bank's CET1 capital ratio, the key measure of our financial
strength and stability, stood at 13.8 per cent at year-end, the
highest in our company's history.
We were pleased with that performance in and of itself, but more
importantly, Barclays was in a really robust state going into what
has become an extraordinary period of social and economic stress.
The impact of Covid-19 came late in what was, until that point, a
pretty good quarter. That said, the performance of the business
since then, has demonstrated clearly the resilience of our
universal banking model - rooted in diversification by business
line and geography and currency.
As we've said in the past, there's a kind of cyclicality between
the consumer business and the wholesale business. So in this
economic crisis, while you would expect returns were down in
Barclays UK and in Consumer Cards and Payments, where their ROTE's
went single-digits or below, the Corporate and Investment Bank
performed strongly in the first quarter, producing a double-digit
return on tangible equity of 12.1 per
cent.
And this was particularly done as we supported our clients during a
period of extreme volatility in our capital markets business, which
roughly doubled its revenue in the first quarter. Sustained cost
discipline and positive jaws in our CIB delivered a group cost
income ratio of 52 per cent. That's better than our target of less
than 60 per cent over time, and our lowest quarterly group cost
interim ratio since 2011.
Overall, the group return on tangible equity for the quarter was
5.1 per cent. Given the uncertainty around the developing economic
downturn and the low interest rate environment, 2020 is expected to
be challenging for our business. That said, we continue to believe
that a sustainable group ROTE above 10 per cent is the right target
for Barclays and is attainable over time.
Importantly, we've taken a 2.1 billion credit impairment charge in
the quarter, of which 1.4 billion is a result of applying a very
challenging forecast to our credit models. We think this is very
prudent. Even after this, Barclays generated £913 million of
profit before tax, three and a half pence of earnings per share,
and attributable profit of £605 million in the
quarter.
Your group remains well capitalised, with a CET1 ratio of 13.1 per
cent. And we will manage our capital position through this crisis
in a way which enables us to support customers and clients whilst
maintaining an appropriate headroom for regulatory requirements. As
you know, in response to a request by the Prudential Regulation
Authority, we cancelled the 2019 full-year dividend
payment.
The board will make a decision about future dividends and capital
returns policy at the end of 2020, when the full impact of Covid-19
on our bank is clear. But let me say, for the avoidance of doubt,
there remains a management priority to generate and distribute
attractive returns for shareholders and we want to do so again as
soon as we can.
So to conclude, and in summary, my colleagues and I are today
primarily focused on what matters right now, which is supporting
our customers and clients, our communities, and the wider economy,
to navigate the pandemic. The strength of our business and the
resilience of our model means we can run this bank safely and
profitably and provide that support until this crisis
passes.
And I believe that your bank will emerge on the other side in a
strong position to support the recovery and leave a reputation as
having stood with the citizens of Great Britain in this time of
crisis.
Thank you.
1 As at Monday 4 May
2020
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About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by
business, by different types of customer and client, and
geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and
payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full
service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are
supported by our service company which provides technology,
operations and functional services across the Group. For
further information about Barclays, please visit our
website home.barclays
Forward-looking statements
This document contains certain forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, with respect to the Group. Barclays cautions readers
that no forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future
performance and that actual results or other financial condition or
performance measures could differ materially from those contained
in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements
can be identified by the fact that they do not relate only to
historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements sometimes
use words such as 'may', 'will', 'seek', 'continue', 'aim',
'anticipate', 'target', 'projected', 'expect', 'estimate',
'intend', 'plan', 'goal', 'believe', 'achieve' or other words of
similar meaning. Forward-looking statements can be made in writing
but also may be made verbally by members of the management of the
Group (including, without limitation, during management
presentations to financial analysts) in connection with this
document. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among
others, statements or guidance regarding or relating to the Group's
future financial position, income growth, assets, impairment
charges, provisions, business strategy, capital, leverage and other
regulatory ratios, payment of dividends (including dividend payout
ratios and expected payment strategies), projected levels of growth
in the banking and financial markets, projected costs or savings,
any commitments and targets, estimates of capital expenditures,
plans and objectives for future operations, projected employee
numbers, IFRS impacts and other statements that are not historical
fact. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and
uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances.
The forward-looking statements speak only as at the date on which
they are made and such statements may be affected by changes in
legislation, the development of standards and interpretations under
IFRS, including evolving practices with regard to the
interpretation and application of accounting and regulatory
standards, the outcome of current and future legal proceedings and
regulatory investigations, future levels of conduct provisions, the
policies and actions of governmental and regulatory authorities,
geopolitical risks and the impact of competition. In addition,
factors including (but not limited to) the following may have an
effect: capital, leverage and other regulatory rules applicable to
past, current and future periods; UK, US, Eurozone and global
macroeconomic and business conditions; the effects of any
volatility in credit markets; market related risks such as changes
in interest rates and foreign exchange rates; effects of changes in
valuation of credit market exposures; changes in valuation of
issued securities; volatility in capital markets; changes in credit
ratings of any entity within the Group or any securities issued by
such entities; direct and indirect impacts of the coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic; instability as a result of the exit by the UK
from the European Union and the disruption that may subsequently
result in the UK and globally; and the success of future
acquisitions, disposals and other strategic transactions. A number
of these influences and factors are beyond the Group's control. As
a result, the Group's actual financial position, future results,
dividend payments, capital, leverage or other regulatory ratios or
other financial and non-financial metrics or performance measures
may differ materially from the statements or guidance set forth in
the Group's forward-looking statements. Additional risks and
factors which may impact the Group's future financial condition and
performance are identified in our filings with the SEC (including,
without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal
year ended 31 December 2019 and our Q1 2020 Results Announcement
for the three months ended 31 March 2020 filed on Form 6-K), which
are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Subject to our obligations under the applicable laws and
regulations of any relevant jurisdiction, (including, without
limitation, the UK and the US), in relation to disclosure and
ongoing information, we undertake no obligation to update publicly
or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.
Exhibit
No. 4
11 May 2020
Barclays PLC
Group Executive Committee Appointment
Barclays has appointed Sasha Wiggins to a newly created role as
Group Head of Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility. Ms
Wiggins will join the Executive Committee of Barclays, and report
directly to the Group Chief Executive, Jes Staley.
In this important new role, Ms Wiggins will be responsible for
leading Barclays' efforts in tackling climate change, and for
integrating our ambition and commitments to help accelerate the
transition to a low-carbon economy into the business - driving the
evolution and operational implementation of the Group's extensive
new Climate Policy, which was supported overwhelmingly by
shareholders at the company's AGM on 7 May.
She will also have accountability for the Group's sustainability
and citizenship agendas, and for ensuring the company's societal
purpose is present in strategic decision-making at the highest
levels in the organisation. This will enable us to deliver the
best of Barclays in an effective and collaborative way for the
benefit of our people, our shareholders, and the communities in
which we operate, as well as for society more broadly. Ms Wiggins
will also assume overall responsibility for Corporate Relations and
Regulatory Relations.
Ms Wiggins joined Barclays in 2002, progressing through a number of
roles in corporate and private banking, and was the CEO of Barclays
Bank Ireland, and subsequently Head of East and South East for UK
Corporate Banking coverage. She is currently Group Chief of
Staff, a role she has held since 2018.
Commenting on the appointment, Group Chief Executive Jes Staley
said:
"Barclays' role in, and engagement with society is critically
important to the success and sustainability of the company, and
accountability for that agenda should be fully represented at the
Executive Management level of the bank. Sasha's broad banking
knowledge and, most importantly, her ability to build strong
relationships of trust, and engage effectively with diverse
stakeholders, make her the ideal candidate for this critically
important role."
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About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by
business, by different types of customer and client, and
geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and
payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full
service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are
supported by our service company which provides technology,
operations and functional services across the Group.
For further information about Barclays, please visit our
website home.barclays
Exhibit
No. 5
11 May 2020
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons
discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely
associated with them
1
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities /
person closely associated
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a)
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Name
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Stephen Dainton
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2
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Reason for the notification
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a)
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Position/status
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Global Head of Markets
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b)
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Initial notification /Amendment
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Initial notification
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3
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
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Name
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Barclays PLC
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b)
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LEI
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213800LBQA1Y9L22JB70
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4
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Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each
type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date;
and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
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a)
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Description of the financial instrument, type of
instrument
Identification code
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Ordinary shares with a nominal value of 25 pence each
("Shares")
GB0031348658
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b)
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Nature of the transaction
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The trustee of the Barclays Group Share Incentive Plan notified
Barclays PLC that it acquired and now holds Shares on behalf of the
individual described above. The Shares acquired include
an allocation of Shares as matching shares.
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c)
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Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
|
|
|
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Price(s)
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Volume(s):
Number of Shares received
|
|
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£1.025
per share
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2,341
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|
|
|
|
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d)
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Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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Not applicable
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e)
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Date of the transaction
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2020-05-07
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f)
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Place of the transaction
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London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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Exhibit
No. 6
14
May 2020
Barclays PLC
Notification of directors' details
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.14(2)R, Barclays PLC (the
"Company") confirms that Tim Breedon, an independent Non-Executive
Director of the Company, has been appointed to the Board of
Directors of Quilter plc as a Non-Executive Director, with effect
from 1 June 2020, and will serve on its Board Risk Committee,
Board Remuneration Committee and Board Corporate Governance
and Nominations Committee.
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Investor Relations
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Media Relations
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Chris Manners
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+44 (0) 20 7116 4755
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About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by
business, by different types of customer and client, and
geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and
payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full
service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are
supported by our service company which provides technology,
operations and functional services across the Group. For
further information about Barclays, please visit our
website home.barclays
Exhibit
No. 7
Publication of Final Terms
The following final terms (the "Final Terms") are available for viewing:
Final Terms in relation to Barclays PLC's issue of GBP 500,000,000
3.750 per cent. Fixed Rate Resetting Subordinated Callable Notes
due 2030 under the Barclays PLC £60,000,000,000 Debt Issuance
Programme.
Please read the disclaimer below "Disclaimer - Intended
Addressees" before attempting
to access this service, as your right to do so is conditional upon
complying with the requirements set out below.
To view the full document, please paste the following URL into the
address bar of your browser.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8039N_1-2020-5-22.pdf
A copy of the Final Terms has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will
shortly be available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
For further information, please contact:
Barclays Treasury
1 Churchill Place
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HP
DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSEES
IMPORTANT: You must read the following
before continuing: The
following applies to the Final Terms available by clicking on the
link above, and you are therefore advised to read this carefully
before reading, accessing or making any other use of the Final
Terms. In accessing the Final Terms, you agree to be bound by the
following terms and conditions, including any modifications to
them, any time you receive any information from us as a result of
such access.
The Final Terms referred to above must be read in conjunction with
the base prospectus dated 25 February 2020 (as supplemented by the
prospectus supplement dated 30 April 2020) which together
constitute a base prospectus (the "Prospectus") for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129,
as amended or superseded.
THE FINAL TERMS MAY NOT BE FORWARDED OR DISTRIBUTED OTHER THAN AS
PROVIDED BELOW AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER.
THE FINAL TERMS MAY ONLY BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
TO PERSONS THAT ARE NOT U.S. PERSONS AS DEFINED IN, AND IN RELIANCE
ON, REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "SECURITIES
ACT"). ANY FORWARDING,
DISTRIBUTION OR REPRODUCTION OF THE FINAL TERMS IN WHOLE OR IN PART
IS PROHIBITED. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS NOTICE MAY RESULT IN A
VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF OTHER
JURISDICTIONS.
NOTHING IN THIS ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION CONSTITUTES AN OFFER OF
SECURITIES FOR SALE IN ANY JURISDICTION. ANY NOTES ISSUED OR TO BE
ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FINAL TERMS AND THE PROSPECTUS HAVE NOT
BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR OTHER
JURISDICTION. ANY NOTES ISSUED OR TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE
FINAL TERMS AND THE PROSPECTUS MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO A PERSON
THAT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904
OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Please note that the information contained in the Final Terms and
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targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries
(specified in the Final Terms and/or the Prospectus) only and is
not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person
outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the
Final Terms and/or the Prospectus is not
addressed. Prior to relying on the
information contained in the Final Terms and/or the Prospectus you
must ascertain from the Final Terms and the Prospectus whether or
not you are part of the intended addressees of the information
contained therein.
Confirmation of your Representation: In order to be eligible to view the Final Terms
or make an investment decision with respect to any Notes issued or
to be issued pursuant to the Final Terms, you must be a person
other than a U.S. person (within the meaning of Regulation S under
the Securities Act). By accessing the Final Terms, you shall be
deemed to have represented that you and any customers you represent
are not U.S. persons, and that you consent to delivery of the Final
Terms via electronic publication.
You are reminded that the Final Terms has been made available to
you on the basis that you are a person into whose possession the
Final Terms may be lawfully delivered in accordance with the laws
of the jurisdiction in which you are located and you may not, nor
are you authorised to, deliver the Final Terms to any other
person.
The Final Terms does not constitute, and may not be used in
connection with, an offer or solicitation in any place where offers
or solicitations are not permitted by law. If a jurisdiction
requires that the offering be made by a licensed broker or dealer
and the underwriters or any affiliate of the underwriters is a
licensed broker or dealer in that jurisdiction, the offering shall
be deemed to be made by the underwriters or such affiliate on
behalf of the issuer in such jurisdiction. Under no
circumstances shall the Final Terms constitute an offer
to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be
any sale of any Notes issued or to be issued pursuant to the
Final Terms, in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
The Final Terms has been made available to you in an electronic
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any person who controls any of them nor any director, officer,
employee nor agent of it or affiliate of any such person accepts
any liability or responsibility whatsoever in respect of any
difference between the Final Terms made available to you in
electronic format and the hard copy version available to you on
request from the issuer.
Your right to access this service is conditional upon complying
with the above requirement.
Exhibit
No. 8
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons
discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely
associated with them
1
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities /
person closely associated
|
a)
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Name
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Mark Ashton-Rigby
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
a)
|
Position/status
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Group Chief Operating Officer
|
b)
|
Initial notification /Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
a)
|
Name
|
Barclays PLC
|
b)
|
LEI
|
213800LBQA1Y9L22JB70
|
4
|
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each
type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date;
and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
|
a)
|
Description of the financial instrument, type of
instrument
Identification code
|
Ordinary shares in Barclays PLC with a nominal value of 25p each
("Shares")
GB0031348658
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Disposal of Shares by Barclays Wealth Nominees Limited on behalf of
the individual set out above.
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s):
Number of Shares sold
|
|
|
£1.04
|
137,696
|
|
|
|
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
N/A
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
2020-05-22
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
|
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Manners
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