30 August 2012

Barclays PLC
Antony Jenkins appointed as Group Chief ExecutiveBarclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) announce that Antony Jenkins has
been appointed as a Director and as Group Chief Executive of Barclays with immediate
effect. Mr Jenkins currently leads Barclays Retail and Business Banking (RBB) business.
He has been a member of the Group Executive Committee of Barclays since 2009. Hisrole as CEO for RBB includes responsibility for retail banking in Barclays Africa andAbsa and he also represents Barclays as a non-executive Director on the Board of Absa
Group Limited and Absa Bank Limited.
Marcus Agius, Barclays Chairman, said:"The Board ensured that the process to select the new Chief Executive was bothrigorous and thorough. Antony stood out among a very competitive field of internaland external candidates because of his excellent track record transforming Barclaycard
and Retail and Business Banking; his intimate knowledge of Barclays portfolio garneredover three years on the Group Executive Committee; his role in the development of thebank’s strategy; and his future vision for Barclays and plan to realise it. Antony'sappointment has the support of all the Directors; we are confident that, supported bythe Board and the Executive Committee, he will work quickly to take the Groupforward. With the appointment of Sir David Walker to succeed me as Chairman inNovember, and of Antony as Chief Executive today, I am pleased that the newleadership of the bank is settled. "Sir David Walker, Barclays Chairman-elect, said:“My first priority since my appointment has been to support the Board's search for anew Chief Executive. The field of short-listed candidates that I met was very strong,and it was clear that Antony was the outstanding choice. His track record, familiarity
with the Group and vision for the future are all highly compelling. I look forward toworking with him closely to make that vision a reality.”

Antony Jenkins, Barclays Group Chief Executive, said:

"I am very proud to have been asked to lead Barclays, where I began my career nearly
30 years ago. Barclays is a strong universal bank, with many assets, including market
leading businesses; talented and engaged staff; and long-standing clients andcustomers. But we have made serious mistakes in recent years and clearly failed tokeep pace with our stakeholders' expectations. We have an obligation to all of thosestakeholders – customers, clients, shareholders, colleagues and broader society – anda unique opportunity to restore Barclays reputation by making it the "go to" bank in allof our chosen markets. That journey will take time, we have much to do, and I lookforward to getting started immediately."
There are no other details that are required to be disclosed in respect of Mr Jenkins’
appointment under Paragraph 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.

NOTES TO EDITORS:- ENDS For further information please contact:
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Charlie Rozes+44 (0) 20 7116 5752

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About Barclays PLC
Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in personal banking,credit cards, corporate and investment banking and wealth and investment
management with an extensive international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africaand Asia. With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates inover 50 countries and employs 140,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests andprotects money for customers and clients worldwide.

For further information about Barclays, please visit our website www.barclays.com.

Notes:Key Compensation arrangements for Antony Jenkins
Antony Jenkins’ compensation arrangements will reflect his new responsibilities. The
compensation arrangements have been benchmarked against a peer group of global
universal banks, industrial companies and financial services institutions. From 30
August 2012, Mr Jenkins’ annual salary will be £1,100,000 and his annual incentive
award opportunity will be up to a maximum of 250% of salary. For 2012, any
incentive award made to Mr. Jenkins will reflect his performance as Group Chief
Executive following appointment and his performance as Chief Executive of Retail andBusiness Banking prior to appointment. Mr Jenkins will be eligible to be considered forthe grant of an award under the Barclays LTIP with a total maximum market value inany one year of an amount up to 400% of salary as at the date of grant. It is
anticipated that the next LTIP award will be for the performance period thatcommences 1 January 2013.
Mr Jenkins’ existing participation in long term incentives linked to divisional
performance are no longer appropriate to his new role and will be brought to an end.
The equivalent value of these arrangements will be made as awards with the same
vesting date over Barclays shares under the Barclays Share Value Plan and the Barclays
LTIP for the performance period 2012-14.
Mr Jenkins will be eligible to receive a cash allowance in lieu of pension of 33% of hissalary, per annum.
Antony Jenkins biography
Antony Jenkins is Chief Executive of Retail and Business Banking and joined theBarclays Executive Committee in November 2009. Prior to that he had been Chief
Executive of Barclaycard since January 2006. Mr Jenkins is the executive responsible
for Diversity and Inclusion at Barclays and in February 2009, he became a Barclays
appointed non-executive director of Absa, the South African banking group.
From 2008 to 2011, Mr Jenkins was on the Board of Visa Europe Ltd. He is a memberof the steering group for the Big Innovation Centre, an initiative of the WorkFoundation and Lancaster University, and is closely involved with a number of charities
as well as being a Patron for Government Employee Engagement.
Barclays is where Mr Jenkins started his career in finance back in 1983, when hecompleted the Barclays Management Development Programme before going on tohold various roles in retail and corporate banking. He moved to Citigroup in 1989,
working in both London and New York.
Mr Jenkins was educated at Oxford University and has a Masters in Philosophy, Politics
and Economics. He also has an MBA from the Cranfield Institute of Technology.