Company: BCS
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000312069-25-000114
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Company: BARCLAYS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form: 20-F
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 the market value at that date.

| Strategy                                      | Shareholderinformation | Climate andsustainability report | Governance | Riskreview | Financialreview |     | Financialstatements |     | Barclays PLC 2024Annual Reporton Form 20-F | 425 |
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Sharesave has a contractual life of 3 years and 5 years, the expected volatility is 30.31% for 3 years and 27.49% for 5 years. The risk-free

interest rates used for valuations are 4.09% and 3.97% for 3 years and 5 years respectively. The pure dividend yield rates used for

valuations are 2.91% and 3.00% for 3 years and 5 years respectively. The repo rates used for valuations are ( 0.54)% and ( 0.61)% for

3 years and 5 years respectively. The inputs into the model such as risk-free interest rate, expected volatility, pure dividend yield rates

and repo rates are derived from market data.

Movements in options and awards

The movement in the number of options and awards for the major schemes and the weighted average exercise price of options was:

|                                                   | SVP and DSVP1,2 |          |     Others1,3 |          |                                     |      |
|                                                   |   Number (000s) |          | Number (000s) |          | Weighted average exercise price (£) |      |
|                                                   |            2024 |     2023 |          2024 |     2023 |                                2024 | 2023 |
| Outstanding at beginning of year/acquisition date |         495,724 |  501,454 |       288,755 |  316,534 |                                1.06 | 0.97 |
| Granted in the year                               |         224,385 |  232,479 |       132,013 |  198,386 |                                1.79 | 1.17 |
| Exercised/released in the year                    |        -191,471 | -196,900 |      -163,322 | -193,669 |                                0.