Company: BCS
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 424B2
Source: 0001193125-25-030302
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Company: BARCLAYS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 424B2
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Under the Banking Act substantial powers are granted to the Bank of England (or, in certain circumstances, HM Treasury), in consultation with
the PRA, the FCA and HM Treasury, as appropriate as part of a special resolution regime (the “SRR”). These powers enable the Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority to implement various resolution measures and stabilization options (including,
but not limited to, the bail-in tool) with respect to a U.K. bank or investment firm and certain of its affiliates (as of the date of this prospectus supplement, including the Issuer) (each a “relevant
entity”) in circumstances in which the Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority is satisfied that the relevant resolution conditions are met.

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The SRR consists of five stabilization options: (i) private sector transfer of all or
part of the business or shares of the relevant entity, (ii) transfer of all or part of the business of the relevant entity to a “bridge bank” established by the Bank of England, (iii) transfer to an asset management vehicle
wholly or partly owned by HM Treasury or the Bank of England, (iv) the bail-in tool (as described below) and (v) temporary public ownership (nationalization).

The Banking Act also provides for additional insolvency and administration procedures for relevant entities and for certain ancillary powers,
such as the power to modify contractual arrangements in certain circumstances (which could include a variation of the terms of the Securities), powers to impose temporary suspension of payments, powers to suspend enforcement or termination rights
that might be invoked as a result of the exercise of the resolution powers and powers for the Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority to disapply or modify laws in the U.K. (with possible retrospective effect) to enable the powers under the Banking Act
to be used effectively.

Holders of the Securities should assume that, in a resolution situation, financial public support will only be
available to a relevant entity as a last resort after the Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority has assessed and used, to the maximum extent practicable, the resolution tools, including the bail-in tool.

The exercise of any resolution power or any suggestion of any such exercise could materially adversely affect the value of the Securities and
could lead to holders of the Securities losing some or all of the value of their investment in the Securities.

Resolution powers triggered prior to insolvency may not be anticipated and holders may have only limited rights to challenge them.

The resolution powers conferred by the
SRR are intended to be