Company: BCS
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 424B2
Source: 0001193125-25-030302
Chunk: 154

Company: BARCLAYS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 424B2
Chunk 154
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 of Securities on Automatic Conversion. 4. No liability to U.K. stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax will arise for a holder of the Securities on the issuance of new ordinary shares in Barclays PLC by Barclays PLC to holders of the Securities under an Automatic Conversion. 5. U.K. stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax may be payable in relation to a Conversion Shares Offer. Additional Information For a summary of certain tax consequences of holding ordinary shares see pages 457-460of the 2024 Form 20-F,which is incorporated by reference herein. S-95

BENEFIT PLAN INVESTOR CONSIDERATIONS

A fiduciary of a pension, profit-sharing or other employee benefit plan subject to the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended (“ERISA”) or any entity or account deemed to hold “plan assets” of the foregoing (each, a “Plan”), should consider the fiduciary standards of ERISA in the context of the Plan’s particular circumstances
before authorizing an investment in the Securities. Among other factors, the fiduciary should consider whether the investment would satisfy the prudence and diversification requirements of ERISA and would be consistent with the documents and
instruments governing the Plan, and whether the investment would involve a prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code.

General Fiduciary Considerations

The fiduciary provisions of ERISA, and the other rules and regulations applicable to Plans that are not subject to
ERISA, impose certain obligations on Plan investors and may impose limitations on investment in the Securities. In determining whether to make an investment in the Securities, fiduciaries of Plan investors should carefully consider such provisions
in consultation with their advisers. In addition, each Plan should consider the fact that none of the Issuer, the Calculation Agent, the Trustee, the Principal Paying Agent, the underwriters and/or any of their respective affiliates or employees
(the “Transaction Parties”) will act as a fiduciary to any Plan with respect to the decision to invest such Plan’s assets in the Securities.

Prohibited Transactions

Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code prohibit Plans, as well as individual retirement accounts, Keogh plans, any other
plans that are subject to Section 4975 of the Code and entities and accounts deemed to hold “plan assets” subject to ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code (also, “Plans”), from engaging in certain transactions involving
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