Company: BCS
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000312069-25-000114
Chunk: 143

Company: BARCLAYS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form: 20-F
Chunk 143
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 this technology. &#8226; Considered how to bring additional technology expertise and perspectives to the Board. Key decisions &uuml; Approved the Group operational resilience self- assessment. &uuml; Approved three new Important Business Services and their impact tolerances. Strategy Shareholder information Climate and sustainability report Risk review Financial review Financial statements Barclays PLC 2024 Annual Report on Form 20-F 73Governance Directors&#8217; report: Key Board activities (continued) Stakeholder groups Customers and clients Society Colleagues Investors

Finance &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9; Topic Board activity Financial performance and reporting &#8226; Received regular updates from the Group Finance Director on the financial performance of the Group and business divisions, including delivery against targets, investor feedback and market reaction to the Group&#8217;s financial results. Key decisions &uuml; Approved the BPLC Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023. &uuml; Approved Q1 2024, HY 2024 and Q3 2024 financial results announcements. Capital and liquidity position and distributions &#8226; Monitored the Group&#8217;s capital and liquidity position, and considered distributions proposals in the context of the Group&#8217;s three-year strategy. Key decisions &uuml; Approved a full year dividend for the year ended 31 December 2023 of 5.3p per ordinary share and a full year share buy-back for 2023 of up to &pound;1bn. &uuml; Approved a half year dividend of 2.9p per ordinary share for the six months ended 30 June 2024 and a half year share buy-back of up to &pound;750m. Governance and regulatory matters &#9; &#9;&#9;&#9; Topic Board activity Succession &#8226; Upon the recommendation of the Board Nominations Committee, considered succession planning and proposed changes to Board and Board Committee membership. &#8226; Received an update on ExCo membership changes approved by the Board Nominations Committee to reflect the re-segmented business divisions. Key decisions &uuml; Approved the appointment of Brian Shea as a Non-Executive Director. Regulatory engagement and oversight &#8226; Invited representatives from key regulators to join Board meetings to support and deepen senior relationships, discuss their priorities, feedback and areas of focus for Barclays. This was in addition to meetings held between individual Directors and regulatory stakeholders throughout the year. &#822