Company: BCS
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form Type: 424B2
Source: 0001193125-25-174548
Chunk: 200

Company: BARCLAYS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form: 424B2
Chunk 200
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 purposes of their businesses, where the issue of the debt securities would otherwise constitute a contravention of Section 19 of FSMA by us; |

| • |     | it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any                                                                                                                                     
 invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any securities or any investments representing securities in circumstances in which 
 Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to us; and                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

| • |     | it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in          
 relation to the securities, or any investments representing securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom. |

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Prohibition of Sales to EEA Retail Investors Unless otherwise specified in any agreement between us and the underwriters, dealers and/or agents, any underwriter, dealer or agent in connection with an offering of securities or any investments representing securities of any series will represent, warrant and agree that it has not offered, sold or otherwise made available, and will not offer, sell or otherwise make available any securities to any retail investor in the European Economic Area. For the purposes of this provision, the expression “retail investor” means a person who is one (or more) of the following:

| • |     | a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “EU MiFID 
 II”); or                                                                                                |

| • |     | a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (the “Insurance Distribution Directive”), where              
 that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of EU MiFID II; or |

| • |     | not a qualified investor as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “EU Prospectus Regulation”); and |

the expression “offer” includes the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the securities or investments to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the securities or investments. EEA Public Offer Selling Restriction Under The EU Prospectus Regulation If the relevant agreement between us and the underwriters, dealers and/or agents in connection