Document:

EX-4.2

 Exhibit 4.2 
  

 
 BARCLAYS PLC, 

as Issuer, 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, 
 as Trustee and Paying Agent 

and 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
SA/NV, LUXEMBOURG BRANCH, 
 as Contingent Convertible Security Registrar 

 
  

FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

Dated as of August 12, 2020 
  

 
 To the Contingent Convertible
Securities Indenture, dated as of August 14, 2018, among 
 the Issuer, the Trustee and Paying Agent and the Contingent Convertible
Security Registrar 
 $1,500,000,000 6.125% Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities 

 
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	ARTICLE I	  

	
	DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION	  

			
	 SECTION 1.01.
	 	Definitions	  	 	2	 
			
	 SECTION 1.02.
	 	Effect of Headings	  	 	15	 
			
	 SECTION 1.03.
	 	Separability Clause	  	 	15	 
			
	 SECTION 1.04.
	 	Benefits of Instrument	  	 	15	 
			
	 SECTION 1.05.
	 	Relation to Base Indenture	  	 	15	 
			
	 SECTION 1.06.
	 	Construction and Interpretation	  	 	16	 
	ARTICLE II	  

	
	$1,500,000,000 6.125% FIXED RATE RESETTING PERPETUAL SUBORDINATED CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES	  

			
	 SECTION 2.01.
	 	Creation of Series; Establishment of Form	  	 	17	 
			
	 SECTION 2.02.
	 	Interest	  	 	18	 
			
	 SECTION 2.03.
	 	Payment of Principal, Interest and Other Amounts	  	 	18	 
			
	 SECTION 2.04.
	 	Optional Redemption	  	 	19	 
			
	 SECTION 2.05.
	 	Optional Tax Redemption	  	 	19	 
			
	 SECTION 2.06.
	 	Regulatory Event Redemption	  	 	20	 
			
	 SECTION 2.07.
	 	Notice of Redemption	  	 	20	 
			
	 SECTION 2.08.
	 	Automatic Conversion upon Capital Adequacy Trigger Event	  	 	20	 
			
	 SECTION 2.09.
	 	Conversion Shares	  	 	24	 
			
	 SECTION 2.10.
	 	Conversion Shares Offer	  	 	25	 
			
	 SECTION 2.11.
	 	Settlement Procedure	  	 	26	 
			
	 SECTION 2.12.
	 	Failure to Deliver a Conversion Shares Settlement Notice	  	 	28	 
			
	 SECTION 2.13.
	 	Additional Amounts and FATCA Withholding Tax	  	 	28	 
	
	ARTICLE III	  

	
	ANTI-DILUTION	  

			
	 SECTION 3.01.
	 	Adjustment of Conversion Price and Conversion Shares Offer Price	  	 	29	 
			
	 SECTION 3.02.
	 	No Retroactive Adjustments	  	 	32	 
			
	 SECTION 3.03.
	 	Decision of an Independent Financial Advisor	  	 	32	 

  
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	 SECTION 3.04.
	 	Rounding Down and Notice of Adjustment to the Conversion Price and the Conversion Shares Offer Price	  	 	32	 
			
	 SECTION 3.05.
	 	Qualifying Takeover Event	  	 	33	 
	
	ARTICLE IV	  

	
	AMENDMENTS TO THE BASE INDENTURE	  

			
	 SECTION 4.01.
	 	Amendments to the Base Indenture	  	 	34	 
	
	ARTICLE V	  

	
	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS	  

			
	 SECTION 5.01.
	 	Effectiveness	  	 	36	 
			
	 SECTION 5.02.
	 	Original Issue	  	 	36	 
			
	 SECTION 5.03.
	 	Ratification and Integral Part	  	 	36	 
			
	 SECTION 5.04.
	 	Priority	  	 	36	 
			
	 SECTION 5.05.
	 	Successors and Assigns	  	 	36	 
			
	 SECTION 5.06.
	 	Counterparts	  	 	36	 
			
	 SECTION 5.07.
	 	Governing Law	  	 	36	 

  

			
	 EXHIBIT A – Form of Global Security
	  	A-1
		
	 EXHIBIT B – Form of Automatic Conversion Notice
	  	B-1
		
	 EXHIBIT C – Form of Capital Adequacy Trigger Event Officers’ Certificate
	  	C-1
		
	 EXHIBIT D – Form of Conversion Shares Offer Notice
	  	D-1
		
	 EXHIBIT E – Form of Conversion Shares Settlement Request Notice
	  	E-1

  
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 FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of August 12, 2020 (the “Fourth
Supplemental Indenture”), among BARCLAYS PLC, a public limited company registered in England and Wales, as Issuer (hereinafter called the “Company”), having its registered office at 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP, United
Kingdom, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”) and Paying Agent, having its Corporate Trust Office at One Canada Square, London E14 5AL, United Kingdom
and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON SA/NV, LUXEMBOURG BRANCH, as Contingent Convertible Security Registrar, having an office at 2-4 Rue Eugene Ruppert, Vertigo Building – Polaris, Luxembourg, L-2453, Luxembourg (herein called the “Contingent Convertible Security Registrar”), to the CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES INDENTURE, dated as of August 14, 2018 among the Company, the
Trustee and the Contingent Convertible Security Registrar, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Base Indenture” and, together with this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”). 

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Trustee and the Contingent Convertible Security Registrar are parties to the Base Indenture, which provides for the
issuance by the Company from time to time of Contingent Convertible Securities in one or more series; 
 WHEREAS, Section 9.01 of the
Base Indenture permits supplements thereto without the consent of Holders of Contingent Convertible Securities to establish the form or terms of Contingent Convertible Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Base
Indenture and to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Base Indenture with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities issued on or after the date hereof; 

WHEREAS, as contemplated by Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company intends to issue a new series of Contingent Convertible
Securities to be known as the Company’s “$1,500,000,000 6.125% Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities” (the “Securities”) under the Indenture; 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee desire to amend the Base Indenture to change certain execution formalities with respect to Contingent
Convertible Securities issued on or after the date hereof; 
 WHEREAS, the Company has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the
execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 

For and in consideration of the premises and the other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Company, the Trustee and Paying Agent and the Contingent Convertible Security Registrar mutually agree as follows with regard to the Securities: 

  
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 ARTICLE I 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION 

SECTION 1.01. Definitions. 

Except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, all terms used in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture that are
defined in the Base Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Base Indenture. The following terms used in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture have the following respective meanings with respect to the Securities only: 

“2018 Order” means the Banks and Building Societies (Priorities on Insolvency) Order 2018. 

“Acquirer” means the Takeover Person that controls the Company following a Takeover Event. For the purposes of
this definition, “control” means the acquisition or holding of legal or beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the votes which may ordinarily be cast on a poll at a general meeting of the Company or the right to appoint or remove a
majority of the board of directors of the Company. On and after the date of a Qualifying Takeover Event, references herein to “Ordinary Shares” shall be read as references to “Approved Entity Shares.” 

“Approved Entity” means a body corporate which, on the occurrence of the Takeover Event and thereafter, has in
issue Approved Entity Shares. 
 “Approved Entity Shares” means ordinary shares in the capital of a body
corporate that constitutes equity share capital or the equivalent (or depository or other receipts representing the same) which are listed and admitted to trading on a Recognized Stock Exchange and is not share capital which, if the Securities could
convert into such share capital in accordance with Section 2.09 of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, would cause a Relevant Tax Effect in circumstances where, if the Securities could instead only convert into ordinary shares of the Company,
would not cause a Relevant Tax Effect. Such shares shall cease to be “Approved Entity Shares” if they do not satisfy the definition above on the Conversion Date. In relation to an Automatic Conversion in respect of which the Conversion
Date falls on or after the QTE Effective Date, references herein to “Conversion Shares” shall be deemed to be references to “Approved Entity Shares”. 

“Automatic Conversion” means the irrevocable and automatic release of all of the Company’s obligations
under the Securities (other than the CSO Obligations, if any) in consideration of the Company’s issuance of the Conversion Shares at the Conversion Price to the Conversion Shares Depository (on behalf of the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the
Securities) or to the relevant recipient of such Conversion Shares, all in accordance with the terms of the Securities. 

  
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 “Automatic Conversion Notice” means the written notice
(substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B) to be delivered by the Company to the Trustee directly and to the Holders of the Global Securities via DTC (or, if the Securities are definitive Securities, by the Company to the
Trustee directly and to the Holders at their addresses shown on the Contingent Convertible Security Register) specifying (i) that a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event has occurred, (ii) the Conversion Date or expected Conversion Date,
(iii) the Conversion Price, (iv) that the Company has the option, at its sole and absolute discretion, to elect that a Conversion Shares Offer be conducted and that the Company will issue a Conversion Shares Offer Notice via DTC within ten
(10) Business Days following the Conversion Date notifying Holders of the Company’s election and (v) that the Securities shall remain in existence for the sole purpose of evidencing (a) the right of the Holders to receive
Conversion Shares or Conversion Shares Offer Consideration, as applicable, from the Conversion Shares Depository and (b) the Company’s CSO Obligations, if any, and that the Securities may continue to be transferable until the Suspension
Date, which shall be specified in the Conversion Shares Offer Notice. 
 “Base Indenture” has the meaning
set forth in the first paragraph of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. 
 “Business Day” means any weekday,
other than one on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close in London, United Kingdom, or in New York City, New York. 

“Calculation Agent” means The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, or its successor appointed by the
Company pursuant to the calculation agent agreement between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, dated as of the date hereof. 

“Cancellation Date” means (i) with respect to any Security for which a Conversion Shares Settlement
Notice is received by the Conversion Shares Depository on or before the Notice Cut-off Date, the applicable Settlement Date and (ii) with respect to any Security for which a Conversion Shares Settlement
Notice is not received by the Conversion Shares Depository on or before the Notice Cut-off Date, the Final Cancellation Date. 

“Capital Adequacy Trigger Event” shall occur if at any time the Fully Loaded CET1 Ratio (as defined herein) is
less than 7.00%. Whether a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event has occurred at any time shall be determined by the Company and such determination shall be binding on the Trustee and Holders of the Securities. 

“Capital Adequacy Trigger Event Officers’ Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(o)
hereof. 
 “Capital Regulations” means, at any time, the laws, regulations, requirements, standards,
guidelines and policies relating to capital adequacy and/or minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities and/or loss absorbing capacity of credit institutions of either (i) the PRA and/or (ii) any other national or European
authority, in each case then in effect in the United Kingdom (or in such other jurisdiction in which the Company may be organized or domiciled) and applicable to the Group (as defined below) including, as at the date hereof, CRD and related
technical standards. 

  
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 “Capital Requirements Directive” means Directive 2013/36/EU
on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, as amended or replaced from time to time (including as amended by Directive (EU) 2019/878 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of May 20, 2019) or similar laws in the United Kingdom. 
 “Cash Component” means that
portion, if any, of the Conversion Shares Offer Consideration consisting of cash. 
 “Cash Dividend” means
any dividend or distribution in respect of the Ordinary Shares to Shareholders of the Company which is to be paid or made in cash (in whatever currency), however described and whether payable out of share premium account, profits, retained earnings
or any other capital or revenue reserve or account and including a distribution or payment to Shareholders upon or in connection with a reduction of capital. 

“CET1 Capital” means, at any time, the sum, expressed in pounds sterling, of all amounts that constitute
common equity Tier 1 Capital of the Group at such time, less any deductions from common equity Tier 1 Capital required to be made at such time, in each case as determined by the Company on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Capital
Regulations applicable at such time (which determination shall be binding on the Trustee and the Holders and Beneficial Owners). For the purposes of this definition, the term “common equity Tier 1 Capital” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in the Capital Regulations then applicable. 
 “Companies Act” means the Companies Act 2006
(UK). 
 “Company” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture,
and includes any successor entity. 
 “Comparable Treasury Issue” means, with respect to any Reset Period,
the U.S. Treasury security or securities selected by the Company with a maturity date on or about the last day of such Reset Period and that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing
new issues of corporate debt securities denominated in U.S. dollars and having a maturity of five years. 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Reset Determination Date, (i) the arithmetic
average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Reset Determination Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are
received, the arithmetic average of all such quotations, or (iii) if fewer than two such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are received, then such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation. 

“Conversion Date” means the date on which the Automatic Conversion shall take place, or has taken place, as
applicable. 

  
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 “Conversion Price” means $2.16 per Conversion Share
(subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof). 

“Conversion Shares” means the Ordinary Shares of the Company to be issued to the Conversion Shares Depository
(or to the relevant recipient in accordance with the terms of the Securities) following an Automatic Conversion, which Ordinary Shares shall be in such number as is determined by dividing the aggregate principal amount of the Securities Outstanding
immediately prior to the Automatic Conversion on the Conversion Date by the Conversion Price, rounded down, if necessary, to the nearest whole number of Ordinary Shares. 

“Conversion Shares Component” means that portion, if any, of the Conversion Shares Offer Consideration
consisting of Conversion Shares. 
 “Conversion Shares Depository” means a financial institution, trust
company, depository entity, nominee entity or similar entity to be appointed by the Company on or prior to any date when a function ascribed to the Conversion Shares Depository in the Indenture is required to be performed, to perform such functions
and which, as a condition of such appointment, such entity will be required to undertake, for the benefit of the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities, to hold the Conversion Shares (and any Conversion Shares Offer Consideration) on behalf
of such Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities in one or more segregated accounts, unless otherwise required for the purposes of the Conversion Shares Offer and, in any event, on terms consistent with the Indenture. 

“Conversion Shares Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(a) hereof. 

“Conversion Shares Offer Agent” means the agent(s), if any, to be appointed on behalf of the Conversion Shares
Depository by the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, to act as placement or other agent of the Conversion Shares Depository to facilitate a Conversion Shares Offer. 

“Conversion Shares Offer Consideration” means in respect of each Security (i) if all of the Conversion
Shares are sold in the Conversion Shares Offer, the pro rata share of the cash proceeds from the sale of the Conversion Shares attributable to such Security translated from sterling into U.S. dollars at a then-prevailing exchange rate (less
any foreign exchange transaction costs), (ii) if some but not all of the Conversion Shares are sold in the Conversion Shares Offer, (x) the pro rata share of the cash proceeds from the sale of the Conversion Shares attributable to such
Security translated from sterling into U.S. dollars at a then-prevailing exchange rate (less any foreign exchange transaction costs) and (y) the pro rata share of the Conversion Shares not sold pursuant to the Conversion Shares Offer
attributable to such Security rounded down to the nearest whole number of Conversion Shares, and (iii) if no Conversion Shares are sold in a Conversion Shares Offer, the relevant Conversion Shares attributable to such Security rounded down to
the nearest whole number of Conversion Shares, subject in the case of (i) and (ii)(x) above to deduction from any such cash proceeds of an amount equal to the pro rata share of any stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax, or any other
capital, issue, transfer, registration, financial transaction or documentary tax that may arise or be paid as a consequence of the transfer of any interest in the Conversion Shares to the Conversion Shares Depository as a consequence of the
Conversion Shares Offer. 

  
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 “Conversion Shares Offer Notice” means the written notice
(substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) to be delivered by the Company to the Trustee directly and to the Holders of the Global Securities via DTC (or, if the Securities are definitive Securities, by the Company to the
Trustee directly and to the Holders at their addresses shown on the Contingent Convertible Security Register) specifying (i) whether or not the Company has elected that a Conversion Shares Offer be made and, if so, the Conversion Shares Offer
Period, (ii) the Suspension Date, (iii) details of the Conversion Shares Depository or (iv) if the Company has been unable to appoint a Conversion Shares Depository, such other arrangements for the issuance and/or delivery of the
Conversion Shares or the Conversion Shares Offer Consideration, as applicable, to the Holders of the Securities as it shall consider reasonable in the circumstances. 

“Conversion Shares Offer Period” means the period during which the Conversion Shares Offer may occur, which
period shall end no later than forty (40) Business Days after the delivery of the Conversion Shares Offer Notice. 

“Conversion Shares Offer Price” means £1.65 per Conversion Share (subject to certain anti-dilution
adjustments pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof). 
 “Conversion Shares Settlement Notice” means a written
notice (substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E) to be delivered by a Holder or Beneficial Owner (or custodian, broker, nominee or other representative thereof) to the Conversion Shares Depository (or to the relevant recipient
of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the terms of the Securities), with a copy to the Trustee, no earlier than the Suspension Date containing the following information: (i) the name of the Holder or Beneficial Owner (or custodian,
broker, nominee or other representative thereof), (ii) the aggregate amount of the Tradable Amount of the book-entry interests in the Securities held by such Holder or Beneficial Owner (or custodian, broker,
nominee or other representative thereof) on the date of such notice, (iii) the name to be entered in the Company’s share register, (iv) the details of the CREST or other clearing system account or, if the Conversion Shares are not a
participating security in CREST or another clearing system, the address to which the Conversion Shares (or the Conversion Shares Component, if any, of any Conversion Shares Offer Consideration) and/or cash (if not expected to be delivered through
DTC) should be delivered and (v) such other details as may be required by the Conversion Shares Depository. 

“Conversion Shares Settlement Request Notice” means the written notice to be delivered by the Company to the
Trustee directly and to the Holders and Beneficial Owner of the Securities via DTC (or, if the Securities are definitive Securities, by the Company to the Trustee directly and to the Holders at their registered addresses as shown on the Contingent
Convertible Security Register) on the Suspension Date requesting that Holders and Beneficial Owners complete a Conversion Shares Settlement Notice and specifying (i) the Notice Cut-off Date and
(ii) the Final Cancellation Date. 

  
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 “CRD” means the legislative package consisting of the
Capital Requirements Directive and the CRD Regulation. 
 “CRD Regulation” means Regulation (EU)
No. 575/2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 26, 2013, as amended or replaced from time to time (including as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/876
of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 20, 2019, to the extent then in application) or similar laws in the United Kingdom. 

“CREST” means the relevant system, as defined in the CREST Regulations, or any successor clearing system. 

“CREST Regulations” means the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 01/378), as
amended. 
 “CSO Obligations” means the obligations of the Company under the Securities that may arise in
connection with a Conversion Shares Offer to: (i) facilitate the preparation of a prospectus or other offering document, if applicable, and (ii) take responsibility for such prospectus or other offering document, which obligations (and any
claims relating to a failure to facilitate the preparation of, or take responsibility for, such prospectus or other offering document) shall terminate in the event of the winding-up or administration of the
Company. 
 “Current Market Price” means, in respect of an Ordinary Share at a particular date, the average
of the daily Volume Weighted Average Price of an Ordinary Share on each of the five (5) consecutive Dealing Days ending on the Dealing Day immediately preceding such date; provided that, if at any time during the said five-dealing-day period the Volume Weighted Average Price shall have been based on a price ex-Cash Dividend (or ex- any other entitlement) and during some other part of that period the Volume Weighted Average Price shall have been based on a price cum-Cash Dividend (or cum- any other entitlement), then: 
  

	 	(i)	 if the Ordinary Shares to be issued do not rank for the Cash Dividend (or entitlement) in question, the Volume
Weighted Average Price on the dates on which the Ordinary Shares shall have been based on a price cum-Cash Dividend (or cum- any other entitlement) shall, for the
purposes of this definition, be deemed to be the amount thereof reduced by an amount equal to such Cash Dividend or entitlement per ordinary share as at the date of first public announcement relating to such Cash Dividend or entitlement, in any such
case, determined on a gross basis and disregarding any withholding or deduction required to be made on account of tax, and disregarding any associated tax credit; or 

  
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	 	(ii)	 if the Ordinary Shares to be issued do rank for the Cash Dividend (or entitlement) in question, the Volume
Weighted Average Price on the dates on which the Ordinary Shares shall have been based on a price ex-Cash Dividend (or ex- any other entitlement) shall, for the purposes
of this definition, be deemed to be the amount thereof increased by an amount equal to such Cash Dividend or entitlement per ordinary share as at the date of first public announcement relating to such Cash Dividend or entitlement, in any such case,
determined on a gross basis and disregarding any withholding or deduction required to be made on account of tax, and disregarding any associated tax credit, 

and provided further that, if on each of the said five Dealing Days the Volume Weighted Average Price shall have been based on a
price cum-Cash Dividend (or cum- any other entitlement) in respect of a Cash Dividend (or other entitlement) which has been declared or announced but the Ordinary Shares
to be issued do not rank for that Cash Dividend (or other entitlement), the Volume Weighted Average Price on each of such dates shall, for the purposes of this definition, be deemed to be the amount thereof reduced by an amount equal to such Cash
Dividend or entitlement per ordinary share as at the date of first public announcement relating to such Cash Dividend or entitlement, in any such case, determined on a gross basis and disregarding any withholding or deduction required to be made on
account of tax, and disregarding any associated tax credit, 
 and provided further that, if the Volume Weighted Average Price
of an Ordinary Share is not available on one or more of the said five Dealing Days (disregarding for this purpose the proviso to the definition of Volume Weighted Average Price), then the average of such Volume Weighted Average Prices which are
available in that five-dealing-day period shall be used (subject to a minimum of two such prices) and if only one, or no, such Volume Weighted Average Price is available
in the relevant period, the Current Market Price shall be determined in good faith by an Independent Financial Adviser. 

“Dealing Day” means a day on which the Relevant Stock Exchange or relevant stock exchange or securities market
is open for business and on which Ordinary Shares may be dealt in (other than a day on which the Relevant Stock Exchange or relevant stock exchange or securities market is scheduled to or does close prior to its regular weekday closing time). 

“Distributable Items” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Capital Regulations then applicable
to the Company, but amended so that for so long as there is any reference therein to “before distributions to holders of own funds instruments” it shall be read as a reference to “before distributions to holders of Parity Securities,
the Securities or any Junior Securities.” 

  
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 “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, or any successor
clearing system. 
 “EEA Regulated Market” means a regulated market as defined by Article 4.1(21) of
Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments, as the same may be amended or replaced from time to time or similar laws in the United Kingdom. 

“Effective Date” means, for the purposes of Section 3.01(c) hereof, the first date on which the Ordinary
Shares are traded ex-rights on the Relevant Stock Exchange and, for the purposes of Section 3.01(d) hereof, the first date on which the Ordinary Shares are traded
ex-the relevant Cash Dividend on the Relevant Stock Exchange. 
 “Equity
Share Capital” has the meaning provided in Section 548 of the Companies Act. 
 “Extraordinary
Dividend” means any Cash Dividend that is expressly declared by the Company to be a capital distribution, extraordinary dividend, extraordinary distribution, special dividend, special distribution or return of value to shareholders or any
analogous or similar term, in which case the Extraordinary Dividend shall be such Cash Dividend. 
 “Final
Cancellation Date” means the date, as specified in the Conversion Shares Settlement Request Notice, on which the Securities in relation to which no Conversion Shares Settlement Notice has been received by the Conversion Shares Depository on
or before the Notice Cut-off Date shall be cancelled, which date may be up to twelve (12) Business Days following the Notice Cut-off Date. 

“Fully Loaded” means, in relation to a measure that is presented or described as being on a “Fully Loaded
basis,” that such measure is determined without applying the transitional provisions set out in Part Ten of the CRD Regulation in accordance with the Capital Regulations applicable as at the time such measure is determined. 

“Fully Loaded CET1 Ratio” means, at any time, the ratio of CET1 Capital at such time to the Risk Weighted
Assets at such time, expressed as a percentage and on the basis that all measures used in such calculation shall be determined on a Fully Loaded basis. 

“Group” means the Company (or any successor entity) and its consolidated subsidiaries. 

“Governmental Entity” means (i) the United Kingdom Government, (ii) an agency of the United Kingdom
Government or (iii) a Takeover Person or entity (other than a body corporate) controlled by the United Kingdom Government or any such agency referred to in clause (ii) of this definition. If the Company is then organized in another
jurisdiction, the references to “United Kingdom Government” shall be read as references to the government of such other jurisdiction. 

“Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. 

  
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 “Independent Financial Adviser” means an independent
financial institution of international repute appointed by the Company at its own expense. 
 “Initial Interest
Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a) hereof. 
 “Interest Payment Date” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a) hereof. 
 “Issue Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.01(f) hereof. 
 “Junior Securities” means any Ordinary Shares, securities or other
obligations (including any guarantee, credit support or similar undertaking) of the Company ranking, or expressed to rank, junior to the Securities in a winding-up or administration of the Company. 

“LSE” means the London Stock Exchange plc (or its successor). 

“Margin” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a) hereof. 

“New Conversion Condition” means the condition that shall be satisfied if (a) by not later than seven
(7) Business Days following the completion of a Takeover Event where the Acquirer is an Approved Entity, there shall be arrangements in place for the Approved Entity to provide for issuance of Approved Entity Shares following an Automatic
Conversion of the Securities on terms mutatis mutandis identical to the provisions under Section 2.08 below, and (b) the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion has determined that such arrangements are in the best interest of
the Company and its shareholders taken as a whole having regard to the interests of its stakeholders (including, but not limited to, the Holders of the Securities) and are consistent with applicable law and regulation (including, but not limited to,
the guidance of any applicable regulatory body). 
 “New Conversion Price” means the amount determined in
accordance with the following formula, which shall apply from the QTE Effective Date: 
 NCP = ECP * (VWAPAES / VWAPOS) 

where: 

“NCP” is the New Conversion Price; 

“ECP” is the Conversion Price in effect on the Dealing Day immediately prior to the QTE Effective Date; 

“VWAPAES” means the average of the Volume Weighted Average Price of the Approved Entity Shares (translated, if
necessary, into the same currency as the price of the Ordinary Shares at the Prevailing Rate on the relevant dealing day) on each of the five Dealing Days ending on the Dealing Day prior to the closing date of the Takeover Event (and where
references in the definition of “Volume Weighted Average Price” to “ordinary share” shall be construed as a reference to the Approved Entity Shares and in the definition of “Dealing Day,” references to the
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 “VWAPOS” is the average of the Volume Weighted Average
Price of the Ordinary Shares on each of the five Dealing Days ending on the Dealing Day immediately prior to the closing date of the Takeover Event. 

“Notice Cut-off Date” means the date specified as such in the
Conversion Shares Settlement Request Notice, which date shall be at least forty (40) Business Days following the Suspension Date. 

“Ordinary Shares” means (a) prior to the QTE Effective Date, fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of
the Company and (b) on and after the QTE Effective Date, the relevant Approved Entity Shares. 
 “Parity
Securities” means any preference shares, securities or other obligations (including any guarantee, credit support or similar undertaking) of the Company ranking, or expressed to rank, pari passu with the Securities in a winding-up or administration of the Company. 
 “Prevailing Rate” means,
in respect of any currencies on any day, the spot rate of exchange between the relevant currencies prevailing as at or about 12:00 pm, London time, on that date as appearing on or derived from the relevant page on Bloomberg (or such other
information service provider that displays the relevant information) or, if such a rate cannot be determined at such time, the rate prevailing as at or about 12:00 pm, London time, on the immediately preceding day on which such rate can be so
determined or, if such rate cannot be so determined by reference to the relevant page on Bloomberg (or such other information service provider that displays the relevant information), the rate determined in such other manner as an Independent
Financial Adviser shall in good faith prescribe. 
 “Price” means the Conversion Price or the Conversion
Shares Offer Price, as applicable. 
 “Prospectus Supplement” means the prospectus supplement with respect
to the Securities, dated August 5, 2020, supplementing the prospectus dated April 6, 2018. 
 “Prudential
Regulation Authority” or “PRA” means the Prudential Regulation Authority of the United Kingdom or such other governmental authority in the United Kingdom (or if the Company becomes domiciled in a jurisdiction other than the
United Kingdom, such other jurisdiction) having primary responsibility for the prudential supervision of the Company. 

“QTE Effective Date” means the date with effect from which the New Conversion Condition shall have been
satisfied. 
 “Qualifying Takeover Event” means a Takeover Event with respect to which: (i) the
Acquirer is an Approved Entity; and (ii) the New Conversion Condition is satisfied. 

  
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 “Recognized Stock Exchange” means an EEA Regulated Market
or another regulated, regularly operating, recognized stock exchange or securities market in an OECD member state. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means, with respect to any Reset Determination Date, each of up to five banks
selected by the Company, or the affiliates of such banks, which are (i) primary U.S. Treasury securities dealers, and their respective successors, or (ii) market makers in pricing corporate bond issues denominated in U.S. dollars. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Reset
Determination Date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the bid and offered prices (such prices being obtained by the Company and furnished to the Calculation Agent) for the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue,
expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, as at 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), on such Reset Determination Date. 

“Regular Record Date” means the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding each Interest
Payment Date (or, if the Securities are held in definitive form, the close of business on the 15th Business Day preceding each Interest Payment Date). 

“Regulatory Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06 hereof. 

“Relevant Currency” means sterling or, if at the relevant time or for the purposes of the relevant calculation
or determination the LSE is not the Relevant Stock Exchange, the currency in which the Ordinary Shares are quoted or dealt in on the Relevant Stock Exchange at such time. 

“Relevant Stock Exchange” means the LSE or, if at the relevant time the Ordinary Shares are not at that time
listed and admitted to trading on the LSE, the principal stock exchange or securities market on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed, admitted to trading or quoted or accepted for dealing. 

“Relevant Tax Effect” means a circumstance, as on the date hereof or at any time thereafter, that interest
payments (or funding costs of the Company as recognized in its accounts) under or with respect to the Securities are not or would not be deductible for UK corporation tax purposes (whether for the Company, or for companies with which the Company is
grouped for United Kingdom tax purposes). 
 “Reset Date” means June 15, 2026 and each fifth
anniversary thereafter. 
 “Reset Determination Date” means the second (2nd) Business Day immediately
preceding each Reset Date. 
 “Reset Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a) hereof. 

  
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 “Risk Weighted Assets” means, at any time, the aggregate
amount, expressed in pounds sterling, of the risk weighted assets of the Group at such time, as determined by the Company on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Capital Regulations applicable at such time (which determination shall be
binding on the Trustee, the Holders and the Beneficial Owners). For the purposes of this definition, the term “risk weighted assets” means the risk weighted assets or total risk exposure amount, as determined by the Company in accordance
with the Capital Regulations. 
 “secondary non-preferential debts”
shall have the meaning given to it in the 2018 Order and any other law or regulation applicable to the Company which is amended by the 2018 Order, as each may be amended or replaced from time to time. 

“Securities” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“Senior Creditors” means creditors of the Company (i) who are unsubordinated creditors; (ii) whose
claims are, or are expressed to be, subordinated (whether only in the event of the winding-up or administration of the Company or otherwise) to the claims of unsubordinated creditors of the Company but not
further or otherwise; (iii) who are creditors in respect of any secondary non-preferential debts; or (iv) whose claims are, or are expressed to be, junior to the claims of other creditors of the
Company, whether subordinated or unsubordinated, other than those whose claims rank, or are expressed to rank, pari passu with, or junior to, the claims of the holders of the Securities. 

“Settlement Date” means (i) with respect to any Security in relation to which a Conversion Shares
Settlement Notice is received by the Conversion Shares Depository on or before the Notice Cut-off Date, the later of (a) the date that is two (2) Business Days after the end of the relevant
Conversion Shares Offer Period and (b) the date that is two (2) Business Days after the date on which such Conversion Shares Settlement Notice has been received by the Conversion Shares Depository and (ii) with respect to any Security
in relation to which a Conversion Shares Settlement Notice is not received by the Conversion Shares Depository on or before the Notice Cut-off Date, the date on which the Conversion Shares Depository delivers
the relevant Conversion Shares or Conversion Shares Component, if any, of any Conversion Shares Offer Consideration, as applicable. 

“Shareholders” means the holders of Ordinary Shares. 

“Subsequent Interest Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a) hereof. 

“Suspension Date” means the date specified in the Conversion Shares Offer Notice as the date on which DTC
shall suspend all clearance and settlement of transactions in the Securities in accordance with its rules and procedures, which date shall be no later than thirty-eight (38) Business Days after the
delivery of the Conversion Shares Offer Notice to DTC (and, if the Company elects that a Conversion Shares Offer be made, such date shall be at least two (2) Business Days prior to the end of the relevant Conversion Shares Offer Period). 

“Takeover Event” shall mean an offer made to all (or as nearly as may be practicable all) shareholders (or all
(or as nearly as may be practicable all) such shareholders other than the offeror and/or any associate (as defined in Section 988(1) of the Companies Act) of the offeror), to acquire all or a majority of the issued Ordinary

  
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Share Capital (as defined in Section 1119 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010, or any successor provision or legislation) of the Company or if any Takeover Person proposes a scheme with regard
to such acquisition and (such offer or scheme having become or been declared unconditional in all respects or having become effective) the right to cast more than 50% of the votes which may ordinarily be cast on a poll at a general meeting of the
Company has or will become unconditionally vested in any Takeover Person and/or any associate of that Takeover Person (as defined in Section 988(1) of the Companies Act). 

“Takeover Event Notice” means a notice to the Holders of the Securities notifying them that a Takeover Event
has occurred and specifying: (1) the identity of the Acquirer; (2) whether the Takeover Event is a Qualifying Takeover Event or not; (3) in the case of a Qualifying Takeover Event, if determined at such time, the New Conversion Price;
and (4) if applicable, the QTE Effective Date. 
 “Takeover Person” includes any individual, company,
corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, undertaking, association, organization, trust, state or agency of a state (in each case whether or not being a separate legal entity) or other legal entity. 

“Tax Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a) hereof. 

“Tier 1 Capital” means Tier 1 capital for the purposes of the Capital Regulations. 

“Tradable Amount” has the meaning set forth in 2.01(j) hereof. 

“Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. 

“U.S. Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Reset Period for which such rate applies, the rate per annum
equal to: (1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the week immediately prior to the applicable Reset Determination Date, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15,” or any
successor publication that is published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, under the caption “Treasury constant
maturities,” for the maturity of five years; or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week immediately prior to such Reset Determination Date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to
the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Reset
Determination Date; provided that, if the U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be determined, for whatever reason, as described under (1) or (2) above, “U.S. Treasury Rate” means the rate in percentage per annum as notified by the
Calculation Agent to the Company equal to the yield on U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity of five years as set forth in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15” under the caption “Treasury constant
maturities” (or any successor publication that is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and that establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption
“Treasury constant maturities” for the maturity of five years) at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the last available date preceding the Reset Determination Date on which such rate was set forth in such release (or any successor release).

  
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 “Volume Weighted Average Price” means, in respect of an Ordinary Share (or
an Approved Entity Share, as applicable) on any Dealing Day, the order book volume-weighted average price of an Ordinary Share (or Approved Entity Shares, as applicable) published by or derived from the
relevant page on Bloomberg or such other source as shall be determined in good faith to be appropriate by an Independent Financial Adviser on such Dealing Day, provided that if on any such Dealing Day such price is not available or cannot otherwise
be determined as provided above, the “Volume Weighted Average Price” of an ordinary share (or an Approved Entity Shares, as applicable) in respect of such Dealing Day shall be the volume weighted average price, determined as provided
above, on the immediately preceding Dealing Day on which the same can be so determined or determined as an Independent Financial Adviser might otherwise determine in good faith to be appropriate. 

SECTION 1.02. Effect of Headings. 

The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 

SECTION 1.03. Separability Clause. 

In case any provision in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
 SECTION 1.04. Benefits of
Instrument. 
 Nothing in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, shall give to any person, other than the parties
hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Indenture. 

SECTION 1.05. Relation to Base Indenture. 

This Fourth Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Base Indenture. Except for the provisions set out in Article IV, all
provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture are expressly and solely for the benefit of the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities and any such provisions shall not be deemed to apply to any other Contingent Convertible Securities
issued under the Base Indenture and shall not be deemed to amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture for any purpose other than with respect to the Securities. The provisions set out in Article IV apply to Contingent Convertible Securities
authenticated, delivered and issued on or after the date of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. 

  
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 SECTION 1.06. Construction and Interpretation. Unless the express otherwise
requires: 
 (a) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this
Fourth Supplemental Indenture, refer to this Fourth Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture; 

(b) the terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa; 

(c) the terms “U.S. dollars” and “$” refer to the lawful currency for the time being of the United States; 

(d) the terms “pounds sterling,” “sterling” and “£” mean British pounds sterling; 

(e) references herein to a specific Section, Article or Exhibit refer to Sections or Articles of, or an Exhibit to, this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture; 
 (f) wherever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation;” 
 (g) references to a Person are also to its
successors and permitted assigns; 
 (h) the use of “or” is not intended to be exclusive unless expressly indicated otherwise; 

(i) for purposes of Article III of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, references therein to any act or statute or any provision of any act or
statute shall be deemed also to refer to any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof or any statutory instrument, order or regulation made thereunder or under such modification or re-enactment; and 
 (j) references to any issue or offer or grant to Shareholders “as a class”
or “by way of rights” shall be taken to be references to an issue or offer or grant to all or substantially all Shareholders, as the case may be, other than Shareholders, as the case may be, to whom, by reason of the laws of any territory
or requirements of any recognized regulatory body or any other stock exchange or securities market in any territory or in connection with fractional entitlements, it is determined not to make such issue or offer or grant. 

  
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 ARTICLE II 

$1,500,000,000 6.125% FIXED RATE RESETTING PERPETUAL SUBORDINATED CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES 

SECTION 2.01. Creation of Series; Establishment of Form. 

(a) There is hereby established a new series of Contingent Convertible Securities under the Base Indenture entitled the “$1,500,000,000
6.125% Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities.” 
 (b) The Securities shall be issued initially
in the form of one or more registered Global Securities that shall be deposited with DTC on the Issue Date. The Global Securities shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. and executed and delivered in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A. 
 (c) The Company shall issue the Securities in an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000,000. The Company may
from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, issue additional securities having the same ranking and same interest rate, interest cancellation terms, redemption terms, Conversion Price and other terms as the Securities
described in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, except for the price to public and date of issue. Any such additional securities subsequently issued shall rank equally and ratably with the Securities in all respects, so that such further securities
shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Securities. 
 (d) Any proposed transfer of an interest in Securities held in the
form of a Global Security and shall be effected through the book-entry system maintained by DTC. 
 (e) The Securities shall not have a
sinking fund. 
 (f) The Securities shall be issued on August 12, 2020 (the “Issue Date”). 

(g) The Securities shall have no fixed maturity or fixed redemption date, and shall not be redeemable except as provided in Sections 2.04, 2.05
and 2.06 hereof. 
 (h) The interest rate on the Securities shall be determined as set forth in Section 2.02(a) hereof. 

(i) The Securities shall be issued in denominations of $200,000 in principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The
denominations cannot be changed without the consent of the Trustee. 
 (j) The denomination of each interest in a Global Security shall be
the “Tradable Amount” of such book-entry interest. Prior to an Automatic Conversion, the aggregate Tradable Amount of the interests in each Global Security shall be equal to such Global
Security’s outstanding principal amount. Following an Automatic Conversion, the principal amount of each Security shall be zero, but the Tradable Amount of the book-entry interests in each Security shall
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 SECTION 2.02. Interest. 

(a) From (and including) the Issue Date to (but excluding) June 15, 2026 the interest rate on the Securities shall be 6.125% per annum
(the “Initial Interest Rate”). From and including each Reset Date to (but excluding) the next following Reset Date (each such period, a “Reset Period”), the applicable per annum interest rate (the
“Subsequent Interest Rate”) will, subject to Section 2.02(b) herein, be equal to the sum, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the then prevailing U.S. Treasury Rate on the relevant Reset Determination Date and 5.867%
(the “Margin”). Each Subsequent Interest Rate shall be determined in compliance with the relevant Capital Regulations. Subject to Sections 3.12 and 3.13 of the Base Indenture and the penultimate sentence of this paragraph, interest,
if any, shall be payable quarterly in arrear on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on December 15, 2020; provided that
if such Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, the Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next Business Day, but interest on that payment will not accrue during the period from and after the Interest Payment Date. Subject to Sections
3.12 and 3.13 of the Base Indenture, the interest rate on the Securities, if any, will be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days consisting of 12 months of 30 days each and, in the case of an incomplete month, the actual number of days elapsed.

 The first date on which interest may be paid will be December 15, 2020 for the period commencing on (and including) August 12, 2020 and ending
on (but excluding) December 15, 2020 (and thus a long first interest period). If a date of redemption is not a Business Day, the Company may pay interest (if any) and principal on the next Business Day, but interest on that payment will not
accrue during the period from and after the date of redemption. 
 In addition to any other restrictions on payments of principal and interest contained in
the Indenture, no repayment of the principal amount of the Securities or payment of interest on the Securities shall become due and payable after the exercise of any U.K. Bail-in Power by the Relevant U.K.
Resolution Authority unless such repayment or payment would be permitted to be made by the Company under the laws and regulations of the United Kingdom and the European Union applicable to the Company. 

SECTION 2.03. Payment of Principal, Interest and Other Amounts. Payments of principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities
shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts and such payments on Securities represented by a Global Security shall be made through one or
more Paying Agents appointed under the Base Indenture to DTC or its nominee, as the Holder or Holders of the Global Security. Initially, the Paying Agent for the Securities shall be The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, One Canada Square,
London E14 5AL, United Kingdom and the Contingent Convertible Security Registrar shall be The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch, 2-4 Rue Eugene Ruppert, Vertigo Building – Polaris,
Luxembourg, L-2453, Luxembourg. The Company may change the Paying Agent without prior notice to the Holders of the Securities, and in such an event the Company may act as Paying Agent or Contingent Convertible
Security Registrar. Payments of principal of and interest on the Securities represented by a Global Security shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds; provided, however, that in the case of payments of principal,
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 SECTION 2.04. Optional Redemption. Subject to the limitations specified in
Section 2.07 of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and Section 11.08 of the Base Indenture as amended hereby, the Company may, at the Company’s option, redeem the Securities, in whole but not in part, on any day falling in the period
commencing on (and including) December 15, 2025 and ending on (and including) the first Reset Date or on any subsequent Reset Date at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, together with any
accrued but unpaid interest (which excludes any interest cancelled or deemed cancelled as described in Sections 3.12 and 3.13 of the Base Indenture to (but excluding) the date fixed for redemption. 

SECTION 2.05. Optional Tax Redemption. 

(a) Subject to Section 2.07 of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and Section 11.08 of the Base Indenture as amended hereby, the
Company may, at any time, at the Company’s option, redeem the Securities, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, together with any accrued but unpaid interest
(which excludes any interest cancelled or deemed cancelled as described in Sections 3.12 and 3.13 of the Base Indenture) to (but excluding) the date fixed for redemption, if the Company determines that as a result of a change in, or amendment to,
the laws or regulations of a Taxing Jurisdiction, including any treaty to which the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction is a party, or a change in an official application of those laws or regulations, including any decision of any court or tribunal, which
becomes effective on or after the Issue Date (and, in the case of a successor entity, which becomes effective on or after the date of such successor entity’s assumption of the Company’s obligations): 

(i) the Company will or would be required to pay to Holders of the Securities Additional Amounts; 

(ii) the Company would not be entitled to claim a deduction in respect of any payments in respect of the Securities in
computing the Company’s taxation liabilities or the value of such deduction would be materially reduced; 
 (iii) the
Company would not, as a result of the Securities being in issue be able to have the losses or deductions set-off against the profits or gains or profits or gains offset by the losses or deductions, of
companies with which the Company is or would otherwise be so grouped for applicable United Kingdom tax purposes (whether under the group relief system current as at the Issue Date or any similar system or systems having like effect as may from time
to time exist); 
 (iv) the Company would, in the future, have to bring into account a taxable credit if the principal amount
of the Securities were written down or if the Securities were converted into Conversion Shares, or 
 (v) the Securities or
any part thereof would become treated as a derivative or an embedded derivative for U.K. tax purposes, 
 (each such change in tax law or regulation or the
official application thereof, a “Tax Event”); provided, however, that the Securities may only be redeemed pursuant to this Section 2.05 if, in the case of each Tax Event, the consequences of the Tax Event cannot
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 (b) Prior to the delivery of any notice of redemption as a result of a Tax Event the Company
shall deliver to the Trustee an opinion of independent counsel of recognized standing, chosen by the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Trustee, confirming that the Company is entitled to exercise its right of redemption under this
Section 2.05. 
 SECTION 2.06. Regulatory Event Redemption. Subject to Section 2.07 of this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture and Section 11.08 of the Base Indenture as amended hereby, the Company may, at the Company’s option, at any time, redeem the Securities, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the
Securities then Outstanding, together with any accrued but unpaid interest (which excludes any interest cancelled or deemed cancelled as described in Sections 3.12 and 3.13 of the Base Indenture) to (but excluding) the date fixed for redemption, if,
on or after the Issue Date, there is a change in the regulatory classification of the Securities that does, or would be likely to, result in the whole or any part of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Securities at any time being
excluded from, or ceasing to count towards, the Group’s Tier 1 Capital (a “Regulatory Event”). 
 SECTION 2.07.
Notice of Redemption. Before the Company may redeem the Securities pursuant to Sections 2.04, 2.05 or 2.06, the Company shall deliver via DTC (or, if the Securities are definitive Securities, to the Holders at their addresses shown on the
Contingent Convertible Security Register) prior notice of not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than sixty (60) days to the Holders of the Securities. The Company shall deliver written notice of such redemption of the Securities to the
Trustee at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date on which the relevant notice of redemption is sent to Holders (unless a shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). Such notice shall specify the Company’s election
to redeem the Securities and the date fixed for such redemption and shall be irrevocable except in the limited circumstances described in Sections 11.04(d), (e) and (f) of the Base Indenture. The Company shall not be entitled to deliver a
notice of redemption after an Automatic Conversion Notice has been delivered. 
 SECTION 2.08. Automatic Conversion upon Capital
Adequacy Trigger Event. 
 (a) If a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event has occurred, then the Automatic Conversion shall occur on the
Conversion Date, at which point all of the Company’s obligations under the Securities (other than the CSO Obligations, if any) shall be irrevocably and automatically released in consideration of the Company’s issuance of the Conversion
Shares to the Conversion Shares Depository (or to the relevant recipient in accordance with the terms of the Securities) on the Conversion Date at the Conversion Price. Under no circumstances shall such released obligations be reinstated. If the
Company has been unable to appoint a Conversion Shares Depository, it shall make such other arrangements for the issuance and/or delivery of the Conversion Shares or Conversion Shares Offer Consideration, as applicable, to the Holders of the
Securities as it shall consider reasonable in the circumstances (including, without limitation, issuance of the Conversion Shares to another nominee or to the Holders of the Securities directly), and such issuance shall irrevocably and automatically
release all of the Company’s obligations under the Securities (other than the CSO Obligations, if any) as if the Conversion Shares had been issued to the Conversion Shares Depository. 

  
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 (b) The Automatic Conversion shall occur without delay upon the occurrence of a Capital
Adequacy Trigger Event. 
 (c) The Company shall (a) immediately inform the PRA of the occurrence of a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event
and (b) deliver an Automatic Conversion Notice to the Trustee directly and to the Holders via DTC as soon as practicable after such time. 

(d) The date on which the Automatic Conversion Notice shall be deemed to have been given shall be the date on which it is dispatched by the
Company to DTC (or, if the Securities are definitive Securities, to the Trustee). 
 (e) The Company shall request that DTC post the
Automatic Conversion Notice on its Reorganization Inquiry for Participants System pursuant to DTC’s procedures then in effect (or such other system as DTC uses for providing notices to holders of securities). Within two (2) Business Days
of its receipt of the Automatic Conversion Notice, the Trustee shall transmit the Automatic Conversion Notice to the direct participants of DTC holding the Securities at such time. 

(f) The Automatic Conversion shall occur on the Conversion Date and all of the Company’s obligations under the Securities (other than the
CSO Obligations, if any) shall be irrevocably and automatically released in consideration of the Company’s issuance of the Conversion Shares to the Conversion Shares Depository (or to the relevant recipient in accordance with the terms of the
Securities), and the principal amount of the Securities shall equal zero at all times thereafter (for the avoidance of doubt, the Tradable Amount shall remain unchanged) as a result of the Automatic Conversion. 

(g) Within ten (10) Business Days following the Conversion Date, the Company shall deliver a Conversion Shares Offer Notice to the Trustee
directly and to the Holders of the Global Securities via DTC (or, if the Securities are definitive Securities, by the Company to the Trustee directly and to the Holders at their addresses shown on the Contingent Convertible Security Register). 

(h) The Conversion Shares shall initially be registered in the name of the Conversion Shares Depository (or the relevant recipient in
accordance with the terms of the Securities, as applicable) and each Holder and Beneficial Owner of the Securities shall be deemed to have irrevocably directed the Company to issue the Conversion Shares corresponding to the conversion of its holding
of Securities to the Conversion Shares Depository (or to such other relevant recipient). 
 (i) The Conversion Shares Depository (or the
relevant recipient in accordance with the terms of the Securities, as applicable) shall hold the Conversion Shares on behalf of the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities, who shall be entitled to direct (each in respect of their pro
rata share of the Conversion Shares) the Conversion Shares Depository or such other relevant recipient, as applicable, to exercise on their behalf all rights of an ordinary shareholder (including voting rights and rights to receive dividends);
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Beneficial Owners shall not be able to sell or otherwise transfer the Conversion Shares until such time as the Conversion Shares have been delivered to the Holders or Beneficial Owners in
accordance with the procedures set forth under Section 2.11 hereof. A Holder or Beneficial Owner’s pro rata share of the Conversion Shares at any particular time shall be determined based on the aggregate amount of the Tradable Amount of
the Securities held by such Holder or Beneficial Owner as a proportion of the aggregate amount of the Tradable Amount of all Securities outstanding at the relevant time rounded down, if necessary, to the nearest whole number of Conversion Shares.

 (j) Provided that the Company issues the Conversion Shares to the Conversion Shares Depository (or the relevant recipient in accordance
with the terms of the Securities) in accordance with the terms of the Securities, with effect from the Conversion Date, Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities shall have recourse only to the Conversion Shares Depository (or to such other
relevant recipient, as applicable) for the delivery to them of Conversion Shares or, if the Company elects that a Conversion Shares Offer be made, of any Conversion Shares Offer Consideration to which such Holders and Beneficial Owners are entitled.

 (k) Effective upon, and following, the occurrence of the Automatic Conversion, Holders and Beneficial Owners shall not have any rights
against the Company with respect to repayment of the principal amount of the Securities or payment of interest or any other amount on or in respect of such Securities, which liabilities of the Company shall be irrevocably and automatically released,
and accordingly the principal amount of the Securities shall equal zero at all times thereafter. Any interest in respect of an interest period ending on any Interest Payment Date falling between the date of a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event and the
Conversion Date shall be deemed to have been cancelled pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Base Indenture upon the occurrence of such Capital Adequacy Trigger Event and shall not be due and payable. 

(l) By subscribing for, purchasing or otherwise acquiring the Securities, each Holder and each Beneficial Owner shall be deemed to have
(i) acknowledged and agreed that an interest payment shall not be due and payable on the relevant Interest Payment Date if it has been cancelled or deemed cancelled (in each case, in whole or in part) for any reason in accordance with the terms
of the Securities, (ii) consented to (x) the Automatic Conversion, including the appointment of a Conversion Shares Depository and the issuance of the Conversion Shares thereto (or any related Conversion Shares Offer Consideration,
including the appointment of any Conversion Shares Offer Agent and the sale of the Conversion Shares by the Conversion Shares Depository), and acknowledged that such Automatic Conversion of its Securities (and any related Conversion Shares Offer)
may occur without any further action on the part of such Holder or Beneficial Owner or the Trustee and (y) the exercise of any U.K. Bail-in Power as it may be imposed without any prior notice by the
Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority of its decision to exercise such power with respect to the Securities and (iii) authorized, directed and requested DTC and any direct participant in DTC or other intermediary through which it holds such
Securities to take any and all necessary action, if required, to implement (x) the Automatic Conversion (including any related Conversion Shares Offer) and (y) the exercise of any U.K. Bail-in Power
with respect to the Securities as it may be imposed, without any further action or direction on the part of such Holder or Beneficial Owner or the Trustee. 

  
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 (m) The procedures set forth in this Section 2.08 are subject to change to reflect
changes in DTC practices, and the Company may make changes to the procedures set forth in this Section 2.08 to the extent reasonably necessary, in the opinion of the Company, to reflect such changes in DTC practices. 

(n) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Indenture or the Securities, once the Company has delivered an Automatic
Conversion Notice to DTC following the occurrence of a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event (or following an Automatic Conversion (if sooner)), (i) the Holders and Beneficial Owners shall have no rights whatsoever under the Indenture or the Securities to
instruct the Trustee to take any action whatsoever and (ii) as of the date of the Automatic Conversion Notice, except for any indemnity and/or security provided by any Holder or by any Beneficial Owner in such direction or related to such
direction, any direction previously given to the Trustee by any Holders or by any Beneficial Owners shall cease automatically and shall be null and void and of no further effect; except in each case of (i) and (ii) of this Section 2.08(n),
with respect to any rights of Holders or Beneficial Owners with respect to any payments under the Securities that were unconditionally due and payable prior to the date of the Automatic Conversion Notice (if any) or unless the Trustee is instructed
in writing by the Company to act otherwise. 
 (o) On or (if reasonably practicable) prior to delivering the Automatic Conversion Notice, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate signed by two Authorized Officers, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, specifying that a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event has occurred (the “Capital Adequacy Trigger Event
Officers’ Certificate”). The Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely on and accept such Capital Adequacy Trigger Event Officers’ Certificate without any duty whatsoever of further inquiry as sufficient and conclusive evidence of
the occurrence of a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event, and such Capital Adequacy Trigger Event Officers’ Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on the Trustee, the Holders and the Beneficial Owners. 

(p) All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred by each Holder and Beneficial Owner pursuant to this Section 2.08, including the
consents given by such Holder and Beneficial Owner, shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy and legal representatives of such Holder and Beneficial Owner. 

(q) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to (i) the calculation or accuracy of the Fully Loaded CET1 Ratio in connection with the
occurrence of a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event and the timing of such Capital Adequacy Trigger Event, (ii) the failure of the Company to post or deliver the underlying Fully Loaded CET1 Ratio calculations of a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event to
DTC, the Holders or the Beneficial Owners, (iii) any aspect of the Company’s decision to deliver an Automatic Conversion Notice or the related Automatic Conversion or (iv) the adequacy of the disclosure of these provisions in the
Prospectus Supplement or for the direct or indirect consequences thereof. 
 (r) Following the issuance of the Conversion Shares to the
Conversion Shares Depository (or to the relevant recipient in accordance with the terms of the Securities) on the Conversion Date, the Securities shall remain in existence until the applicable Cancellation Date for the sole purpose of evidencing
(a) the Holders’ and Beneficial Owners’ right to receive Conversion Shares or Conversion Shares Offer Consideration, as applicable, from the Conversion Shares Depository (or such other relevant recipient, as applicable) and
(b) the Company’s CSO Obligations, if any. 

  
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 (s) The Holders and Beneficial Owners shall not at any time have the option to convert to
the Securities into Conversion Shares. 
 (t) The occurrence of an Automatic Conversion shall not constitute a Default. 

(u) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, by subscribing for, purchasing or otherwise acquiring the Securities, each Holder and each
Beneficial Owner (i) agrees to all of the terms of the Securities, including, without limitation, those related to (x) the occurrence of a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event and any related Automatic Conversion and (y) the appointment of
the Conversion Shares Depository, the issuance of the Conversion Shares to the Conversion Shares Depository (or to the relevant recipient in accordance with the terms of the Securities) and the potential sale of the Conversion Shares pursuant to a
Conversion Shares Offer, (ii) agrees that effective upon, and following, the occurrence of the Automatic Conversion, no amount shall be due and payable to the Holders or the Beneficial Owners under the Securities and the liability of the
Company to pay any such amounts (including the principal amount of, or any interest in respect of, the Securities) shall be automatically released, and the Holders and the Beneficial Owners shall not have the right to give any direction to the
Trustee with respect to the Capital Adequacy Trigger Event and any related Automatic Conversion and (iii) waives, to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, any claim against the Trustee arising out of its acceptance of its trusteeship
for the Securities, including, without limitation, claims related to or arising out of or in connection with a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event and/or any Automatic Conversion. 

SECTION 2.09. Conversion Shares. 

(a) The number of Conversion Shares to be issued to the Conversion Shares Depository on the Conversion Date shall be determined by dividing the
(i) aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities immediately prior to the Automatic Conversion on the Conversion Date by (ii) the Conversion Price rounded down, if necessary, to the nearest whole number of Conversion Shares.
Fractions of Conversion Shares shall not be issued following an Automatic Conversion and no cash payment shall be made in lieu thereof. Upon Automatic Conversion on the Conversion Date, the number of Conversion Shares to be held by the Conversion
Shares Depository for the benefit of each Holder shall be the number of Conversion Shares thus calculated multiplied by a fraction equal to the aggregate amount of the Tradable Amount of the book-entry
interests in the Securities held by such Holder on the Conversion Date divided by the aggregate amount of the Tradable Amount of the book-entry interests of all the Outstanding Securities immediately prior to
the Automatic Conversion on the Conversion Date rounded down, if necessary, to the nearest whole number of Conversion Shares. 
 (b) The
Conversion Shares issued following an Automatic Conversion shall be fully paid and non-assessable and shall in all respects rank pari passu with the fully paid Ordinary Shares of the Company in issue on
the Conversion Date, except in any such case for any right excluded by mandatory provisions of applicable law, and except that the Conversion Shares so issued shall not rank for (or, as the case may be, the relevant Holder or Beneficial Owner shall
not be entitled to receive) any rights, the entitlement to which falls prior to the Conversion Date. 

  
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 (c) Subject to Section 3.05, if a Qualifying Takeover Event occurs, and the Conversion
Date falls on or after the QTE Effective Date, then in such case Approved Entity Shares of the Approved Entity shall be issued to the Conversion Shares Depository on the Conversion Date instead of Conversion Shares with the same effect as if
Conversion Shares had been issued pursuant to Section 2.09(a) above. 
 (d) The Conversion Shares or the Conversion Shares Offer
Consideration, as the case may be, will be delivered to Holders pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.11 below. 

SECTION 2.10. Conversion Shares Offer. 

(a) No later than 10 (ten) Business Days following the Conversion Date, the Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect that the
Conversion Shares Depository make an offer of all or some of the Conversion Shares to all or some of the Company’s ordinary shareholders at a cash price per Conversion Share equal to the Conversion Shares Offer Price, subject as provided in
this Section 2.10 (the “Conversion Shares Offer”). The Company may, on behalf of the Conversion Shares Depository, appoint a Conversion Shares Offer Agent to act as placement or other agent to facilitate the Conversion Shares
Offer. The Company will deliver a Conversion Shares Offer Notice to the Trustee directly and to the Holders of the Securities via DTC within ten (10) Business Days following the Conversion Date specifying whether or not it has elected that a
Conversion Shares Offer be conducted. If the Company elects a Conversion Shares Offer to be conducted, the Conversion Shares Offer Period, during which time the Conversion Shares Offer may be made, shall end no later than forty (40) Business
Days following the delivery of the Conversion Shares Offer Notice. 
 (b) Any Conversion Shares Offer shall be made subject to applicable
laws and regulations in effect at the relevant time and shall be conducted, if at all, only to the extent that the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines that the Conversion Shares Offer is practicable. The Company or the
purchasers of the Conversion Shares sold in any Conversion Shares Offer shall bear the costs and expenses of any Conversion Shares Offer (with the exception of any stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax, or any other capital, issue, transfer,
registration, financial transaction or documentary tax that may arise or be paid as a consequence of the transfer of Conversion Shares to the Conversion Shares Depository as a consequence of the Conversion Shares Offer), including the fees of the
Conversion Shares Offer Agent, if any. If a prospectus or other offering document is required to be prepared in connection with a Conversion Shares Offer, the Company shall facilitate the preparation of such prospectus or other offering document,
and the Company and/or its directors shall take responsibility for such prospectus or other offering document, in each case, if and to the extent then required by applicable laws and regulations then in effect. If so requested by the Conversion
Shares Depository as offeror, the Company shall indemnify the Conversion Shares Depository for any losses incurred in connection with any Conversion Shares Offer. 

  
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 (c) Upon completion of the Conversion Shares Offer, the Company or the Conversion Shares
Depository shall provide notice to the Holders of the Securities of the composition of the Conversion Shares Offer Consideration (and of the deductions to the Cash Component, if any, of the Conversion Shares Offer Consideration (as set out in the
definition of “Conversion Shares Offer Consideration” in Section 1.01)) per $1,000 Tradable Amount of the Securities. The Company reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to terminate the Conversion Shares Offer
at any time during the Conversion Shares Offer Period by providing at least three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Trustee directly and to the Holders of the Global Securities via DTC (or, if the Securities are definitive Securities, by
the Company to the Trustee directly and to the Holders at their addresses shown on the Contingent Convertible Security Register), and, if it does so, the Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, take steps (including, without limitation,
changing the Suspension Date) to deliver to Holders and Beneficial Owners (or the custodian, nominee, broker or other representative thereof) of the Securities the Conversion Shares at a time that is earlier than the time at which such Holders and
Beneficial Owners (or the custodian, nominee, broker or other representative thereof) would have otherwise received the Conversion Shares Offer Consideration, had the Conversion Shares Offer been completed. 

(d) If the Company elects, in its sole and absolute discretion, that a Conversion Shares Offer be conducted by the Conversion Shares
Depository, each Holder or Beneficial Owner, by subscribing for, purchasing or otherwise acquiring the Securities, shall be deemed to have: (i) irrevocably consented to (x) any Conversion Shares Offer and to the Conversion Shares
Depository’s using the Conversion Shares to settle any Conversion Shares Offer in accordance with the terms of the Securities and (y) the transfer of the beneficial interest it holds in the Conversion Shares to the Conversion Shares
Depository in connection with the Conversion Shares Offer in accordance with the terms of the Securities, and (ii) irrevocably agreed that (x) the Company, the Conversion Shares Depository and the Conversion Shares Offer Agent, if any, may
take any and all actions necessary to conduct the Conversion Shares Offer in accordance with the terms of the Securities, (y) none of the Company, the Trustee, the Conversion Shares Depository or the Conversion Shares Offer Agent, if any,
shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, incur any liability to the Holders or Beneficial Owners in respect of the Conversion Shares Offer (except for the obligations of the Conversion Shares Depository in respect of the Holders’ and
Beneficial Owners’ entitlement to any Conversion Shares Offer Consideration) and (z) DTC and any direct participant in DTC or other intermediary through which it holds such Securities is authorized, directed and requested to take any and
all necessary action, if required, to implement the Automatic Conversion (including any related Conversion Shares Offer). 

SECTION 2.11. Settlement Procedure. 

(a) Delivery of the Conversion Shares or Conversion Shares Offer Consideration, as applicable, to the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the
Securities shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.11, which remain subject to change to reflect changes in clearing system practices. 

(b) The Conversion Shares Offer Notice shall specify the Suspension Date. 

  
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 (c) On the Suspension Date, the Company shall deliver, to the Trustee directly and to the
Holders and of the Global Securities via DTC (or, if the Securities are definitive Securities, by cheque mailed to the Holders at their addresses shown on the Contingent Convertible Security Register) a Conversion Shares Settlement Request Notice,
pursuant to which the Company shall request that Holders and Beneficial Owners complete a Conversion Shares Settlement Notice and shall specify the Notice Cut-off Date and the Final Cancellation Date. 

(d) Holders and Beneficial Owners (or the custodian, nominee, broker or other representative thereof) shall not receive delivery of the
relevant Conversion Shares or Conversion Shares Component, as applicable, unless such Holders or Beneficial Owners (or the custodian, nominee, broker or other representative thereof) deliver the applicable Conversion Shares Settlement Notice to the
Conversion Shares Depository on or before the Notice Cut-off Date; provided that, if such delivery is made after the end of normal business hours at the specified office of the Conversion Shares
Depository, such delivery shall be deemed for all purposes to have been made or given on the next following Business Day. 
 (e) With respect
to any Global Securities, the Conversion Shares Settlement Notice must be given in accordance with the standard procedures of DTC (which may include, without limitation, delivery of the notice to the Conversion Shares Depository by electronic means)
and in a form acceptable to DTC and the Conversion Shares Depository. With respect to any definitive Securities, the Conversion Shares Settlement Notice must be delivered to the specified office of the Conversion Shares Depository together with the
relevant Securities. 
 (f) Subject to satisfaction of the requirements and limitations set forth in this Section 2.11 and provided that
the Conversion Shares Settlement Notice and the relevant Securities, if applicable, are delivered on or before the Notice Cut-Off Date, the Conversion Shares Depository shall deliver the relevant Conversion
Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number of Conversion Shares) or Conversion Shares Component (rounded down to the nearest whole number of Conversion Shares), as applicable, to the Holder or Beneficial Owner (or custodian, nominee, broker or
other representative thereof) of the relevant Securities completing the relevant Conversion Shares Settlement Notice or its nominee in accordance with the instructions given in such Conversion Shares Settlement Notice on the applicable Settlement
Date. 
 (g) Each Conversion Shares Settlement Notice shall be irrevocable. The Conversion Shares Depository shall determine, in its sole and
absolute discretion, whether any Conversion Shares Settlement Notice has been properly completed and delivered, and such determination shall be conclusive and binding on the relevant Holder or Beneficial Owner. If any Holder or Beneficial Owner
fails to properly complete and deliver a Conversion Shares Settlement Notice and the relevant Securities, if applicable, the Conversion Shares Depository shall be entitled to treat such Conversion Shares Settlement Notice as null and void. 

(h) Neither the Company, nor any member of the Group shall be liable for any stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax, or any other capital, issue,
transfer, registration, financial transaction or documentary tax that may arise or be paid as a consequence of the delivery of Conversion Shares or Conversion Shares Component, as applicable, which tax shall be borne solely by the Holder, Beneficial
Owner or, if different, the person to whom the Conversion Shares or that portion, if any, of any Conversion Shares Offer Consideration consisting of Conversion Shares, as applicable, is delivered. 

  
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 (i) The Conversion Shares and any Conversion Shares Component shall not be available for
delivery (i) to, or to a nominee for, Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg or any other person providing a clearance service within the meaning of Section 96 of the Finance Act 1986 of the United Kingdom or (ii) to a person, or
nominee or agent for a person, whose business is or includes issuing depository receipts within the meaning of Section 93 of the Finance Act 1986 of the United Kingdom, in each case at any time prior to the “abolition day” as defined
in Section 111(1) of the Finance Act 1990 of the United Kingdom, or, if earlier, such other time at which the Company, in its absolute discretion, determines that no charge under Section 67, 70, 93 or 96 of the Finance Act 1986 or any
similar charge (under any successor legislation) would arise as a result of such delivery or (iii) to the CREST account of such a person described in (i) or (ii). 

(j) The Company may make changes to the procedures set forth in this Section 2.11 to the extent such changes are reasonably necessary, in
the opinion of the Company, to effect the delivery of the Conversion Shares or Conversion Shares Offer Consideration, as applicable, to the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities. 

SECTION 2.12. Failure to Deliver a Conversion Shares Settlement Notice. If any Holder or Beneficial Owner (or custodian, nominee,
broker or other representative thereof) fails to deliver a Conversion Shares Settlement Notice and the relevant Securities, if applicable, to the Conversion Shares Depository on or before the Notice Cut-off
Date, the Conversion Shares Depository shall continue to hold the Conversion Shares or any Conversion Shares Component, as applicable to such Holder or Beneficial Owner, until a Conversion Shares Settlement Notice (and the relevant Securities, if
applicable) is so delivered; provided, however, that the relevant Securities shall be cancelled on the Final Cancellation Date, and any Holder or Beneficial Owner (or custodian, nominee, broker or other representative thereof) of
Securities delivering a Conversion Shares Settlement Notice after the Notice Cut-off Date shall be required provide evidence of its entitlement to the relevant Conversion Shares or the Conversion Shares
Component of any Conversion Shares Offer Consideration, as applicable, satisfactory to the Conversion Shares Depository in its sole and absolute discretion in order to receive delivery of such Conversion Shares or of the Conversion Shares Component
of any Conversion Shares Offer Consideration, as applicable. The Company shall have no liability to any Holder or Beneficial Owner of the Securities for any loss resulting from such Holder’s or Beneficial Owner’s failure to receive any
Conversion Shares or Conversion Shares Component of any Conversion Shares Offer Consideration, as applicable, or from any delay in the receipt thereof, in each case as a result of such Holder or Beneficial Owner (or custodian, nominee, broker or
other representative thereof) failing to duly submit a Conversion Shares Settlement Notice and the relevant Securities, if applicable, on a timely basis or at all. 

SECTION 2.13. Additional Amounts and FATCA Withholding Tax. The Company agrees, to the extent the Company has actual knowledge of
such information, to provide the Paying Agent with sufficient information about any modification to the terms of the Securities for the purposes of determining whether FATCA Withholding Tax applies to any payment of principal or interest on the
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 ARTICLE III 

ANTI-DILUTION 

SECTION 3.01. Adjustment of Conversion Price and Conversion Shares Offer Price. Upon the occurrence of any of the events described
below, the Conversion Price and the Conversion Shares Offer Price shall be adjusted as follows: 
 (a) If and whenever there shall be a
consolidation, reclassification or subdivision in relation to the Ordinary Shares of the Company, each of the Conversion Price and the Conversion Shares Offer Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the relevant Price in effect immediately prior to
such consolidation, reclassification or subdivision by the following fraction: 
 

 
 where: 
  

	 	A	 is the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares of the Company in issue immediately before such consolidation,
reclassification or subdivision, as the case may be; and 

  

	 	B	 is the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares of the Company in issue immediately after, and as a result of, such
consolidation, reclassification or subdivision, as the case may be. 

 Such adjustment shall become effective on the date
the consolidation, reclassification or subdivision, as the case may be, takes effect. 
 (b) If and whenever the Company shall issue any
Ordinary Shares credited as fully paid to the Company’s shareholders as a class by way of capitalization of profits or reserves (including any share premium account or capital redemption reserve) other than (1) where any such Ordinary
Shares are or are to be issued instead of the whole or part of a Cash Dividend which the Company’s shareholders would or could otherwise have elected to receive, (2) where the Company’s shareholders may elect to receive a Cash
Dividend in lieu of such Ordinary Shares or (3) where any such Ordinary Shares are or are expressed to be issued in lieu of a dividend (whether or not a Cash Dividend equivalent or amount is announced or would otherwise be payable to the
Company’s Shareholders, whether at their election or otherwise), each of the Conversion Price and the Conversion Shares Offer Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the relevant Price in effect immediately prior to such issue by the following
fraction: 
  
 

 

  
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 where: 
  

	 	A	 is the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares of the Company in issue immediately before such issue; and

  

	 	B	 is the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares of the Company in issue immediately after such issue.

 Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of issue of such Ordinary Shares. 

(c) If and whenever the Company shall issue any Ordinary Shares to all or substantially all of the Company’s shareholders as a class by
way of rights at a price per ordinary share which is less than 95% of the Current Market Price per ordinary share on the Effective Date, each of the Conversion Price and the Conversion Shares Offer Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the relevant
Price in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date by the following fraction: 
  
 

 
 where: 
  

	 	A	 is the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares of the Company in issue on the Effective Date;

  

	 	B	 is the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares of the Company that the aggregate consideration (if any) receivable
for the Ordinary Shares issued by way of rights would purchase at such Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the Effective Date; and 

  

	 	C	 is the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued. 

Such adjustment shall become effective on the Effective Date. 

For the purpose of any calculation of the consideration receivable or price pursuant to this Section 3.01(c), the following provisions
shall apply: 
  

	 	(1)	 the aggregate consideration receivable or price for Ordinary Shares issued for cash shall be the amount of such
cash; 

  

	 	(2)	 if the consideration or price determined pursuant to (1) above (or any component thereof) shall be
expressed in a currency other than the Relevant Currency, it shall be converted into the Relevant Currency at the Prevailing Rate on the relevant Effective Date; 

 

	 	(3)	 in determining the consideration or price pursuant to the above, no deduction shall be made for any commissions
or fees (howsoever described) or any expenses paid or incurred for any underwriting, placing or management of the issue of the relevant Ordinary Shares or otherwise in connection therewith 

  
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	 	(4)	 the consideration or price shall be determined as provided in clauses (1) – (3) above on the basis of the
consideration or price received, receivable, paid or payable, regardless of whether all or part thereof is received, receivable, paid or payable by or to the Company or another entity; and 

 

	 	(5)	 references herein to “cash” shall be construed as cash consideration within the meaning of
Section 583(3) of the Companies Act. 

 (d) If and whenever the Company shall pay any Extraordinary Dividend to
shareholders of the Company as a class, each of the Conversion Price and the Conversion Shares Offer Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the relevant Price in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date by the following fraction: 

 
 

 
 where: 
  

	 	A	 is the Current Market Price of one Ordinary Share on the Effective Date; and 

 

	 	B	 is the portion of the aggregate Extraordinary Dividend attributable to one ordinary share, with such portion
being determined by dividing the aggregate Extraordinary Dividend by the number of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive the relevant Extraordinary Dividend. If the Extraordinary Dividend shall be expressed in a currency other than the Relevant
Currency, it shall be converted into the Relevant Currency at the Prevailing Rate on the relevant Effective Date. 

 Such
adjustment shall become effective on the Effective Date. 
  

	 	(e)	 Notwithstanding provisions of Sections 3.01(a)–(d) above: 

(i) where the events or circumstances giving rise to any adjustment pursuant to this section have already resulted or will
result in an adjustment to each of the Prices or where the events or circumstances giving rise to any adjustment arise by virtue of any other events or circumstances that have already given or will give rise to an adjustment to each of the Prices or
where more than one event that gives rise to an adjustment to each of the Prices occurs within such a short period of time that, in the opinion of the Company, a modification to the operation of the adjustment provisions is required to give the
intended result, such modification shall be made to the operation of the adjustment provisions as may be determined in good faith by an Independent Financial Adviser to be in its opinion appropriate to give the intended result; 

  
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 (ii) such modification shall be made to the operation of the Indenture as
may be determined in good faith by an Independent Financial Adviser to be in its opinion appropriate to ensure that an adjustment to each of the Prices or the economic effect thereof shall not be taken into account more than once; 

(iii) for the avoidance of doubt, the issue of Ordinary Shares following an Automatic Conversion or upon any conversion or
exchange or the exercise of any other options, warrants or other rights shall not result in an adjustment to either of the Prices; 

(iv) in respect of any adjustment pursuant to Sections 3.01(a)-(c) above, such
adjustment shall be made only up to the extent it does not result in a Conversion Price or Conversion Shares Offer Price that, if applied to the number of relevant Securities at the time of such adjustment, would result in a number of Conversion
Shares that constitutes a greater proportion of Conversion Shares as a percentage of the total number of Ordinary Shares issued had the adjustment not been made nor had the corporate event occurred; and 

(v) in respect of any adjustment pursuant to Section 3.01(d) above, such adjustment shall be made only up to the extent it
does not result in a Conversion Price or Conversion Shares Offer Price that, if applied to the number of relevant Securities at the time of such adjustment, would result in the issue of an additional number of Conversion Shares having a value that
is greater than the value of the aggregate Extraordinary Dividend which would be attributable to the Ordinary Shares underlying the Securities had such Ordinary Shares been issued. 

SECTION 3.02. No Retroactive Adjustments. The Company shall not issue any additional Conversion Shares if the Automatic Conversion
occurs after the record date in respect of any consolidation, reclassification or subdivision as described in Section 3.01(a) above, or after the record date or other due date for the establishment of entitlement for any such issue,
distribution, grant or offer (as the case may be) as is described in Sections 3.01(b)–(d) above, but before the relevant adjustment to the relevant Price becomes effective under such Section. 

SECTION 3.03. Decision of an Independent Financial Advisor. If any doubt shall arise as to whether an adjustment is required to be
made to either of the Prices or as to the appropriate adjustment to such Prices, and following consultation between the Company and an Independent Financial Adviser, a written opinion of such Independent Financial Adviser in respect thereof is
delivered, such written opinion shall be conclusive and binding on the Company, the Trustee and the Holders and Beneficial Owners, save in the case of manifest error. 

SECTION 3.04. Rounding Down and Notice of Adjustment to the Conversion Price and the Conversion Shares Offer Price. 

  
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 (a) On any adjustment to the Conversion Price and/or the Conversion Shares Offer Price as
provided under this Article III, if the resultant Conversion Price and Conversion Shares Offer Price is a number with more decimal places than the initial Conversion Price or Conversion Shares Offer Price, as the case may be, that number shall be
rounded to the same number of decimal places as the initial Conversion Price or Conversion Shares Offer Price, as the case may be. No adjustment shall be made to either of the Prices where such adjustment (rounded down if applicable) would be less
than 1% of the relevant Price then in effect. Any adjustment not required to be made, and/or any amount by which the relevant Price has been rounded down, shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment, and such
subsequent adjustment shall be made on the basis that the adjustment not required to be made had been made at the relevant time and/or, as the case may be, that the relevant rounding down had not been made. 

(b) Notice of any adjustments to the Conversion Price or the Conversion Shares Offer Price shall be given by the Company to Holders via DTC
(or, if the Securities are definitive Securities, via the Trustee) promptly after the determination thereof. 
 (c) The Conversion Price
shall not in any event be reduced to below the U.S. dollar equivalent of the nominal value of the Ordinary Shares (as calculated by the Company on the date any such adjustment becomes effective). The Conversion Shares Offer Price shall not in any
event be reduced to below the nominal value of the Ordinary Shares. 
 SECTION 3.05. Qualifying Takeover Event. 

(a) Within ten (10) Business Days following the occurrence of a Takeover Event, the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders and
Beneficial Owners of the Securities by means of a Takeover Event Notice. 
 (b) If the Takeover Event is a Qualifying Takeover Event, the
Securities shall, where the Conversion Date falls on or after the QTE Effective Date, be converted into or exchanged for Approved Entity Shares of the Approved Entity, mutatis mutandis as provided under Section 2.08 above, at a
Conversion Price that shall initially be the New Conversion Price, which may be higher or lower than the Conversion Price and references herein to “Conversion Shares” shall be deemed to be references to “Approved Entity Shares.”

 (c) The New Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment in the circumstances provided for under Section 3.01(a) above (if
necessary with such modifications and amendments as an Independent Financial Adviser acting in good faith shall determine to be appropriate and references herein to “Conversion Shares” shall be deemed to be references to “Approved
Entity Shares”), and the Company shall give notice to the Holders of the Securities of the New Conversion Price and of any such modifications and amendments thereafter. 

  
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 (d) In the case of a Qualifying Takeover Event: 

(i) the Company shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law and regulation, on or prior to the QTE Effective Date, enter
into such agreements and arrangements (including, without limitation supplemental indentures to the Indenture and amendments and modifications to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture) as may be required to ensure that, effective upon the
QTE Effective Date, the Securities shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, Approved Entity Shares, mutatis mutandis in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of Sections 2.08 of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, at the New
Conversion Price and any references to the Conversion Price shall be construed as references to the New Conversion Price; and 

(ii) upon the occurrence of a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event where the Conversion Date falls on or after the QTE Effective
Date, the Company shall procure (to the extent within its control) the issue of the relevant number of Approved Entity Shares mutatis mutandis in the manner provided under Section 2.08 of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. 

(e) The Trustee shall be obliged (at the expense of the Company) to concur with the Company in making any such amendments and modifications to
the Indenture, and to execute any supplemental indentures to the Indenture in respect thereof, provided that the Trustee shall not be bound to do so if any such amendments or modifications would, in the opinion of the Trustee, have the effect of
(i) exposing the Trustee to any liability against which it is not indemnified and/or secured and/or pre-funded to its satisfaction, (ii) changing, increasing or adding to the obligations or duties of
the Trustee or (iii) removing or amending any protection or indemnity afforded to, or any other provision in favor of, the Trustee under the Indenture and/or the terms of the Securities. 

(f) For the avoidance of doubt, if for any reason (including, without limitation, because the Acquirer is a Governmental Entity), a Takeover
Event is not a Qualifying Takeover Event, there is no provision for any automatic adjustment to the terms of the Securities, whether in the manner provided for in this Article III in respect of Qualifying Takeover Events, or at all, and
Section 2.08 shall apply without any automatic adjustment and “Conversion Shares” will continue to have the meaning set out in Section 1.01. 

ARTICLE IV 
 AMENDMENTS
TO THE BASE INDENTURE 
 SECTION 4.01. Amendments to the Base Indenture. The Base Indenture shall hereby be amended as
follows: 
 (a) The first paragraph of Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
to read as follows with respect to Contingent Convertible Securities issued on or after the date hereof: 
 “Section 3.03
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Contingent Convertible Securities and any Coupons shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any two of the following: any of its Authorized Officers or any Director or Vice President in
the Capital Markets Execution section (or any successor section thereto) of Barclays Treasury. The signature of any of these officers on the Contingent Convertible Securities or the Coupons may be manual, facsimile or electronic. Contingent
Convertible Securities or Coupons bearing the manual, facsimile or electronic signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased
to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Contingent Convertible Securities or Coupons.” 

  
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 (b) The fifth paragraph of Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 “No Contingent Convertible Security or Coupon appertaining thereto shall be
entitled to any benefit under this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Contingent Convertible Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
for herein executed by or on behalf of the Trustee by manual, facsimile or electronic signature, and such certificate upon any Contingent Convertible Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Contingent Convertible
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that such Contingent Convertible Security or Coupon is entitled to the benefits of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Contingent
Convertible Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Contingent Convertible Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.09,
for all purposes of this Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture such Contingent Convertible Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Contingent
Convertible Securities Indenture. 
 (c) In Section 5.04(b) of the Base Indenture, the phrase “Conversion Date” is hereby
replaced with “occurrence of a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event.” 
 (d) In Sections 11.08 and 11.10 of the Base Indenture, the
phrase “any other relevant national or European authority” is hereby replaced with “the Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority.” 

(e) In Section 11.10 of the Base Indenture, the phrase “applicable to the Group in force at the relevant time” is hereby
deleted. 
 (f) Any supplemental indenture and any other document delivered in connection with the Base Indenture relating to Contingent
Convertible Securities authenticated, delivered and issued on or after the date of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture may be signed by or on behalf of the signing party by manual, facsimile or electronic signature. 

  
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 ARTICLE V 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

SECTION 5.01. Effectiveness. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall become effective upon its execution and delivery. 

SECTION 5.02. Original Issue. The Securities may, upon execution of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company
and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall, upon delivery of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver such Securities as in such Company Order provided. 

SECTION 5.03. Ratification and Integral Part. The Base Indenture as supplemented and amended by this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, including without limitation all the rights, immunities and indemnities of the Trustee, and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed an integral part of the Base Indenture in the manner
and to the extent herein and therein provided. 
 SECTION 5.04. Priority. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed
part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. The provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall, with respect to the Securities and subject to the terms hereof, supersede the provisions of the Base
Indenture to the extent the Base Indenture is inconsistent herewith. 
 SECTION 5.05. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and
agreements in the Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 

SECTION 5.06. Counterparts. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture may be executed manually, by facsimile or by electronic signature
in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

SECTION 5.07. Governing Law. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except for the subordination provisions set forth in Section 12.01 of the Base Indenture and the waiver of set-off provisions set forth in
Section 5.04(d) of the Base Indenture, which are governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law. 
  

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	BARCLAYS PLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Miray Muminoglu

		 	Name: Miray Muminoglu
		 	Title:   Managing Director
	
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee and Paying Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Anthony Edet

		 	Name: Anthony Edet
		 	Title:   Authorized Signatory
	
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON SA/NV, LUXEMBOURG BRANCH, as Contingent Convertible Security
Registrar
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Anthony Edet

		 	Name: Anthony Edet
		 	Title:   Authorized Signatory

 [Signature Page to the Fourth Supplemental Indenture] 

 Exhibit A 

Form of Global Security 
 THIS
SECURITY IS A GLOBAL REGISTERED SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY
REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. 

BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, IN THE ABSENCE OF A CHANGE IN LAW OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL RULING TO THE CONTRARY, THE HOLDER AGREES TO CHARACTERIZE THIS
SECURITY FOR ALL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES AS PROVIDED ON THE FACE OF THIS SECURITY. 
 This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities
of the Company (as defined below) (herein called the “Securities” and each, a “Security”) issued and to be issued in one or more series under and governed by the Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, dated as
of August 14, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented and amended by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 12, 2020 (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base
Indenture, the “Indenture”). 
 The rights of the Holder and Beneficial Owners of this Security are, to the extent and in the manner set
forth in Section 12.01 of the Base Indenture and in the subordination provisions of this Security, subordinated to the claims of other creditors of the Company, and this Security is issued subject to the provisions of that Section 12.01
and in the subordination provisions of this Security, and the Holder of this Security, by accepting the same, agrees to, and shall be bound by, such provisions. The provisions of Section 12.01 of the Base Indenture and the terms of this
paragraph are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law. 
 The rights of the Holder of this Security are subject to
Section 2.08 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture. Effective upon, and following, the occurrence of the Automatic Conversion, the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities (and any interest therein) prior to the occurrence of such
Automatic Conversion shall not have any rights against the Company with respect to repayment of the principal amount of this Security or payment of interest or any other amount in respect of this Security, which liabilities of the Company shall be
irrevocably and automatically released, and accordingly the principal amount of this Security shall equal zero at all times thereafter. 
 Notwithstanding
any other agreements, arrangements, or understandings between the Company and any Holder or Beneficial Owner of the Securities, by acquiring the Securities, each Holder and Beneficial Owner of the Securities acknowledges, accepts, agrees to be bound
by, and consents to, the exercise of any U.K. Bail-in Power by the Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority (as those terms are defined in the Base Indenture) and the provisions set forth in Section 13.01 of
the Base Indenture. 

  
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 In accordance with Article 14 of the Base Indenture, each Holder and Beneficial Owner that acquires its
Securities in the secondary market shall be deemed to acknowledge and agree to be bound by and consent to the same provisions specified in the Indenture to the same extent as the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities that acquire the
Securities upon their initial issuance, including, without limitation, with respect to the acknowledgement and agreement to be bound by and consent to the terms of the Securities, including in relation to interest cancellation, Automatic Conversion,
the Conversion Shares Offer, the U.K. Bail-in Power and the limitations on remedies specified in in this Security and Article V of the Base Indenture. 

  
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 BARCLAYS PLC 

6.125% Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities 

 

			
	No. 00[●]	  	$[●]

 CUSIP NO. 06738E BN4 

ISIN NO. US06738EBN40 
 BARCLAYS
PLC, a company duly incorporated and existing under the laws of England and Wales (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[●], if and to the extent due, and to pay interest thereon, if any, in accordance with the terms hereof and the Indenture. 

The Securities shall have no fixed maturity or fixed redemption date. From (and including) the Issue Date to (but excluding) June 15,
2026, the interest rate on the Securities shall be 6.125% per annum (the “Initial Interest Rate”). From and including June 15, 2026 and each fifth anniversary date thereafter, commencing June 15, 2026 (each such date, a
“Reset Date”) to (but excluding) the next following Reset Date (each such period, a “Reset Period”), the applicable per annum interest rate (the “Subsequent Interest Rate”) will, subject to
Section 2.02(b) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, be equal to the sum of the then prevailing U.S. Treasury Rate on the relevant Reset Determination Date and 5.867% (the “Margin”). Each Subsequent Interest Rate shall be
determined in compliance with the relevant Capital Regulations. Subject to the provisions on the reverse of this Security relating to cancellation and deemed cancellation of interest and to Sections 3.12 and 3.13 of the Base Indenture and to the
following sentence, interest, if any, shall be payable in four equal quarterly installments in arrear on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). The first
date on which interest may be paid will be December 15, 2020 for the period commencing on (and including) August 12, 2020 and ending (but excluding) December 15, 2020 (and thus a long first interest period). If a date of redemption is
not a Business Day, the Company may pay interest (if any) and principal on the next Business Day, but interest on that payment will not accrue during the period from and after the date of redemption. 

The “U.S. Treasury Rate” is, with respect to any Reset Period for which such rate applies, the rate per annum equal to:
(1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the week immediately prior to the applicable Reset Determination Date, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15,” or any successor
publication that is published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, under the caption “Treasury constant maturities,” for
the maturity of five years; or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week immediately prior to such Reset Determination Date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual
equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Reset Determination Date;
provided that, if the U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be determined, for whatever reason, as described under (1) or (2) above, “U.S. Treasury Rate” means the rate in percentage per annum as notified by the Calculation

  
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Agent to the Company equal to the yield on U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity of five years as set forth in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15”
under the caption “Treasury constant maturities” (or any successor publication that is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and that establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities
adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury constant maturities” for the maturity of five years) at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the last available date preceding the Reset Determination Date on which such rate was set
forth in such release (or any successor release). 
 If any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, the Interest Payment Date shall be
postponed to the next Business Day, and no further interest or other payment shall be owed or made in respect of such delay. 
 The interest
rate on the Securities, if any, will be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days consisting of 12 months of 30 days each and, in the case of an incomplete month, the actual number of days elapsed. 

The interest, if any, so payable, and paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to
the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest which shall be the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding each
Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). 
 In addition to any other restrictions on payments of principal and interest
contained in the Indenture, no repayment of the principal amount of the Securities or payment of interest on the Securities shall become due and payable after the exercise of any U.K. Bail-in Power by the
Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority unless such repayment or payment would be permitted to be made by the Company under the laws and regulations of the United Kingdom and the European Union applicable to the Company. 

Interest on the Securities shall be due and payable only at the sole discretion of the Company, and the Company shall have sole and absolute
discretion at all times and for any reason to cancel (in whole or in part) any interest payment that would otherwise be payable on any Interest Payment Date. If the Company does not make an interest payment in respect of the Securities on the
relevant Interest Payment Date (or if the Company elects to make a payment of a portion, but not all, of such interest payment), such non-payment shall evidence the Company’s exercise of its discretion to
cancel such interest payment (or the portion of such interest payment not paid), and accordingly such interest payment (or the portion thereof not paid) shall not be due and payable. If the Company provides notice to cancel a portion, but not all,
of an interest payment in respect of the Securities, and the Company subsequently does not make a payment of the remaining portion of such interest payment on the relevant Interest Payment Date, such
non-payment shall evidence the Company’s exercise of its discretion to cancel such remaining portion of such interest payment, and accordingly such remaining portion of the interest payment shall also not
be due and payable. 

  
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 Interest shall only be due and payable on an Interest Payment Date to the extent it is not
cancelled or deemed cancelled (in each case, in whole or in part) in accordance with the terms of this Security, and any interest cancelled or deemed cancelled (in each case, in whole or in part) pursuant to this Security shall not be due and shall
not accumulate or be payable at any time thereafter, and Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities shall have no rights thereto or to receive any additional interest or compensation as a result of such cancellation or deemed cancellation. 

Without limitation on the foregoing paragraph and subject to the extent permitted by the following sentence in respect of partial interest
payments in respect of the Securities, the Company shall not make an interest payment in respect of the Securities on any Interest Payment Date (and such interest payment shall therefore be deemed to have been cancelled and thus shall not be due and
payable on such Interest Payment Date) if either (a) the Company has an amount of Distributable Items on such Interest Payment Date that is less than the sum of (i) all distributions or interest payments made or declared by the
Company since the end of the last financial year and prior to such Interest Payment Date on or in respect of any Parity Securities, the Securities and any Junior Securities plus (ii) all distributions or interest payments payable by the
Company (and not cancelled or deemed cancelled) on such Interest Payment Date (x) on the Securities and (y) on or in respect of any Parity Securities, in the case of each of (i) and (ii), excluding any payments already accounted for
in determining the Distributable Items; or (b) the Solvency Condition is not satisfied in respect of such interest payment. The Company may, in its sole discretion, elect to make a partial interest payment in respect of the Securities on any
Interest Payment Date, only to the extent that such partial interest payment may be made without breaching the restrictions of this paragraph. Any interest cancelled pursuant to this paragraph shall be “deemed cancelled” under the terms of
this Security and the Indenture and shall not be due and payable. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall be required to monitor compliance with the restriction on interest payments contained in this paragraph or to perform any
calculations in connection therewith. 
 By subscribing for, purchasing or other acquiring the Securities, each Holder and each Beneficial
Owner shall be deemed to have contracted and agreed that (i) interest is payable solely at the discretion of the Company, and no amount of interest shall become due and payable in respect of the relevant interest period to the extent that it
has been (x) cancelled (in whole or in part) by the Company at the Company’s sole discretion and/or (y) deemed cancelled (in whole or in part) as a result of the Company’s having insufficient Distributable Items or failing to
satisfy the Solvency Condition; and (ii) a cancellation or deemed cancellation of interest (in each case, in whole or in part) in accordance with the terms of the Indenture shall not constitute a default in payment or otherwise under the terms
of the Securities or the Indenture. Interest on the Securities shall only be due and payable on an interest payment date to the extent it is not cancelled or deemed cancelled under the terms of this Security and Sections 3.12 and 3.13 of the Base
Indenture. Any interest cancelled or deemed cancelled (in each case, in whole or in part) in the circumstances described in this Security shall not be due and shall not accumulate or be payable at any time thereafter, and Holders and Beneficial
Owners of the Securities shall have no rights thereto or to receive any additional interest or compensation as a result of such cancellation or deemed cancellation of interest in respect of the Securities. 

  
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 Payments of principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities shall be made in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts and such payments shall be made through one or more Paying Agents appointed under the Base Indenture to the Holder or
Holders of this Security. Initially, the Paying Agent for the Securities shall be The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, One Canada Square, London E14 5AL, United Kingdom, and the Contingent Convertible Security Registrar shall be The Bank of
New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch, 2-4 Rue Eugene Ruppert, Vertigo Building – Polaris, Luxembourg, L-2453, Luxembourg. The Company may change the Paying
Agent or the Contingent Convertible Security Registrar without prior notice to the Holders of the Securities, and in such an event the Company may act as Paying Agent or Contingent Convertible Security Registrar. Payments of principal of and
interest on the Securities shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds; provided, however, that in the case of payments of principal, this Security is first surrendered to the Paying Agent. 

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except for the subordination provisions
referred to herein and set forth in Section 12.01 of Base Indenture, and the waiver of set-off provisions referred to herein and set forth in Section 5.04(d) of the Base Indenture, which are governed
by, and construed in accordance with, English law. 
 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the
reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 All terms used in
this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture, as defined herein. 
 THIS
SECURITY IS NOT A DEPOSIT LIABILITY OF BARCLAYS PLC AND IS NOT COVERED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPENSATION SCHEME OR INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE CANADA DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR
ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. 
 Unless the certificate of
authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof, directly or through an Authenticating Agent, by manual, facsimile or electronic signature of an authorized signatory, this Security shall not be entitled to
any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 
 By purchasing this Security, the Holder of this Security
agrees (in the absence of a statutory, regulatory, administrative or judicial ruling to the contrary) to treat this Security as equity of the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed. 

 

							
	Date:                	 		 		 	BARCLAYS PLC
				
		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Name:
		 		 		 	Title:
				
		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Name:
		 		 		 	Title:

 Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the Indenture. 

 

							
	Date:                	 		 		 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
		 		 		 	 as Trustee

				
		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Authorized Signatory

 [Signature Page to Global Security] 

  
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 (Reverse of Security) 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities” and each, a
“Security”) issued and to be issued in one or more series under and governed by the Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, dated as of August 14, 2018 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), between the
Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Base Indenture), as supplemented and amended by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture,
dated as of August 12, 2020 (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture, the terms of which are incorporated
herein by reference, for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. Insofar as the provisions of the Indenture may conflict with the provisions set forth in this Security, the former shall control for purposes of this Security. All terms used in this Security that are defined in the
Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 
 This Security is one of the series
designated on the face hereof, limited to an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000,000, which amount may be increased at the option of the Company if in the future it determines that it may wish to sell additional Securities of this series.
References herein to “this series” mean the series designated on the face hereof. 
 Any amounts to be paid by the Company
on the Securities shall be made without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present or future income, stamp and other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“Taxes”) now or
hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by, or on behalf of, the United Kingdom or any political subdivision of the United Kingdom or authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (each a “Taxing
Jurisdiction”), unless such deduction or withholding is required by law. If any such Taxes shall at any time be required by a Taxing Jurisdiction to be deducted or withheld, the Company shall, subject to the exceptions and limitations set
forth in Section 10.04 of the Base Indenture and Section 12.01 of the Base Indenture, pay such additional amounts of, or in respect of, the principal of, and any interest on, the Securities (“Additional Amounts”) as may be
necessary in order that the net amounts paid to the Holders of the Securities, after such deduction or withholding, shall equal the respective amounts of principal and interest that would have been payable in respect of such Securities had no such
deduction or withholding been required. 
 Any amounts to be paid by the Company or the Paying Agent on the Securities shall be paid net of
any deduction or withholding imposed or required pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any
agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections
of the Code (or any law implementing such an intergovernmental agreement) (a “FATCA Withholding Tax”), and neither the Company nor the Paying Agent shall be required to pay Additional Amounts on account of any FATCA Withholding Tax.

  
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 Any Paying Agent shall be entitled to make a deduction or withholding from any payment which
it makes under the Securities and the Indenture for or on account of (i) any present or future taxes, duties or charges if and to the extent so required by any applicable law and (ii) any FATCA Withholding Tax (together,
“Applicable Law”). In either case, the Paying Agent shall make any payment after a deduction or withholding has been made pursuant to Applicable Law and shall report to the relevant authorities the amount so deducted or withheld.
However, such deduction or withholding will not apply to payments made under the Securities and the Indenture through the relevant clearing systems. In all cases, the Paying Agent shall have no obligation to gross up any payment made subject to any
deduction or withholding pursuant to Applicable Law. In addition, amounts deducted or withheld by the Paying Agent as described in this paragraph will be treated as paid to the Holder of the Securities, and the Company will not pay Additional
Amounts in respect of such deduction or withholding, except to the extent the provisions in this paragraph explicitly provide otherwise. The restrictions on interest payments described on the face of this Security apply to any Additional Amounts
mutatis mutandis. 
 The Company agrees, to the extent the Company has actual knowledge of such information, to provide the Paying
Agent with sufficient information about any modification to the terms of the Securities for the purposes of determining whether FATCA Withholding Tax applies to any payment of principal or interest on the Securities. 

Subject to the limitations specified below, the Company may, at the Company’s option, redeem the Securities, in whole but not in part, on
any day falling in the period commencing on (and including) December 15, 2025 and ending on (and including) the first Reset Date or on any subsequent Reset Date at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities then
Outstanding, together with any accrued but unpaid interest (which excludes any interest cancelled or deemed cancelled as specified below) to (but excluding) the date fixed for redemption. 

Subject to the limitations specified below, the Company may also, at any time, at the Company’s option, redeem the Securities, in whole
but not in part pursuant to Section 2.05 and/or Section 2.06 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture. 
 Any interest payments that
have been cancelled or deemed cancelled pursuant to the terms of this Security and the Indenture shall not be payable if the Securities are redeemed pursuant to any of the two preceding paragraphs. 

Before the Company may redeem the Securities pursuant to any of the preceding paragraphs relating to the Company’s rights of redemption,
the Company shall deliver prior notice of not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than sixty (60) days to the Holders of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.07 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Security or the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Company may redeem the Securities at the
Company’s option only subject to the limitations specified in Section 11.08 of the Base Indenture as amended by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture. 

  
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 Subject to Section 11.10 of the Base Indenture as amended by the Fourth Supplemental
Indenture, the Company or any member of the Group may purchase or otherwise acquire any of the Outstanding Securities at any price in the open market or otherwise in accordance with the Capital Regulations, and subject to the prior consent of the
PRA and/or the Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority (in either case if such consent is then required by the Capital Regulations) and to applicable law and regulation. 

An Automatic Conversion shall occur without delay upon the occurrence of a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event as set forth in Section 2.08 of
the Fourth Supplemental Indenture. 
 The Conversion Price and the Conversion Shares Offer Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided
in Article III of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture. 
 The Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, following the occurrence of an
Automatic Conversion and no later than 10 (ten) Business Days following the Conversion Date, elect that the Conversion Shares Depository make an offer of all or some of the Conversion Shares to all or some of the Company’s ordinary shareholders
at a cash price per Conversion Share equal to the Conversion Shares Offer Price, as set forth in and subject to the provisions of Section 2.10 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture. 

This Security is subject to the provisions regarding the U.K. Bail-in Power Acknowledgement set forth
in Section 13.01 of the Base Indenture. 
 If a Winding-Up Event occurs before the occurrence
of a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event, subject to the subordination provisions of Section 12.01 of the Base Indenture, the outstanding principal amount of this Security shall become immediately due and payable, without the need of any further
action on the part of the Trustee, the Holders or any other Person. 
 A “Winding-Up
Event” shall result if (i) a court of competent jurisdiction in England (or such other jurisdiction in which the Company may be organized) makes an order for the winding-up of the Company which
is not successfully appealed within thirty (30) days of the making of such order, (ii) the Shareholders of the Company adopt an effective resolution for the winding-up of the Company (other than, in
the case of either (i) or (ii) above, under or in connection with a scheme of reconstruction, merger or amalgamation not involving a bankruptcy or insolvency) or (iii) following the appointment of an administrator of the Company, the
administrator gives notice that it intends to declare and distribute a dividend. 
 If the Company fails to pay any amount that has become
due and payable under this Security and such failure continues for fourteen (14) days, the Trustee may provide a written notice of such failure to the Company. If within a period of fourteen (14) days following the provision of such
notice, the failure continues and has not been cured nor waived (a “Non-Payment Event”), the Trustee may, at its discretion, and without further notice to the Company, institute
proceedings in England (or such other jurisdiction in which the Company may be organized) (but not elsewhere) for the winding-up of the Company and/or prove in a
winding-up of the Company and/or claim in a liquidation or administration of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, if, pursuant to this Security and Sections 3.12 and 3.13 of the Base Indenture, the Company
cancels any interest payment on any Interest Payment Date or if such 

  
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interest payment is deemed cancelled (in each case, in whole or in part), then such interest payment shall not be due and payable in respect of such Interest Payment Date, and no Non-Payment Event under the Securities will occur or be deemed to have occurred as a result of such cancellation or deemed cancellation (in each case, in whole or in part). 

In addition to the remedies for a Non-Payment Event provided in the paragraph above, the Trustee, may
without further notice, institute such proceedings against the Company as the Trustee may deem fit to enforce any term, obligation or condition binding upon the Company under the Securities or the Indenture (other than any payment obligation of the
Company under or arising from the Securities or the Indenture, including, without limitation, payment of any principal or interest) (such obligation, a “Performance Obligation”), provided always that the Trustee (acting on
behalf of the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities) and the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities may not enforce, and may not be entitled to enforce or otherwise claim, against the Company any judgment or other award given in
such proceedings that requires the payment of money by the Company, whether by way of damages or otherwise (a “Monetary Judgment”), except by proving such Monetary Judgment in a winding-up of
the Company and/or by claiming such Monetary Judgment in an administration of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the sole and exclusive manner by which the Trustee (acting on behalf of the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities) and
the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities may seek to enforce or otherwise claim a Monetary Judgment against the Company in connection with the Company’s breach of a Performance Obligation shall be by proving such Monetary Judgment in
a winding-up of the Company and/or by claiming such Monetary Judgment in an administration of the Company. By its acquisition of the Securities, each Holder and Beneficial Owner of the Securities acknowledges
and agrees that such Holder and Beneficial Owner shall not seek to enforce or otherwise claim, and will not direct the Trustee (acting on behalf of the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities) to enforce or otherwise claim, a Monetary
Judgment against the Company in connection with the Company’s breach of a Performance Obligation, except by proving such Monetary Judgment in a winding-up of the Company and/or by claiming such Monetary
Judgment in an administration of the Company. 
 Other than the limited remedies specified in this Security and Article V of the Base
Indenture, and subject to the second paragraph below, no remedy against the Company shall be available to the Trustee (acting on behalf of the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities) and to the Holders and Beneficial Owners, whether for the
recovery of amounts owing in respect of the Securities or under the Indenture, or in respect of any breach by the Company of any of the Company’s obligations under or in respect of the terms of such Securities or under the Indenture in relation
thereto; provided, however, that the Company’s obligations to the Trustee under Section 6.07 of the Base Indenture and the Trustee’s rights to have money collected applied first to pay amounts due to it under such Section
pursuant to Section 5.07 of the Base Indenture expressly survive any such Default and are not subject to the subordination provisions of Section 12.01 of the Base Indenture. 

In the case of a Default under this Security, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by the Indenture, and use
the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs. A “Default” shall occur upon (i) the occurrence of a Winding-Up Event that occurs before the occurrence of a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event or (ii) the occurrence of a Non-Payment Event or (iii) a breach by the Company
of a Performance Obligation. 

  
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 Notwithstanding the limitations on remedies specified in this Security and under Article V
of the Base Indenture, (1) the Trustee shall have such powers as are required to be authorized to it under the Trust Indenture Act in respect of the rights of the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities under the provisions of the
Indenture, and (2) nothing shall impair the right of a Holder or Beneficial Owner of the Securities under the Trust Indenture Act, absent such Holder’s or Beneficial Owner’s consent, to sue for any payment due but unpaid with respect
to the Securities; provided that, in the case of (1) and (2) above, any payments in respect of, or arising from, the Securities, including any payments or amounts resulting or arising from the enforcement of any rights under the Trust
Indenture Act in respect of the Securities, shall be subject to the subordination provisions set forth in Section 12.01 of the Base Indenture. Subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, no Holder shall be entitled to proceed directly
against the Company except as set forth in Section 5.08 of the Base Indenture. 
 The Securities shall constitute the Company’s
direct, unsecured and subordinated obligations, ranking pari passu without any preference among themselves. In the event of a winding up or administration of the Company, the rights and claims of the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the
Securities in respect of or arising from the Securities (including any damages (if payable)) shall be subordinated to the claims of Senior Creditors. If (a) an order is made, or an effective resolution is passed, for the winding-up of the Company (except in any such case for a solvent winding-up solely for the purpose of a merger, reconstruction or amalgamation); or (b) following the
appointment of an administrator of the Company, the administrator gives notice that it intends to declare and distribute a dividend, then (1) if such events specified in (a) or (b) above occur prior to the date on which a Capital Adequacy
Trigger Event occurs, there shall be payable by the Company in respect of each Security (in lieu of any other payment by the Company), such amount, if any, as would have been payable to a Holder of Securities if, on the day prior to the commencement
of the winding-up or such administration and thereafter, such Holder of Securities were the holder of the most senior class of preference shares in the capital of the Company, having an equal right to a return
of assets in the winding-up or such administration to, and so ranking pari passu with, the holders of such class of preference shares (if any) from time to time issued by the Company that has a
preferential right to a return of assets in the winding-up or such administration, and so ranking ahead of the holders of all other classes of issued shares for the time being in the capital of the Company,
but ranking junior to the claims of Senior Creditors, and on the assumption that the amount that such Holder of Securities was entitled to receive in respect of such preference shares, on a return of assets in such
winding-up or such administration, was an amount equal to the principal amount of the relevant Security, together with any damages (if payable), and (2) if such events specified in (a) or (b) above
occur on or after the date on which a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event occurs but prior to the Conversion Date, then for purposes of determining the claim of a Holder of the Securities in such winding-up or such
administration, the Conversion Date in respect of an Automatic Conversion shall be deemed to have occurred immediately prior to the occurrence of such events specified in (a) or (b) above. Other than in the event of a winding-up or administration of the Company as described in this paragraph, payments in respect of or arising from the Securities shall be conditional (i) upon the Company’s being solvent at the time of
payment by the Company, and (ii) in that no sum in respect of or arising from the Securities may 

  
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fall due and be paid except to the extent that the Company could make such payment and still be solvent immediately thereafter (such condition referred to herein as the “Solvency
Condition”). For purposes of determining whether the Solvency Condition is met, the Company shall be considered to be solvent at a particular point in time if (x) it is able to pay its debts owed to Senior Creditors as they fall due
and (y) the Balance Sheet Condition has been met. An Officer’s Certificate executed in accordance with the Indenture as to the Company’s solvency at any particular point in time shall be treated by the Company, the Trustee, the
Holders, the Beneficial Owners and all other interested parties as correct and sufficient evidence thereof. “Senior Creditors” means creditors of the Company (aa) who are unsubordinated creditors; (bb) whose claims are, or are
expressed to be, subordinated (whether only in the event of the winding-up or administration of the Company or otherwise) to the claims of unsubordinated creditors of the Company but not further or otherwise;
(cc) who are creditors in respect of any secondary non-preferential debt (“secondary non-preferential debts” shall have the meaning given to it in
the 2018 Order (as defined below) and any other law or regulation applicable to the Company, which is amended by the 2018 Order, as each may be amended or replaced from time to time; or (dd) whose claims are, or are expressed to be, junior to the
claims of other creditors of the Company, whether subordinated or unsubordinated, other than those whose claims rank, or are expressed to rank, pari passu with, or junior to, the claims of the Holders of the Securities. “2018
Order” means the Banks and Building Societies (Priorities on Insolvency) Order 2018. The “Balance Sheet Condition” shall be satisfied in relation to the Company if the value of its assets is at least equal to the value
of its liabilities (taking into account its contingent and prospective liabilities), according to the criteria that would be applied by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales (or the relevant authority of such other jurisdiction in which the
Company may be organized) in determining whether the Company is “unable to pay its debts” under section 123(2) of the U.K. Insolvency Act 1986 or any amendment or re-enactment thereof (or in
accordance with the corresponding provisions of the applicable laws of such other jurisdiction in which the Company may be organized). Any payment of interest not due by reason of the provisions contained in this paragraph shall be deemed canceled
pursuant to the terms of this Security and Section 3.13 of the Base Indenture. 
 Subject to applicable law, no Holder of Securities
may exercise, claim or plead any right of set-off, compensation or retention in respect of any amount owed to it by the Company arising under, or in connection with, the Securities and each Holder of
Securities shall, by virtue of its holding of any Securities, be deemed to have waived all such rights of set-off, compensation or retention. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any amounts due and payable to
any Holder of this Security by the Company in respect of, or arising under, this Security are discharged by set-off, such Holder shall, subject to applicable law, immediately pay an amount equal to the amount
of such discharge to the Company (or, in the event of its winding-up or administration, the liquidator or administrator of the Company, as the case may be) and, until such time as payment is made, shall hold
an amount equal to such amount in trust for the Company (or the liquidator or administrator of the Company, as the case may be) and, accordingly, any such discharge shall be deemed not to have taken place. By its acquisition of the Securities, each
Holder and Beneficial Owner agrees to be bound by these provisions relating to waiver of set-off. 

  
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 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions and subject to certain conditions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a specified majority in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of each series then Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in
lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 
 As provided in and subject to the provisions
of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such
Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series then Outstanding
shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Default as Trustee and offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with
such request, the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series then Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding,
for sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity, and, in the case of a proceeding in England (or such other jurisdiction in which the Company may be organized) (but not elsewhere) for the winding-up of the Company, such proceeding is in the name and on behalf of the Trustee to the same extent (but no further or otherwise) as the Trustee would have been entitled so to do. 

Notwithstanding any contrary provisions in this Security, nothing shall impair the right of a Holder of this Security under the Trust
Indenture Act, absent such Holder’s consent, to sue for any payments due but unpaid with respect to this Security. 
 As provided in
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Contingent Convertible Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of
the Company in any place where the principal of this Security is payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Contingent Convertible Security Registrar duly executed by,
the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee
or transferees. 
 This Security, and any other Securities of this series and of like tenor, are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in initial denominations of $200,000 and increments of $1,000 thereafter. The denominations cannot be changed without the consent of the Trustee. The denomination of each interest in this Security shall be the “Tradable
Amount” of such book-entry 

  
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interest. Prior to an Automatic Conversion, the aggregate Tradable Amount of the interests in this Security shall equal this Security’s outstanding principal amount. Following an Automatic
Conversion, the principal amount of this Security shall equal zero, but the Tradable Amount of the book-entry interests in this Security shall remain unchanged as a result of the Automatic Conversion. 

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 
 Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, except for the subordination provisions referred to herein and set forth in Section 12.01 of the Base Indenture, and the waiver of set-off provisions referred to
herein and set forth in Section 5.04(d) of the Base Indenture, which are governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law. 
  

  
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 Exhibit B 

Form of Automatic Conversion Notice1 

NOTICE TO DTC, THE TRUSTEE AND FOR PUBLICATION 

AS A NOTICE TO HOLDERS AND BENEFICIAL OWNERS 

[Barclays Letterhead] 
  

					
	To:	  	 [The Depository Trust Company
 55
Water Street, 25th Floor
 New York, NY 10041 0099
 Attn:
Mandatory Reorganization Department
 Fax: +1 (212) 855 5488

Email: mandatoryreorgannouncements@dtcc.com]

			
	Cc:	  	 [The Bank of New York Mellon
 Merck House

Seldown
 Poole, Dorset BH15 1PX

United Kingdom
 Attn: International Corporate Trust Services

Email: corpsov2@bnymellon.com
 Fax: 01202 689600

Tel: 01202 689978
	  	 The Bank of New York Mellon
 101 Barclay
Street
 Floor 7-E
 New
York, New York 10286
 United States of America
 Attn:
International Corporate Trust
 Fax: +1 (212) 815-5366]

 Re: Barclays PLC $1,500,000,000 6.125% Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities
(CUSIP: 06738E BN4, ISIN: US06738EBN40) – Notice to DTC, Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Occurrence of a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event 

This notice is in relation to Barclays PLC’s (the “Company”) $1,500,000,000 6.125% Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated
Contingent Convertible Securities (CUSIP: 06738E BN4, ISIN: US06738EBN40) issued on August 12, 2020 (the “Securities”) pursuant to the Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, dated August 14, 2018, between the Company
and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Trustee (the “Trustee”) and Paying Agent, as supplemented and amended by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 12, 2020, between the Company and the Trustee
(together, the “Indenture”), and pursuant to the prospectus supplement dated August 5, 2020 supplementing the prospectus dated April 6, 2018. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the respective
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. 
 Barclays PLC hereby notifies The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), the Holders and
Beneficial Owners of the Securities that a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event has occurred with respect to the Securities. Such Capital Adequacy Trigger Event has occurred because the Group’s Fully Loaded CET1 Ratio as of [Date], as
determined by Barclays PLC on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Capital Regulations applicable to the Group on such date, was less than 7.00%. 
  

 

	1 	 Note: Addresses to be reconfirmed prior to when notice is sent; subject to modification if Securities
are in definitive form and to changes in DTC’s (or successor clearing system) policies and procedures. 

  
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 Upon the occurrence of the Capital Adequacy Trigger Event, the terms of the Securities provide for an
Automatic Conversion of the Securities on the Conversion Date, which [was] [is expected to be] [Date], based on the Conversion Price, which is [Price].2 Upon the Automatic
Conversion, all of Barclays PLC’s obligations under the Securities (other than with respect to the CSO Obligations, if any) shall be irrevocably and automatically released in consideration of Barclays PLC’s issuance of ordinary shares of
Barclays PLC (the “Conversion Shares”) to the Conversion Shares Depository (or other relevant recipient). However, the terms of the Securities provide that the Securities shall remain in existence until the applicable Settlement
Date for the sole purpose of evidencing (a) a right to receive Conversion Shares or Conversion Shares Offer Consideration, as applicable, from the Conversion Shares Depository and (b) the Company’s CSO Obligations, if any. 

In addition, the terms of the Securities provide that Barclays PLC may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect that a Conversion Shares Offer be
conducted, no later than ten (10) Business Days of the Conversion Date. Barclays PLC will deliver to DTC, the Holders and the Beneficial Owners a Conversion Shares Offer Notice specifying, among other things, whether or not Barclays PLC has
elected that a Conversion Shares Offer be conducted and the Suspension Date. The Securities may continue to trade until the Suspension Date. 
 Accordingly,
Barclays PLC hereby instructs DTC to indicate to all participants that payments of principal and interest are no longer payable under the Securities as of the Conversion Date and that the Securities will have no further entitlement to interest or
principal as of such date by making a note to that effect in its systems. 
 Barclays PLC further requests DTC to post this notice on its Reorganization
Inquiry for Participants System (or such other system as DTC uses for providing notices to holders of securities). 
 Should DTC, any Holder or any
Beneficial Owner of the Securities have any inquiries, please contact: 
 [Barclays Contact Person] 

[Telephone] 
 [Fax]

 [Email] 
  

 

	2 	 Note: To be completed with the Conversion Date and Conversion Price. 

  
 B-2 

 Exhibit C 

Form of Capital Adequacy Trigger Event Officers’ Certificate 

BARCLAYS PLC 
 Capital Adequacy
Trigger Event Officers’ Certificate 
 This Capital Adequacy Trigger Event Officers’ Certificate is being delivered in relation to Barclays
PLC’s (the “Company”) $1,500,000,000 6.125% Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities (CUSIP: 06738E BN4, ISIN: US06738EBN40) issued on August 12, 2020 (the
“Securities”) pursuant to the Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated August 14, 2018, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the
“Trustee”) and Paying Agent, as supplemented and amended by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 12, 2020, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”), and pursuant to
the prospectus supplement dated August 5, 2020, supplementing the prospectus dated April 6, 2018 (the “Prospectus”). 
 Pursuant
to Section 1.02 of the Base Indenture and Section 2.08 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the undersigned, being authorized signatories of the Company and authorized by the Company to give this certificate, each hereby certify as
follows: 
  

	(a)	 I have read the provisions of the Base Indenture and those of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, setting forth
certain provisions in respect of the occurrence of a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event (as defined in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture), including Section 2.08 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and the definitions relating thereto;

  

	(b)	 I have reviewed such corporate records and such other documents as I have deemed necessary as a basis for the
opinion hereinafter expressed; 

  

	(c)	 I have also made such other examinations and investigations as I have deemed necessary to enable me to express
an informed opinion as to the matters set forth in (d) below; and 

  

	(d)	 a Capital Adequacy Trigger Event has occurred with respect to the Securities. Such Capital Adequacy Trigger
Event has occurred because the Group’s (as defined in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture) Fully Loaded CET1 Ratio (as defined in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture) as of [Date], as determined by Barclays PLC on a consolidated basis in
accordance with the capital adequacy standards and guidelines of the Prudential Regulation Authority of the United Kingdom (or such other governmental authority having primary responsibility for the prudential supervision of Barclays PLC) on such
date, was less than 7.00%. 

 Concurrently with the delivery of this Capital Adequacy Trigger Event Officers’ Certificate, the
Company is delivering to The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) an Automatic Conversion Notice (as defined in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture) as a notice to DTC and for publication as a notice to Holders (as defined in the Base
Indenture) and Beneficial Owners (as defined in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture) in the form set forth in Exhibit B to the Fourth Supplemental Indenture. 

  
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 The Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely on and accept this Capital Adequacy Trigger Event
Officers’ Certificate without any duty whatsoever of further inquiry as sufficient and conclusive evidence of the occurrence of the Capital Adequacy Trigger Event, and this Capital Adequacy Trigger Event Officers’ Certificate shall be
conclusive and binding on the Trustee and the Holders as defined in the Base Indenture) and Beneficial Owners (as defined in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture). 
  

			
	Dated:
	
	BARCLAYS PLC
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  
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 Exhibit D 

Form of Conversion Shares Offer Notice3 

NOTICE TO DTC, THE TRUSTEE AND FOR PUBLICATION 

AS A NOTICE TO HOLDERS AND BENEFICIAL OWNERS 

[Barclays Letterhead] 
  

					
	To:    	  	 [The Depository Trust Company
 55
Water Street, 25th Floor
 New York, NY 10041-0099

Attn: Mandatory Reorganization Department
 Fax: +1 (212) 855-5488
 Email: mandatoryreorgannouncements@dtcc.com]

			
	Cc:	  	 [The Bank of New York Mellon
 Merck House

Seldown
 Poole, Dorset BH15 1PX

United Kingdom
 Attn: International Corporate Trust Services

Email: corpsov2@bnymellon.com
 Fax: 01202 689600

Tel: 01202 689978
	  	 The Bank of New York Mellon
 101 Barclay
Street
 Floor 7-E
 New
York, New York 10286
 United States of America
 Attn:
International Corporate Trust
 Fax: +1 (212) 815-5366]

 Re: Barclays PLC $1,500,000,000 6.125% Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities
(CUSIP: 06738E BN4, ISIN: US06738EBN40) – Notice to DTC, Holders and Beneficial Owners of [Election to Conduct a Conversion Shares Offer][Election Not to Conduct a Conversion Shares Offer] 

This notice is in relation to Barclays PLC’s (the “Company”) $1,500,000,000 6.125% Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated
Contingent Convertible Securities (CUSIP: 06738E BN4, ISIN: US06738EBN40) issued on August 12, 2020 (the “Securities”) pursuant to the Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, dated August 14, 2018, between Barclays
PLC and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Trustee (the “Trustee”) and Paying Agent, as supplemented and amended by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 12, 2020, between the Company and the Trustee
(together, the “Indenture”), and pursuant to the prospectus supplement dated August 5, 2020, supplementing the prospectus dated April 6, 2018, (the “Prospectus”). Capitalized terms used herein and not
defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. 
  

 

	3 	 Note: Addresses to be reconfirmed prior to when notice is sent; subject to modification if Securities
are in definitive form and to changes in DTC (or successor clearing system) policies and procedures. 

  
 D-1 

 Barclays PLC hereby notifies The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), the Holders and the
Beneficial Owners of the Securities that it has elected that a Conversion Shares Offer [not] be conducted. [The Conversion Shares Offer Period will extend from the date of this notice until
[Date]4. [Conversion Shares Depository] has been appointed as Conversion Shares Depository for the Conversion Shares Offer.]5

 In addition, Barclays PLC hereby notifies DTC, the Holders and the Beneficial Owners of the Securities that the Suspension Date shall be [Date].6 Accordingly, Barclays PLC hereby instructs DTC to implement a “chill” on the clearance and settlement of the Securities on the Suspension Date. As described in the Prospectus, Holders and
Beneficial Owners will not be able to settle the transfer of any Securities following the Suspension Date, and any sale or other transfer of the Securities that a Holder or Beneficial Owner may have initiated prior to the commencement to the
Suspension Date that is scheduled to settle after the Suspension Date will be rejected by DTC and will not be settled within DTC. 
 Barclays PLC further
requests DTC to post this notice on its Reorganization Inquiry for Participants System (or such other system as DTC uses for providing notices to holders of securities). 

Should DTC, any Holder or any Beneficial Owner of the Securities have any inquiries, please contact: 

[Barclays Contact Person] 
 [Telephone] 

[Fax] 
 [Email] 

 

	4 	 Note: Insert the date that the Conversion Shares Offer expires, which shall be no later than forty
(40) business days after the delivery of this Conversion Shares Offer Notice. 

	5 	 Note: If Barclays PLC has been unable to appoint a Conversion Shares Depository (or other nominee),
it shall also include in this notice such other arrangements for the issuance and/or delivery of the Conversion Shares or the Conversion Shares Offer Consideration, as applicable, to the holders of the Securities as it has put in place.

	6 	 Note: Insert the Suspension Date, which is the date on which DTC shall suspend all clearance and
settlement of the Securities, which date shall be no later than thirty-eight (38) business days after the delivery of the Conversion Shares Offer Notice to DTC and at least two (2) business days
prior to the end of the Conversion Shares Offer Period, if any). 

  
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 Exhibit E 

Form of Conversion Shares Settlement Request Notice7 

NOTICE TO DTC, THE TRUSTEE AND FOR PUBLICATION 

AS A NOTICE TO HOLDERS AND BENEFICIAL OWNERS 

[Barclays Letterhead] 
  

					
	To:    	  	 [The Depository Trust Company
 55
Water Street, 25th Floor
 New York, NY 10041 0099
 Attn:
Mandatory Reorganization Department
 Fax: +1 (212) 855 5488

Email: mandatoryreorgannouncements@dtcc.com]

			
	Cc:	  	 [The Bank of New York Mellon
 Merck House

Seldown
 Poole, Dorset BH15 1PX

United Kingdom
 Attn: International Corporate Trust Services

Email: corpsov2@bnymellon.com
 Fax: 01202 689600

Tel: 01202 689978
	  	 The Bank of New York Mellon
 101 Barclay
Street
 Floor 7-E
 New
York, New York 10286
 United States of America
 Attn:
International Corporate Trust
 Fax: +1 (212) 815-5366]

 Re: Barclays PLC $1,500,000,000 6.125% Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities
(CUSIP: 06738E BN4, ISIN: US06738EBN40) – Notice to DTC, Holders and Beneficial Owners Requesting that Holders and Beneficial Owners Complete a Conversion Shares Settlement Notice 

This notice is in relation to Barclays PLC’s (the “Company”) $1,500,000,000 6.125% Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated
Contingent Convertible Securities (CUSIP: 06738E BN4, ISIN: US06738EBN40) issued on August 12, 2020 (the “Securities”) pursuant to the Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, dated August 14, 2018, between Barclays
PLC and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Trustee (the “Trustee”) and Paying Agent, as supplemented and amended by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 12, 2020, between the Company and the Trustee
(together, the “Indenture”), and pursuant to the prospectus supplement dated August 5, 2020, supplementing the prospectus dated April 6, 2018. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the respective
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. 
 Barclays PLC hereby requests that Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities provide notice to
[Name of Conversion Shares Depository (or other nominee)], as [Conversion Shares Depository]8, and the Trustee in the form provided in Appendix A before [Date]9 (the “Notice Cut-off Date”). 
  

 

	7 	 Note: Addresses to be reconfirmed prior to when notice is sent; subject to modification if Securities
are in definitive form and to changes in DTC’s (or successor clearing system) policies and procedures. 

	8 	 Note: If Barclays PLC has been unable to appoint a Conversion Shares Depository, this should refer to
the entity undertaking its functions. 

	9	 Note: The Notice-Cut-off Date must be at least forty (40) business days following the Suspension
Date. 

  
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 If a Holder or Beneficial Owner of the Securities properly completes and delivers a Conversion Shares
Settlement Notice on or before the Notice Cut-off Date, the Conversion Shares Depository shall, in accordance with the terms of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, deliver to such Holder or Beneficial Owner the
relevant Conversion Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number of Conversion Shares) or Conversion Shares Offer Consideration, as applicable, two (2) Business Days after the date on which the Conversion Shares Settlement Notice is
received by the Conversion Shares Depository. 
 If a Holder or Beneficial Owner of the Securities fails to properly complete and deliver a Conversion
Shares Settlement Notice before the Notice Cut-off Date, the Conversion Shares Depository shall continue to hold the relevant Conversion Shares (or Conversion Shares Component, if applicable). However, the
relevant Securities shall be cancelled on the Final Cancellation Date, which shall be [Date],10 and any Holder or Beneficial Owner delivering a Conversion Shares Settlement Notice after the
Notice Cut-off Date will have to provide evidence of its entitlement to the relevant Conversion Shares (or the relevant Conversion Shares Component, if applicable) satisfactory to the [Conversion Shares
Depository] in its sole and absolute discretion in order to receive delivery of such Conversion Shares (or the relevant Conversion Shares Component, if applicable). 

Barclays PLC further requests DTC to post this notice on its Reorganization Inquiry for Participants System (or such other system as DTC uses for providing
notices to holders of securities). 
 Should DTC, any Holder or any Beneficial Owner of the Securities have any inquiries, please contact: 

[Barclays Contact Person] 
 [Telephone] 

[Fax] 
 [Email] 

 

	10 	 Note: The Final Cancellation Date may be up to twelve (12) business days following the Notice Cut-Off Date. 

  
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 Appendix A 

Form of Conversion Shares Settlement Notice11 

NOTICE TO THE [CONVERSION SHARES DEPOSITORY AND] DTC 
  

					
	To:    	  	 [The Depository Trust Company
 55 Water Street,
25th Floor
 New York, NY 10041 0099
 Attn: Mandatory
Reorganization Department
 Fax: +1 (212) 855 5488
 Email:
mandatoryreorgannouncements@dtcc.com]
	  	[Contact details of [Conversion Shares Depository] to be included.]
			
	Cc:	  	 [The Bank of New York Mellon
 Merck House

Seldown
 Poole, Dorset BH15 1PX

United Kingdom
 Attn: International Corporate Trust Services

Email: corpsov2@bnymellon.com
 Fax: 01202 689600

Tel: 01202 689978
	  	 The Bank of New York Mellon
 101 Barclay
Street
 Floor 7-E
 New
York, New York 10286
 United States of America
 Attn:
International Corporate Trust
 Fax: +1 (212) 815-5366]

 Re: Barclays PLC $1,500,000,000 6.125% Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities
(CUSIP: 06738E BN4, ISIN: US06738EBN40) – Conversion Shares Settlement Notice to the [Conversion Shares Depository and] DTC 
 This notice is in
relation to Barclays PLC’s (the “Company”) $1,500,000,000 6.125% Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities (CUSIP: 06738E BN4, ISIN: US06738EBN40) issued on August 12, 2020 (the
“Securities”) pursuant to the Contingent Convertible Securities Indenture, dated August 14, 2018, between Barclays PLC and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Trustee (“Trustee”) and Paying Agent, as
supplemented and amended by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 12, 2020, between the Company and the Trustee (together, the “Indenture”), and pursuant to the prospectus supplement dated August 5, 2020,
supplementing the prospectus dated April 6, 2018. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. 

 

	11	 Note: Addresses to be reconfirmed prior to when notice is sent; subject to modification if Securities
are in definitive form and to changes in DTC and CREST (or successor clearing system) policies and procedures. 

  
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	INFORMATION OF THE HOLDER OR BENEFICIAL OWNER FOR DELIVERY OF CONVERSION SHARES OR CONVERSION SHARES OFFER CONSIDERATION
		
	Surname/Company Name	  	First name
	
	Name to be entered in Barclays PLC’s share register
	
	Tradable Amount of the Securities held on the date hereof
		
	CREST participant ID	  	CREST member account (if applicable)
	
	Cash account details (if applicable)
	
	[Account details of clearing system account]12
	
	[Address to which any Conversion Shares should be delivered]13

 YOU MUST DELIVER THE CONVERSION SHARES SETTLEMENT NOTICE TO THE CONVERSION SHARES DEPOSITORY AND THE TRUSTEE VIA DTC BEFORE
[DATE].14 
 If you fail to properly complete and deliver the Conversion
Shares Settlement Notice on or before the Notice Cut-off Date, the Conversion Shares Depository shall continue to hold your Conversion Shares (or Conversion Shares Component, if applicable). However, your
Securities shall be cancelled on the Final Cancellation Date, which shall be [Date],15 and you will have to provide evidence of your entitlement to the relevant Conversion Shares (or the
relevant Conversion Shares Component, if applicable) satisfactory to the Conversion Shares Depository in its sole and absolute discretion in order to receive delivery of such Conversion Shares (or Conversion Shares Component, if any, of any
Conversion Shares Offer Consideration). 
  

	12 	 Note: To be included if the Conversion Shares will be delivered through a clearing system account
other than CREST. 

	13 	 Note: To be included if the Conversion Shares are not a participating security in CREST or any
another clearing system. 

	14 	 Note: The Notice Cut-off Date must be at least forty
(40) business days following the Suspension Date. 

	15 	 Note: The Final Cancellation Date may be up to twelve (12) business days following the Notice Cut-off Date. 

  
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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement”) is made and entered into on June 1, 2020 (the “Effective Date’) by and between CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. a Kansas corporation, ("Bankshares") and Michael J. Maddox, ("Employee"), with reference to the following facts:
RECITALS:
The parties have agreed to execute this Agreement in order to memorialize the terms and conditions on which Bankshares shall employ Employee from and after the Effective Date of this Agreement.
Certain rights described below may inure to the benefit of other companies affiliated with Bankshares by virtue of being controlled by Bankshares (“Affiliated Companies”).  As the context requires or as applicable, Bankshares or an Affiliated Company is herein referred to as the "Company".
AGREEMENTS:
Now, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:
1.POSITION AND DUTIES.
1.1POSITION, TITLE, AND DUTIES. The Company hereby hires Employee to serve as the President and CEO of the Company. Employee’s primary duty is to direct the strategic and operational growth of the Company and its subsidiary, CrossFirst Bank (the “Bank”). Employee will also serve as a director of the Company and the Bank but will not be paid fees for serving as a director.
(a)LIMITS ON AUTHORITY. Employee shall, to the best of his abilities, perform his duties in such capacity pursuant to this Agreement in compliance with applicable law, consistent with such direction as the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) provides to Employee from time to time, and in accordance with Company's policies and procedures as published from time to time.
(b)REPORTING AND AUTHORITY. Subject to the directions of the Board of Directors, Employee shall have full authority and responsibility for supervising and managing to the best of his ability, the daily affairs of the Company including but not limited to: (i) presenting to the Company all business opportunities that come to his attention that are reasonably in the scope of business of the Company; (ii) working with the Company to develop and approve business objectives, policies and plans that improve the Company’s long-term profitability and consequently improve the value of shareholder holdings; (iii) communicating business objectives and plans to subordinates, (iv) ensuring that plans and policies are promulgated to and implemented by subordinate managers, (v) ensuring that each business plan provides those functions required for achieving its business objectives and that each plan is properly organized, staffed and directed to fulfill its responsibilities, (vi) assisting the Company in directing periodic reviews of the Company's strategic position and combining this information with corollary analysis of the Company's production and financial resources, (vii) providing periodic financial information concerning the operations of the projects and growth plans to the Company, (viii) assisting the Company in developing and maintaining succession plans and management 
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personnel for the Company and its Affiliated Companies; and (ix)  ensuring that the operation of the projects comply with applicable laws.
1.2ACCEPTANCE. Employee hereby accepts employment by the Company in the capacity set forth in Section 1.1, above, and agrees to perform the duties of such position from and after the Effective Date of this Agreement in a diligent, efficient, trustworthy, and businesslike manner. Employee agrees that, to the best of the Employee's ability and experience, Employee at all times shall loyally and conscientiously discharge all of the duties and responsibilities imposed upon Employee pursuant to this Agreement.
1.3BUSINESS TIME. Employee shall devote his exclusive business time to the performance of his duties to the Company under Section 1.1 and elsewhere in this Agreement.  Employee shall not undertake any activities that conflict with or significantly detract from his primary duties to the Company.
1.4LOCATION. Employee shall perform his duties under this Agreement primarily in Leawood, Kansas and potentially other regions of the United States where the Company, or its Affiliated Companies, are active in conducting banking and other related service activities. Employee acknowledges and agrees that from time to time he shall be required to travel (at the cost and expense of the Company) to such other locations in order to discharge his duties under this Agreement.  
1.5TERM. The term of this Agreement commenced as of the Effective Date and shall be for a term of two (2) years, which term shall thereafter automatically renew for successive one (1) year terms unless: i) Company or Employee serve a Notice of Termination upon the other party of intent to not renew the term of this Agreement within thirty (30) days prior to the ensuing termination date, or ii) earlier terminated in accordance with Section 3, below.
1.STOCKHOLDING REQUIREMENT.  The Board of Directors of the Company believes that it will be essential for Employee to participate in the Company’s future growth as an equity stakeholder as well as an employee.  As a condition to Employees employment with the Company, Employee will be required to hold a minimum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) worth of Company stock (“Required Stock”). As a condition of Employee’s continued employment with the Company, Employee shall not sell or transfer any Required Stock without the prior consent of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee").  In the event Employee fails to hold sufficient Company stock with a value equal to or in excess of the required minimum value for more than ninety (90) consecutive days, and unless such requirement is waived by the Compensation Committee, Employee shall be deemed to be in material breach of this Agreement.  
2.COMPENSATION. The Company shall compensate Employee for his services pursuant to this Agreement as follows:
2.1BASE COMPENSATION.
(a.)BASE SALARY. The Company shall pay to Employee an annual salary in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) ("Base Salary"), payable in periodic installments in accordance with the Company's regular payroll practices as in effect from time to time. Such annual salary shall be subject to approval by the Compensation Committee.  In addition, such annual salary is subject to periodic increases, in such amounts (if any) as the Company may determine to be appropriate, at the time of Employee's annual review pursuant to Section 2.1(b), below, or at such other times (if any) as the Company may select. In no event may Employee’s Base Salary be reduced during the term of this Agreement, without Employee's consent. 
(b.)PERIODIC REVIEWS. The Company shall review Employee's performance of his duties pursuant to this Agreement at least annually and from time to time and advise Employee of the results of that review. In connection with each such review, the Company shall evaluate whether any increase in Employee's compensation under Section 2.1(a), above, is appropriate. Any annual 
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salary increase shall be effective as of such date as the Company, in its discretion, determines to be appropriate.
2.2BONUSES. 
(a)CRITERIA. Employee shall be eligible to receive periodic incentive bonuses under the Company’s Incentive Plan (the "Bonuses") in such amounts, if any, and at such times as may be determined by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion.  Employee’s bonus opportunity shall be 60% of Employee’s current Base Salary for the full 2020 calendar year. By no later than March 15 of each year, the Compensation Committee will define the terms and conditions of such Bonuses for Employee for the following year based upon reasonable, measurable and obtainable goals for Employee and the Company.     
(b)TIMING OF PAYMENT. The Bonus, if any, payable for each calendar year during the term of this Agreement shall be payable on or before March 15st of the calendar year immediately following the end of the calendar year in which such Bonus is earned.
2.3FRINGE BENEFITS/VACATION.
(a)VACATION. Employee is trusted to take reasonable vacation time when needed. Employee will not receive compensation upon termination or credit in future calendar years for any unused vacation time. 
(b)OTHER FRINGE BENEFITS. Employee shall be eligible to participate, on the same terms and conditions as all other employees of the Company, in all reasonable and customary fringe benefit plans made available to the employees of the Company and its Affiliated Companies, including but not limited to, Group Health Insurance (medical, vision and dental) and Long and Short Term Disability Insurance. The Company shall not materially reduce the life insurance, medical, health and accident, or disability plans currently available to Employee unless such reductions are implemented by the Company as part of a Company-wide cost reduction program and applicable to all of the Company’s senior management employees. To the extent that any other employee of the Company may receive or become entitled to any additional fringe benefit, Employee shall also be entitled to receive such benefit.
(c)MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS.  The Company at its expense shall provide Employee with iPhones and iPads and data plan for his use in connection with the Company’s business with a provider acceptable to the Company. Employee shall use and maintain such devises in a reasonable manner.  The Company shall pay for the purchase of such initial devices for Employee’s use and a replacement when such devices are eligible for full replacement under Employee’s data plan.
(d)AUTOMOBILE ALLOWANCE. Company shall provide Employee with an automobile allowance of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per month, prorated for partial months worked, which shall be in lieu of any expense reimbursement for automobile or automobile-related expenditures (other than expenditures for car service or other transportation costs associated with Employee's business travel, which shall be reimburse in accordance with the terms of Section 2.4, below) or use of a Company owned or leased vehicle.
(e)CLUB MEMBERSHIPS.  Employee shall be eligible for the continued use of three of his existing club memberships for his use in connection with the Company’s business, which is acceptable with the Company, provided no regulation is promulgated or regulatory action is taken affecting the legal ability of Company to do so.  Monthly club dues and all reasonable expenses incurred by Employee in connection with using such club for the Company’s business shall be 
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reimbursed to Employee by the Company.  Employee shall be responsible for maintaining use records in accordance with applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations.
2.4REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES. Company shall reimburse Employee for business expenses incurred by Employee in the performance of his duties, provided that such expenses are authorized under Company’s Expense Reimbursement policy, in reasonable amounts, incurred for ordinary and necessary Company-related business expenses and are supported by itemized accountings and expense receipts that are timely submitted to the Company prior to any reimbursement.
2.5STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. Upon the Effective Date of this Agreement, Employee shall be granted an additional twenty five thousand nine hundred and seven (25,907) stock settled appreciation rights (“SSARs”) subject to the Company’s 2018 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (“Omnibus Plan”) and the terms approved by the Compensation Committee at a Grant Price of nine dollars and thirty five cents ($9.35) per share vesting in one third increments (eight thousand six hundred and thirty-six (8,636) SSARs on March 1, 2021, eight thousand six hundred and thirty-six (8,636) SSARs on February 28, 2022, and eight thousand six hundred and thirty-five (8,635) SSARs on February 27, 2023). In addition to all other vesting rights under the Omnibus Plan, in the event of Employee’s resignation during the term, such grant of twenty five thousand nine hundred and seven (25,907) SSARs will fully vest should Employee’s resignation be a result of an event that gives Employee grounds for a “Constructive Termination” as that term is defined in the Severance Plan (as defined in Section 3.1(c) below). These SSARs are granted at no net cost to the employee. Employee’s rights in the shares may change in accordance with the provisions of the Omnibus Plan, as the same may be amended.
2EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN. As an active key employee in Company and its affiliates, Employee shall have the right to participate in the current Omnibus Plan for certain eligible key employees, a copy of which has been provided by Employer. As a part of Employee’s compensation under this Agreement, Employee shall have the right to participate in the Omnibus Plan as determined by the Compensation Committee, subject to vesting and other rights described in the Omnibus Plan. Employee’s initial equity incentive bonus opportunity effective in 2021 shall be no less than 50% of Employee’s Base Salary.  Incentive Rights are granted at no net cost to the employee.  Employee’s rights in any equity awards may change in accordance with the provisions of the Omnibus Plan. Upon the Effective Date of this Agreement, Employee shall be granted an additional five thousand three hundred and seventy-six (5,376) shares of time-based restricted stock units that will vest in approximate one third increments on March 1, 2021, February 28, 2022 and February 27, 2023.
3TERMINATION. 
3.1DEFINTIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the term:
(a)“DATE OF TERMINATION” or "TERMINATION DATE" shall mean the date specified in a Notice of Termination (as defined below).
(b)"NOTICE OF TERMINATION" shall mean a written notice, which includes the effective Date of Termination and (i) if delivered by the Company in connection with the Company's decision to terminate Employee's employment with the Company, sets forth in reasonable detail the reason for termination of Employee's employment, or (ii) if delivered by Employee in connection with a Constructive Termination (as such term is defined in the Severance Plan (as defined in Section 3.1(c) below)), specifies in reasonable detail the basis for such resignation.
(c)"SEVERANCE PLAN" shall mean the CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. Senior Executive Severance Plan.
3.2TERMINATION BY EMPLOYEE OR COMPANY DUE TO DEATH OR DISABILITY. If the Company terminates Employee during the term of this Agreement due to death or Disability or Employee 
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terminates this Agreement due to Disability then following such termination the Company shall pay to Employee or Employee’s legal representative:
(a)ACCRUED OBLIGATION. A lump sum cash payment equal to Employee’s accrued, earned but unpaid compensation and bonuses for the period ending on the Date of Termination, provided, that such payment shall not include any potential or unearned bonuses or any other potential or unearned or benefits ("Accrued Obligations") shall be made on the sixtieth (60th) day following the Employee’s Date of Termination; and
(b)COBRA PAYMENT.  A lump sum cash payment equal to twelve (12) times the Company-paid portion of the monthly COBRA continuation premium for Employee and his eligible dependents, if any, for COBRA continuation coverage under the Company's health, vision and dental plans in effect as of Employee's Date of Termination due to Disability or death. Such amount will include the Company paid portion of the cost of the premiums for coverage of Employee's dependents if, and only to the extent that, such dependents were enrolled in a health, vision or dental plan sponsored by the Company before the Date of Termination.
For purposes of this Agreement, "Disability" shall have the meaning ascribed in the Severance Plan
3.3OTHER TERMINATIONS. In the case of a termination for any reason other than Employee's death or Disability, Employee shall only be entitled to those severance benefits, if any, provided for under the Severance Plan ("Severance Payments")
3.4CONDITIONAL NATURE OF SEVERANCE PAYMENTS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3 or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary:
(a)NONSOLICITATION. Employee understands and agrees that because of his employment with the Company that he will acquire or have access to certain information of a confidential and secret nature derived from the operations of the Company’s and its Affiliated Companies’ business.  Employee further understands and agrees that all correspondence, customer and investor lists and information, loan pricing techniques, underwriting methods, systems and products of the Company are confidential and trade secrets (“Confidential Information”) and the disclosure or unauthorized use of such information would be detrimental to the Company.  Employee understands and agrees that the nature of the Company's business is such that if Employee were to directly solicit, interfere with, or attempt to interfere with any of the Company’s customer relationships or to directly or indirectly solicit, interfere with, or attempt to interfere with any of the Company’s other employees relationships that existed at Employee’s Termination Date and during the one (1) year period following the termination of Employee's employment with the Company, then it would be injurious to the Company. Therefore in consideration of the Employee and the Company complying with the terms of his employment, and subject to the condition precedent of the Company timely providing Employee the payments called for hereunder, Employee agrees:
(i)that, without the prior written consent of the Company, he will not directly or indirectly solicit interfere with or attempt to interfere with any of the Company’s customer relationships or other employee relationships that existed at Employee’s Termination Date and during the one (1) year period of time thereafter;
(ii)to assist in the avoidance of the unauthorized disclosure of the Company's Confidential Information, in addition to other remedies available to the Company and its Affiliated Companies, Employee will not, and understands and agrees that his right to receive the severance consideration described in Sections 3.2 and 3.3 above (to the extent Employee is otherwise entitled to such payments thereunder) shall be conditioned upon Employee not: i) directly or indirectly engaging in (whether as an employee, consultant, 
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agent, proprietor, principal, partner, stockholder, corporate officer, director or otherwise); or ii) acquiring any ownership interest in or participating in the financing, operation, management or control of, any person, firm, corporation or business that directly or indirectly solicits, interferes with or attempts to interfere with any of the Company’s customer relationships or other employee relationships that existed at Employee’s Termination Date in any Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined from time to time by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in which the Company  or its successor owns controlling voting interest in any banking or other financial institution as such banking or other financial institutions are controlled by the Company or its Affiliated Companies upon Employee’s Termination Date. The limitation upon Employee’s ownership of outstanding shares or other units of ownership shall be excluded from this Section 3.4, provided such ownership is less than five (5) percent in any publicly-traded bank or financial institution;
(iii)without the prior written consent of the Company, Employee will not solicit, directly or indirectly, actively or inactively, the employees or independent contractors of the Company to become employees or independent contractors of any person, firm, corporation, business, or banking or other financial institution that directly or indirectly competes with the Company or solicits, interferes with, or attempts to interfere with the Company’s customers; and,
(iv)on or before the Date of Termination, Employee shall return to Company, all records, lists, compositions, documents and other items which contain, disclose and/or embody any Confidential Information (including, without limitation, all copies, reproductions, summaries and notes of the contents thereof, expressly including all electronically stored data, wherever stored), regardless of the person causing the same to be in such form, and Employee will certify that the provisions of this paragraph have been complied with.
If Employee violates any restriction described in Section 3.4(a), then all Severance Payments and consideration to which Employee otherwise may be entitled under Section 3.2 and 3.3 above, as applicable, thereupon shall cease and Employee shall promptly return to the Company all severance payments received and other severance benefits theretofore incurred by Company for Employee’s benefit. The Company agrees that nothing herein shall preclude Employee from retaining copies of his calendar, contact list or documents related to his investment in Company or responsibilities as a director to Company, and that Employee shall be entitled to freely offer employment references to the Company’s other current or former employees.
(b)OTHER EMPLOYMENT.  In the event Employee becomes employed as an employee or consultant for a company that provides banking services similar to services provided by the Company or its Affiliated Companies in a Metropolitan Statistical Area, described in Section 3.4(a)(ii), above, Employee shall not be entitled to receive any further amount of the severance consideration described in Sections 3.2 and 3.3 above, subsequent to the date of such employment. Employee acknowledges that this limitation is fair to both Employee and the Company and does not in any way restrain employee from exercising Employees lawful profession, trade or business.
(c)GENERAL RELEASE.  Employee shall not be entitled to receive any benefits upon termination of employment described in this Section 3 (including any Severance Payments under the Severance Plan or described in Section 3.2 above) unless prior to receiving the same Employee executes a release pursuant to Section 9 of the Severance Plan, as applicable, or a general release of all known claims against the Company and its directors, officers, employees, stockholders, and other agents and their respective insurers, successors, and assigns, of all claims 
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arising from or in any way relating to Employee's employment by the Company or the termination of that employment, provided that such release shall not extend to (i) any claims for benefits under any qualified retirement plan maintained by the Company, (ii) any claims for governmental unemployment benefits, or (iii) any claims for workers compensation benefits; (iv) Employee’s rights, if any, under the Plan, (v) Employee’s rights, if any, as an owner of any Shares of the Company, (vi) Employee’s rights under this Agreement, or (vii) Employee's right to receive indemnification from the Company under applicable provisions of the law of the State where Employee is employed or the articles of organization, articles of incorporation, By Laws or Operating Agreement of the Company or its Affiliated Companies, as the case may be.
3EQUITABLE REMEDIES. Employee acknowledges that irreparable harm will result to the Company in the event of a material breach by Employee of any of the covenants contained in Section 3.4.  Employee agrees that, in the event of such a breach and in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies available to the Company, the Company will be entitled to specific performance of the covenants in Section 3.4; to an injunction to restrain the violation of such covenants by Employee and all other persons acting for or with Employee; or to both specific performance and an injunction.  Employee further agrees that, in the event the Company brings an action for the enforcement of any of those covenants, and if the court finds any part of the covenant unreasonable as to time, area or activity covered, then the court shall make a finding as to what is reasonable and shall enforce this Agreement by judgment or decree to the extent of such findings.
4MISCELLANEOUS
4.1NOTICES. All notices permitted or required by this Agreement shall be in writing, and shall be deemed to have been delivered and received (i) when personally delivered, or (ii) on the third (3rd) business day after the date on which deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or (iii) on the date on which transmitted by an electronic means generating a receipt confirming a successful transmission provided that on that same date a copy of such notice is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested), or (iv) on the next business day after the date on which deposited with a regulated public carrier (e.g., Federal Express) designating overnight delivery service with a return receipt requested or equivalent thereof administered by such regulated public carrier, freight prepaid, and addressed in a sealed envelope to the party for whom intended at the address appearing on the signature page of this Agreement (if to the Company to the attention of the Secretary of the Company and if to the Employee to the attention of the Employee), or such other address or facsimile number, notice of which is given in a manner permitted by this Section 4.1.
4.2EFFECT ON OTHER REMEDIES. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to preclude, and no provision of this Agreement shall be construed to preclude, the exercise of any other right or remedy which the Company or Employee may have by reason of the other's breach of obligations under this Agreement.
4.3BINDING ON SUCCESSORS; ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, each of the parties hereto, as well as their respective heirs, successors, assigns, and personal representatives.
4.4GOVERNING LAW, JURISDICTION AND VENUE. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Kansas, without regard to conflict of law principles. Each party consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Kansas as the exclusive jurisdiction for the purposes of construing or enforcing this Agreement and the venue of the District Court of the State of Kansas in Johnson, County, Kansas and that any dispute relating to this Agreement shall be brought in the District Court of the State of Kansas in Johnson, County, Kansas.
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4.5SEVERABILITY. If any of the provisions of this Agreement shall otherwise contravene or be invalid under the laws of any state, country or other jurisdiction where this Agreement is applicable but for such contravention or invalidity, such contravention or  invalidity shall not invalidate all of the provisions of this Agreement but rather it shall be construed, insofar as the laws of that state or other jurisdiction are concerned, as not containing the provision or provisions contravening or invalid under the laws of that state or jurisdiction, and the rights and obligations created hereby shall be construed and enforced accordingly.
4.6COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall be one and the same instrument, binding on all the signatories.
4.7FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each party agrees, upon the request of another party, to make, execute, and deliver, and to take such additional steps as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.
4.8REASONABLE VERIFICATION. Company agrees that Employee shall have reasonable access to the Company's books and records in order to verify the accuracy of Bonus calculations that may be necessary following termination.
4.9ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT.  This Agreement (a) represents the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, whether written or oral, regarding the subject matter hereof, and (b) may not be modified or amended, except by a written instrument, executed by the party against whom enforcement of such amendment may be sought.
4.10TAXES. 
(a)Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, all payments made by the Company to Employee or Employee’s estate or beneficiaries will be subject to tax withholding pursuant to any applicable laws or regulations.  Except as provided in this Agreement, Employee will be solely liable and responsible for the payment of taxes arising as a result of any payment hereunder including without limitation any unexpected or adverse tax consequence. 
(b)This Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A (“Section 409A”). Accordingly, all provisions herein, or incorporated by reference, shall be construed and interpreted to comply with Section 409A and if necessary, any provision shall be held null and void to the extent such provision (or part thereof) fails to comply with Section 409A or regulations thereunder. 
(c)If Employee is a specified employee (within the meaning of Code Section 409A) at the time Employee incurs a separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A), then to the extent necessary to comply with Code Section 409A and avoid the imposition of taxes under Code Section 409A, the payment of certain benefits owed to Employee under this Agreement will be delayed and instead paid (without interest) to Employee upon the earlier of the first business day of the seventh month following Employee’s separation from service or death.
(d)The Company and Employee agree that, for purposes of the limitations on nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A, each payment of compensation under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment of compensation for purposes of applying Section 409A deferral election rules and the exclusion from Section 409A for certain short-term deferral amounts. The Company and Employee also agree that any amounts payable solely on account of an involuntary separation from service of the Executive within the meaning of Section 409A shall be excludible from the requirements of Section 409A, either as involuntary separation pay or as 
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short-term deferral amounts (e.g., amounts payable under the schedule prior to March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year of involuntary separation) to the maximum possible extent. 
(e)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all reimbursements and in kind benefits provided under this Agreement shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A, including, where applicable, the requirement that (i) any reimbursement is for expenses incurred during the period of time specified in this Agreement, (ii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in kind benefits provided, during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in kind benefits to be provided, in any other calendar year, (iii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense will be made no later than the last day of the calendar year following the year in which the expense is incurred, and (iv) the right to reimbursement or in kind benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.
4.11409A. To the extent that any payment or other consideration due from the Company to Employee hereunder would trigger any tax or penalty under Section 409A, the Company agrees that it will accelerate such payment or other consideration to the extent allowed by law in order to eliminate such tax or penalty. To the extent that any payment or other consideration called to be made under this Agreement fails to meet the requirements of Section 409A and the regulations relating to that statute, the Company shall immediately pay to Employee an additional sum equal to any amount required to be included as income as a result of such noncompliance.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement, effective as of the date set forth above.
						
		CROSSFIRST BANKSHARES, INC. 

		
		/s/Rod K. Brenneman 

		Rod K. Brenneman,
		Chairman of the Board
		
		MICHAEL J. MADDOX
		
		/s/Michael J. Maddox

		Michael J. Maddox
		

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