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Exhibit 2.2
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
 
REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 12 OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
As of December 31,
 
2019,
 
Barclays PLC (“Barclays,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,”
 
and “our”)
 
had four classes of securities registered pursuant to
Section 12(b)
 
of the Securities
 
Exchange Act of 1934
 
(the “Act”): our Ordinary
 
Shares; our American Depositary Receipts (ADRs); our Senior Debt
Securities; and our
 
Subordinated
 
Debt Securities.
 
A. Description
 
of Ordinary Shares
This summary of the general terms and provisions of
 
our ordinary
 
shares does not purport to be complete and is subject
 
to and qualified in its
entirety by reference
 
to our Articles of Association (the “Articles”),
 
which is incorporated
 
herein by reference to the Form 6
 
-K
 
filed on May 2, 2013
(Film No. 13806088).
Barclays has ordinary
 
shares in issue which are in registered form and are governed
 
by the laws of England and Wales.
 
The shareholders of Barclays
passed an ordinary
 
resolution on May 2, 2019
 
to increase its
 
share capital by the creation of new shares of up to £825,000,000
 
in relation to any
issue of securities that automatically convert
 
into or are exchanged
 
for ordinary shares of Barclays, which authorization expires on
 
the earlier of the
end of Barclays’ Annual
 
General Meeting to be held in 2020
 
and the close of business on June 30, 2020,
 
unless otherwise renewed or passed
pursuant to a separate resolution. As at December
 
31, 2019
 
there were 17,322,057,836
 
ordinary shares in issue,
 
each having a nominal value of 25
pence per share. Our ordinary
 
shares are admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange
 
under the symbol “BARC”.
Our Articles contain provisions to the following effect:
Dividends
Subject to the provisions of the Articles and applicable legislation, Barclays
 
at any general meeting may declare
 
dividends on the ordinary
 
shares by
ordinary
 
resolution, but such dividends may not exceed the amount recommended
 
by the board of directors of Barclays (the “Board”).
 
The Board
may
 
also declare and pay
 
interim or final dividends if it appears they are justified by our
 
financial position.
All unclaimed dividends payable
 
in respect of any share may be invested or otherwise made
 
use of by the Board
 
for the benefit of Barclays until
claimed. If a dividend is not claimed after 12 years of it becoming
 
payable, it is forfeited and reverts to us.
Barclays operates a Scrip Dividend Programme
 
that enables
 
eligible shareholders to elect to receive new ordinary
 
shares issued by Barclays PLC
instead of a cash dividend.
Under the terms of the 6.278% non
 
-cumulative callable preference shares, Series 1 and the 4.75% non
 
-cumulative callable preference shares
issued by our
 
subsidiary, Barclays Bank PLC, if Barclays
 
Bank PLC does not declare and pay in full any dividend
 
on such preference
 
shares on a
dividend payment
 
date (or if Barclays Bank PLC declares the dividend but fails to pay
 
it or set aside the amount of the payment in full), we may
 
not
declare or pay
 
a dividend on our ordinary
 
shares or redeem, purchase, reduce
 
or otherwise acquire any of our share capital (or set aside any sum
 
or
establish any sinking fund for
 
the redemption, purchase
 
or otherwise acquisition thereof) until the
 
earlier of the (a) the dividend payment date on
which Barclays Bank PLC next
 
declares and pays in full a dividend on
 
such preference
 
shares and (b) the date on or by which all of such preference
shares are either redeemed
 
in full or purchased by or
 
for Barclays Bank PLC’s account.
Under the terms of the 6.86% Callable Perpetual Core Tier One Notes, the 6% Callable Perpetual
 
Core Tier One Notes and the 5.3304%
 
Step-up
Callable Perpetual Reserve Capital Instruments issued by
 
our subsidiary, Barclays
 
Bank PLC, if Barclays Bank
 
PLC defers a coupon
 
payment, we may
not declare or pay
 
a dividend on our ordinary
 
shares or redeem, purchase, reduce or otherwise acquire any of our
 
share capital until
 
Barclays Bank
PLC next makes a coupon
 
payment in accordance
 
with the terms
 
and conditions of such instruments.
Voting
 
Every member
 
who is present in person or by proxy
 
or represented at any general meeting of Barclays, and who
 
is entitled
 
to vote, has one vote on
a show of hands. Every proxy
 
present has one vote, except that the proxy will have one vote for and one
 
vote against a resolution if he/she has
been instructed to vote for
 
and against the resolution by different members or
 
in one direction by a member
 
while another member
 
has permitted
the proxy discretion
 
as to how to vote. On a poll, every member
 
who is present or represented
 
and who is entitled
 
to vote has one vote for every
share held. In the case of joint holders, only the vote of the senior
 
holder (as determined by
 
order
 
in the share register) or his proxy may be counted.
If any sum payable
 
remains unpaid in relation to a member’s shareholding,
 
that member is not entitled to
 
vote that share or
 
exercise any other right
in relation to a meeting of Barclays unless the
 
Board
 
otherwise determines.
If any member,
 
or any other person
 
appearing to be interested in any of our ordinary
 
shares, is
 
served with a notice under
 
Section 793 of the
Companies Act 2006
 
(the “Companies Act”) and does not supply us with the information required
 
in the notice,
 
then (unless the Board otherwise
decides, and subject to applicable law) (i) that member
 
shall not
 
be entitled to attend or vote at any
 
meeting of Barclays, and (ii) if the shares of the
defaulting member represent
 
0.25% or more
 
of the issued
 
shares of the relevant class, dividends or other monies payable on
 
those shares shall be
retained by us
 
and no transfer of those shares shall
 
be registered (other
 
than certain specified “excepted transfers”). These sanctions cease to have
effect seven days
 
after we have received
 
the information requested, or when
 
we are notified that an
 
“excepted transfer”
 
of all of the relevant shares
to a third party has occurred,
 
or as the Board otherwise determines.
The Articles provide
 
that one-third of the directors shall retire from office and not offer themselves for
 
re-election at each annual general meeting.
In accordance
 
with the UK Corporate Governance
 
Code, all
 
directors, who are otherwise not retiring
 
from office, are subject to annual re-election by
shareholders.
 
Transfers
 
Ordinary shares may be held in
 
either certificated or uncertificated form. Certificated ordinary shares shall be transferred
 
in writing in any usual or
other form approved
 
by the Board and executed by
 
or on behalf of the transferor. Transfers
 
of uncertificated ordinary
 
shares shall
 
be made in
accordance
 
with the Companies Act and Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001,
 
as amended.
The Board
 
is not bound to register a transfer of partly paid ordinary shares, or fully paid shares in exceptional
 
circumstances approved
 
by the
Financial Conduct Authority
 
(the “FCA”). The Board
 
may also decline to register an instrument of transfer of certificated ordinary
 
shares unless (i) it
 
 
 
 
 
is duly stamped and deposited at the prescribed
 
place and accompanied
 
by the share certificate(s) and such other evidence as reasonably required
by the Board
 
to
 
evidence right to transfer, (ii)
 
it is in respect of one class of shares only, and (iii)
 
it is in favor of a single transferee
 
or not more
 
than
four transferees (except in the
 
case of executors or trustees of a member).
Redemption
 
Subject to applicable legislation and the rights of the other shareholders,
 
any share may be issued on terms that it is, at our option
 
or the option of
the holder of such share, redeemable. The directors are
 
authorized to determine the terms, conditions and manner of redemption
 
of any such
shares under
 
the Articles.
Calls on capital
 
The directors may make calls
 
upon the members in respect of any monies unpaid
 
on their shares. A person upon whom
 
a call
 
is made remains
liable even if the shares in respect of which
 
the call is made have been transferred.
 
Interest will be chargeable on any
 
unpaid amount
 
called at
 
a rate
determined by
 
the Board (of not more
 
than 20% per annum).
If a member
 
fails to pay any call in full (following notice from the Board
 
that such failure will result in forfeiture of the relevant shares), such shares
(including any dividends
 
declared but not paid) may
 
be forfeited by a resolution of the Board, and
 
will become the property of Barclays. Forfeiture
shall not absolve a previous member
 
for amounts payable
 
by him/her (which may continue
 
to accrue interest).
Barclays also has a lien over
 
all of our partly paid shares for all monies payable
 
or called on that share and over
 
the debts and liabilities
 
of a member
to Barclays. If any monies which are the
 
subject of the lien remain unpaid
 
after a notice
 
from the Board
 
demanding
 
payment, we may sell such
shares.
Variation
 
of Rights
 
The rights attached to any class of shares
 
may be varied either with the consent in writing of the holders of at least 75% in nominal value of
 
the
issued shares of that class (excluding
 
any share of that class held as treasury shares) or with the sanction of a special resolution passed
 
at a
separate meeting of the holders of the shares of that class.
The rights of shares shall not (unless expre
 
ssly provided
 
by the rights attached to such shares) be deemed varied by the creation of further
 
shares
ranking equally with them.
Winding Up
 
In the winding up of Barclays (whether
 
the liquidation is voluntary or by the court)
 
the liquidator may, on obtaining
 
any sanction required
 
by law,
divide among the members in kind the whole or any part
 
of the assets of Barclays, whether or not the assets consist of property
 
of one kind or of
different kinds, and vest the whole or
 
any part of the assets in trustees upon such trusts for
 
the benefit of the members as he, with the like sanction,
shall determine. For this purpose
 
the liquidator may set the value he deems fair on a class or classes of property,
 
and may determine on the basis of
that valuation and in accordance
 
with the then-existing rights of members how the division is to be carried out between members
 
or classes
 
of
members. The liquidator may not, however,
 
distribute to a member without his consent an asset to which there is attached a liability or p
 
otential
liability for the owner.
 
Limitations
 
on Share Ownership
 
There are no limitations on the rights of shareholders
 
to own securities. In addition, there are no restrictions imposed by the Articles or (subject to
the effect of any economic
 
sanctions that may be in force from time to time) by current
 
UK laws which relate to non-
 
residents or foreign
shareholders and which
 
limit
 
the rights of such non-
 
residents or foreign shareholders
 
to hold or (when entitled to do so) exercise voting rights on
the ordinary shares.
 
 
B. Description
 
of American Depositary Shares
This summary of the general terms and provisions of
 
our American Depositary
 
Shares (“ADSs”) does not purport
 
to be complete and is subject to
and qualified in its entirety by our Form
 
F-6
 
filed on March 13, 2018
 
(Commission file
 
No. 333
 
-190612),
 
which is
 
incorporated
 
by reference,
including the exhibits thereto. In the following description,
 
a “Holder” is the person registered with the Depositary
 
(as defined below).
 
General
American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”)
 
evidencing ADSs are issuable pursuant to a second amended
 
and restated deposit agreement dated
August 11,
 
2008,
 
as amended on August 14,
 
2013,
 
April 4, 2014
 
and March 13, 2018,
 
among Barclays, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depositary
(the “Depositary”), and the Holders from time to time of ADRs (the “Deposit Agreement”).
 
The principal executive office of the Depositary is 1
Chase Manhattan Plaza, Floor 58, New York,
 
New York
 
10005.
 
Each ADS represents the right to receive four ordinary shares of Barclays. An ADR
may evidence any number
 
of ADSs.
Voting
 
Upon receipt
 
of notice of any meeting or solicitation of consents or proxies of holders
 
of ordinary
 
shares and at Barclays’ written request, the
Depositary shall, to the extent permitted by applicable laws,
 
mail the information in such notice to the Holders along with instructions for the voting
of their respective ADSs.
Upon the written request of a Holder,
 
the Depositary shall endeavor,
 
insofar as practical, to vote or cause to be voted the amount of ordinary
 
shares
represented
 
by the ADSs in accordance
 
with the Holder’s instructions. The Depositary shall
 
not vote the ordinary
 
shares except in accordance with
such instructions.
Holders will not be entitled to vote ordinary
 
shares directly.
Collecting
 
and Distributing Dividends
 
 
 
 
 
The Depositary will distribute all cash dividends or
 
other cash distributions that
 
it receives in respect
 
of deposited ordinary
 
shares to Holders, after
payment of any charges
 
and fees provided
 
for in the Deposit Agreement, in proportion to their holdings of ADSs. The cash amount distributed will
be reduced
 
by any amounts that Barclays or the Depositary must withhold on account
 
of taxes.
If Barclays makes a non
 
-cash distribution in respect of any deposited ordinary shares, the Depositary will distribute the property
 
it receives to
Holders, after deduction
 
or upon
 
payment of any taxes,
 
charges and fees provided
 
for in the Deposit Agreement, in proportion to their holdings of
ADSs. If a distribution that Barclays makes in respect
 
of deposited ordinary
 
shares consists of a
 
dividend in, or free distribution of,
 
ordinary
 
shares,
the Depositary may, and
 
will, if Barclays requests, distribute to Holders, in proportion
 
to their holdings of ADSs,
 
additional ADRs evidencing an
aggregate number
 
of ADSs representing the amount of ordinary shares received
 
as such dividend or free distribution. If the Depositary does not
distribute additional ADRs, each ADS will from then forward
 
also represent the additional ordinary shares distributed in respect of the deposited
ordinary
 
shares before the dividend or
 
free distribution. The Depositary may withhold any such distribution of ADRs if it has not received
satisfactory assurances from Barclays
 
that such distribution does not require
 
registration under
 
the Securities
 
Act of 1933
 
(“Securities Act”)
 
or is
exempt from registration under
 
the provisions of the Securities Act.
Procedures
 
for Transmitting
 
Notices, Reports and
 
Proxy Soliciting Material
In addition to the procedure
 
s
 
for transmitting notices discussed above under “
Voting
,” the Depositary shall make available for inspection by
Holders, at its principal executive office and at any
 
other designated transfer offices, any reports
 
and communications, including any
 
proxy
 
material,
received from
 
Barclays which are both (i) received
 
by the Depositary or the custodian or the nominee of either of them as the holder of the ordinary
shares and (ii) made generally available
 
by Barclays to the holders
 
of such ordinary
 
shares. If requested in writing by Barclays, the Depositary shall
arrange
 
for the transmittal or mailing of such notices, and any other reports
 
or communications made
 
generally available to holders of the ordinary
shares, to all Holders.
Sale or Exercising of Rights
If Barclays makes a distribution of rights to subscribe
 
for additional ordinary
 
shares or any other rights of any nature and
 
offers such rights to
holders of deposited securities, the Depositary will exercise its discretion as to
 
the procedure
 
for making such rights available to Holders or of
disposing of such rights and making the net proceeds available to
 
any Holders, in each case in proportion
 
to their holdings of ADSs.
 
If, by the terms
of the rights issue or for any other
 
reason, the Depositary may not make such rights available to Holders or dispose of such rights and
 
make the net
proceeds available to Holders, the Depositary may generally
 
allow the rights to lapse. If the Depositary has distributed rights to all or
 
certain
Holders, then upon the instruction of such Holders and payment of any applicable purchase
 
price, fees, expenses and charges, the Depositary shall
exercise such rights to purchase ordinary
 
shares on behalf of such Holders. Ordinary shares purchased by
 
the Depositary will
 
be deposited and
ADRs will be delivered to such Holders. The Depositary will not be responsible for
 
any failure to determine that it may
 
be lawful or practicable to
make such rights available to Holders in general or
 
any Holder in particular.
Deposit or Sale of Securities
 
Resulting
 
from Dividends, Splits or Plans of Reorganization
If Barclays makes a distribution payable
 
at the election of the holders of ordinary
 
shares in either cash or additional ordinary shares that it wishes to
be made available to Holders, the Depositary shall consult with Barclays
 
to determine whether it is lawful and reasonably practicable to make such
elective distribution available to Holders. The Depositary shall make
 
such elective distribution available to Holders only if, among
 
other things,
Barclays has timely requested
 
that the elective distribution is available to Holders and the Depositary shall have determined
 
that such distribution is
reasonably practicable. If the conditions for
 
making the elective distribution available to Holders are satisfied, the Depositary will establish
procedures
 
to enable Holders to elect
 
the receipt of either cash or additional ADSs. If the conditions for making the elective distribution available to
Holders are not satisfied, the Depositary will, to the extent perm
 
itted by law, distribute either cash or additional ADSs to the Holders
 
on the basis of
the same determination as is made in the local market in respect of the ordinary
 
shares for which no election is made. There can be no assurance
that Holders generally,
 
or any Holder
 
in particular, will be given the opportunity
 
to receive elective distributions on the same terms and conditions
as the holders of ordinary
 
shares.
If the Depositary determines that any distribution of property,
 
other than cash, ordinary share
 
s
 
or rights to ordinary
 
shares, cannot be made
proportionately
 
among Holders or
 
if for any other reason, including any requirement that Barclays or the Depositary withhold an amount on
account of taxes or other governmental
 
charges, the Depositary deems that
 
such a distribution is not feasible, the Depositary may dispose of all or
part of the property
 
in any manner,
 
including by public or private sale, that
 
it deems equitable and practicable. The Depositary will
 
then distribute
the net proceeds
 
of any such sale (net of any fees and expenses of the Depositary provided
 
for in the Deposit Agreement) to Holders as in the case
of a distribution received in cash.
In circumstances where the provisions
 
of the Deposit Agreement governing
 
distributions of ordinary shares do not apply, upon
 
any change in
nominal value, change in par value, split-up, consolidation or
 
any other reclassification of ordinary
 
shares, or upon any recapitalization,
reorganization,
 
merger
 
or consolidation or sale of
 
assets affecting Barclays or to which it is a party,
 
any securities which
 
shall be received by the
Depositary or a custodian in exchange
 
for or in conversion
 
of or in respect of ordinary shares, shall
 
be treated as new ordinary
 
shares under the
Deposit Agreement,
 
and ADSs shall thenceforth represent the new ordinary
 
shares so received in exchange or conversion,
 
unless additional ADRs
are delivered. In any such case
 
the Depositary may execute and deliver additional ADRs as in the case of a dividend
 
in ordinary shares, or call for the
surrender
 
of outstanding ADRs to be exchanged for new
 
ADRs specifically
 
describing such new ordinary
 
shares.
Amendment and
 
Termination
 
of the Deposit Agreement
The form of ADRs evidencing ADSs and any provisions of the
 
Deposit Agreement relating to those ADRs may at any time and
 
from time to time be
amended by
 
agreement between
 
Barclays and the Depositary, without the consent of the Holders, in any respect which
 
Barclays may deem
necessary or advisable. Any amendment
 
that imposes
 
or increases any fees
 
or charges, other than taxes and other governmental
 
charges,
registration fees, transmission costs, delivery
 
costs or other such expenses, or that otherwise prejudices any substantial existing right of the
Holders, will not take effect as to
 
any ADRs until 30 days after notice of the amendment has been given to the Holders. Every Holder
 
of any ADR, at
the time an amendment
 
becomes effective, will be deemed to continue to hold the ADR and to consent and agree to the amendment
 
and to be
 
 
 
 
 
bound
 
by the Deposit Agreement or the ADR as amended. No amendment may
 
impair the right of any Holder to surrender
 
ADRs and receive in
return the ordinary
 
shares represented by
 
the ADSs.
Whenever Barclays directs, the Depositary has
 
agreed to terminate the Deposit Agreement
 
as to
 
ADRs evidencing
 
ADSs by mailing a termination
notice to the Holders then outstanding at least 30 days before
 
the date fixed in the notice of termination. The Depositary may likewise terminate
the Deposit Agreement as to ADRs evidencing ADSs by mailing a termination notice to
 
Barclays and the Holders then outstanding if at any time 90
days shall have expired
 
since the Depositary delivered a written notice to Barclays of its election to
 
resign and a successor depositary shall not have
been appointed and
 
accepted its
 
appointment.
If any ADRs evidencing
 
ADSs remain outstanding after the date of any termination, the Depositary will then: (i) discontinue the registration of
transfers of those ADRs; (ii) suspend the distribution of dividends to Holders; and
 
(iii) not give any further
 
notices or perform
 
any further acts under
the Deposit Agreement, except those listed below,
 
with respect to those ADRs. The Depositary will, however,
 
continue to collect dividends and
other distributions pertaining to the ordinary
 
shares. It will also
 
continue to sell rights and other property
 
as provided in the Deposit Agreement and
deliver ordinary
 
shares, together with any dividends or other distributions received with respect to them and the net proceeds
 
of the sale of any
rights or other property,
 
in exchange for ADRs surrendered
 
to it.
 
At any time after the expiration of six
 
months from the date of termination of the Deposit Agreement as to ADRs evidencing ADSs, the Depositary
may sell the ordinary
 
shares then held. The Depositary will then hold uninvested the net proceeds of any such sales, together with any other cash
then held by it under
 
the Deposit Agreement in respect of those ADRs, unsegregated and without liability for interest, for the pro
 
rata benefit of the
Holders of ADRs
 
that have not previously been
 
surrendered.
Rights of Holders
 
to Inspect the Transfer
 
Books of the Depositary and the List of Holders
The Depositary will keep books for the registration and transfer of
 
ADRs. These books will be open for
 
inspection by Holders at all reasonable times.
However,
 
this inspection may not be for the purpose of communicating
 
with Holders in the interest of a
 
business or object other than Barclays
business or a matter related to the Deposit Agreement
 
or the ADRs.
Restrictions
 
on the
 
Right to Transfer or Withdraw
 
the Underlying Securities
As a condition precedent
 
to the execution and delivery, registration of transfer,
 
split-up, combination or
 
surrender
 
of any ADR or withdrawal of any
deposited securities, the Depositary,
 
custodian or
 
registrar may require
 
payment from
 
the depositor of ADSs or the presenter of the ADRs of
 
a sum
sufficient to reimburse
 
it for any tax or other governmental
 
charge and
 
any stock transfer or registration fee with respect thereto (including any
such tax or charge
 
and fee with respect to ordinary shares being deposited or withdrawn)
 
and payment of any applicable fees as therein provided,
may require
 
the production
 
of proof satisfactory
 
to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature and may also req
 
uire compliance with any
regulations the Depositary may establish consistent with the provisions of the
 
Deposit Agreement.
The delivery of ADRs against deposits of ADSs generally or against deposits of particular
 
ADSs may be suspended, or the transfer of ADRs in
particular instances may be refused, or the registration
 
of transfer of outstanding ADRs generally may be suspended, during
 
any period when
 
the
transfer books of the Depositary or
 
Barclays or those maintained by the foreign
 
registrar are closed, or if any such action is deemed necessary or
advisable by the Depositary or Barclays at any
 
time or from
 
time to time because of any requirement of law or of any government
 
or governmental
body or
 
commission, or under any
 
provision of the Deposit Agreement, or, as long as it would be permitted under
 
the transfer agency rules
applicable to the Depositary,
 
for any other reason.
 
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Deposit Agreement
 
and the ADRs, the
 
surrender
 
of outstanding ADRs and withdrawal of ADSs may not be
suspended subject only to (i) temporary
 
delays caused by closing the transfer books of the Depositary or Barclays or the deposit of ADSs in
connection with voting at a shareholders’ meeting, or
 
the payment of dividends, (ii) the payment of fees, taxes and similar charges, and
 
(iii)
compliance with any U.S. or foreign
 
laws or governmental
 
regulations relating to the ADRs or to the
 
withdrawal of the deposited
 
securities. Without
limitation of the foregoing,
 
the Depositary will not knowingly accept for depo
 
sit
 
any shares required
 
to be registered under
 
the provisions of the
Securities Act, unless a registration statement is in effect
 
as to such shares.
Limitations
 
on the Depositary’s Liability
The Depositary shall not incur any liability to any Holder or
 
beneficial owners of ADRs, if by reason of any provision
 
of any present or future law or
regulation of the United Kingdom,
 
United States or any other country,
 
or of any governmental or
 
regulatory authority or stock exchange
 
or
regulated market or automated
 
quotation system, or by reason of any provision,
 
present or future, of the Articles of the Company,
 
or by reason
 
of
any provision
 
of any securities issued or distributed by Barclays, or any
 
offering or
 
distribution thereof, or by
 
reason of any act of God or war or
terrorism or
 
other circumstances beyond
 
its
 
control, the Depositary shall be prevented or
 
forbidden from
 
or be subject to
 
any civil or criminal
penalty on account of doing or
 
performing any
 
act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit
 
Agreement
 
it is
 
provided
 
shall be done or performed;
nor shall the Depositary incur any liability to any Holder
 
or beneficial owner of any ADR by
 
reason of any non
 
-performance or delay, caused as
aforesaid, in the performance
 
of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided
 
shall or may be done or performed,
 
or
by reason of any exercise of,
 
or failure to exercise, any discretion provided
 
for in the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution of a
dividend, or an offering
 
or distribution of rights, such distribution or offering may
 
not be made available to Holders, and the Depositary may not
dispose of such distribution or offering
 
on behalf of such Holders and make the net proceeds available to such Holders, then the Depositary shall
not make such distribution or
 
offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse.
The Depositary assumes no obligation nor shall it be subject to any liability under
 
the Deposit Agreement to any Holders
 
or beneficial owners of any
ADR (including, without limitation, liability with respect to the validity or
 
worth of any deposited securities), except that it agrees to perform
 
its
obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement
 
without gross negligence or bad
 
faith.
The Depositary shall not be under any obligation
 
to appear in, prosecute or defend
 
any action, suit
 
or other proceeding
 
in respect of any deposited
securities or in respect of the ADRs, which in its opinion
 
may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory
 
to it against all expense
and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required.
 
The Depositary shall
 
not be liable for any action or non
 
-action by it in reliance upon the
 
 
 
 
 
advice of or information from
 
legal counsel, accountants,
 
any person presenting
 
ordinary
 
shares for deposit, any Holder or beneficial owner
 
of
ADSs or any other
 
person believed by
 
it in
 
good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be liable for any
acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection
 
with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with
any matter arising wholly after the removal
 
or resignation of the Depositary, provided
 
that in
 
connection with the issue out of which such pote
 
ntial
liability arises the Depositary performed
 
its
 
obligations without negligence or bad
 
faith while
 
it acted as Depositary.
 
The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure
 
to carry out any instructions to vote any of the deposited securities, or for
 
the manner in
which any such vote is cast (provided
 
that any such action or nonaction is in
 
good faith) or the effect of any such
 
vote.
The Depositary shall not be liable for the failure by any
 
Holder or beneficial owner
 
to obtain the benefits of credits or refunds of non-U.S. tax paid
against such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s income
 
tax liability. The Depositary shall not incur any liability for any
 
tax or tax consequences that may
be incurred
 
by Holders or beneficial owners on
 
account of their ownership or disposition of the ADRs or ADSs.
The Depositary is under no obligation
 
to inform Holders or any
 
other holders of an interest
 
in any ADSs about the requirements of English law,
 
rules
or regulations or any
 
changes therein or thereto.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
 
set forth in the Deposit Agreement or
 
any ADR, the Depositary and its agents
 
may fully respond
 
to any
and all demands or requests for
 
information maintained by or
 
on its behalf
 
in connection with the Deposit Agreement, any
 
Holder(
 
s) or beneficial
owner(s), any
 
ADR or ADRs or otherwise related hereto to the extent such information is requested or required
 
by or pursuant to any lawful
authority, including
 
without limitation laws, rules, regulations, administrative or
 
judicial process,
 
banking, securities or other regulators.
The Depositary shall not incur any liability for the content of any information
 
submitted to it by or
 
on behalf of Barclays for distribution to the
Holders or for any
 
inaccuracy of any translation thereof, for
 
any investment risk associated with acquiring
 
an interest in
 
deposited securities, for the
validity or worth
 
of the deposited securities, for the credit-worthiness of any third party,
 
for allowing any rights to lapse upon
 
the terms of the
Deposit Agreement
 
or for the failure or timeliness of any notice from Barclays.
The Depositary shall not be responsible for, and
 
shall incur no liability in connection
 
with or arising from, the insolvency of any custodian that is not
a branch
 
or affiliate
 
of JPMorgan
 
Chase Bank, N.A.
 
The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by, or
 
the insolvency of, any
securities depository, clearing
 
agency or settlement system. The Depositary shall not have
 
any liability for the price received
 
in connection with any
sale of securities, the timing thereof or any
 
delay in action or omission to act nor shall it be responsible for any error
 
or delay in action, omission to
act, default or negligence
 
on the part of the party so retained in connection with any such sale or proposed
 
sale.
Neither the Company
 
nor the Depositary nor any
 
of their respective agents shall be liable to
 
Holders or beneficial owners for
 
any indirect, special,
punitive or consequential damages or lost profits.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
C. Description of Debt Securities
As of December 31,
 
2019,
 
we had the following series of debt securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, which are all listed on the
New York
 
Stock Exchange:
Debt
Securities
(class/
interest
rate)
Principal
Interest
Payment
Dates (in
arrear)
Issue
Date
Maturity
Date
Redemption
rights
Make-
Whole
Redempti
on
Date
(3)
/
Par
Redempti
on Date
(4)
(when
applicable
)
Events of
Default
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt
Indenture
4.375%
Fixed Rate
Subordinat
ed Notes
due 2024
US$1,250,000,0
00
March
11 and
Septemb
er 11
Septemb
er 11,
2014
Septemb
er 11,
2024
Tax
Redemption,
(1)
Regulatory Event
Redemption
(2)
Notice Period:
Not
less than 30 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
N/A
Senior
Events of
Default
(5)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
Septembe
r 4, 2014
Dated
Subordinat
ed Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
September
11, 2014
3.65%
Fixed Rate
Senior
Notes due
2025
US$2,000,000,0
00
March
16 and
Septemb
er 16
March
16, 2015
March
16, 2025
Tax
Redemption
(1)
Notice Period:
Not
less than 30 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
N/A
Senior
Events of
Default
(5)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
March 9,
2015
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
November
10, 2014
2.875%
Fixed Rate
Senior
Notes due
2020
US$1,000,000,0
00
June 8
and
Decemb
er 8
June 8,
2015
June 8,
2020
Tax
Redemption
(1)
Notice Period:
Not
less than 30 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
N/A
Senior
Events of
Default
(5)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
June 1,
2015
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
November
10, 2014
5.25%
Fixed Rate
Senior
Notes due
2045
US$1,500,000,0
00
February
17 and
August
17
August
17,
 
2015
August
17,
 
2045
Tax
Redemption
(1)
Notice Period:
Not
less than 30 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
N/A
Senior
Events of
Default
(5)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
August
10, 2015
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
November
10, 2014
3.25%
Fixed Rate
Senior
Notes due
2021
US$1,500,000,0
00
January
12 and
July 12
January
12, 2016
January
12, 2021
Tax
Redemption
(1)
Notice Period:
Not
less than 30 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
N/A
Senior
Events of
Default
(5)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
January 5,
2016
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
November
10, 2014
4.375%
Fixed Rate
Senior
Notes due
2026
US$2,500,000,0
00
January
12 and
July 12
January
12, 2016
January
12, 2026
Tax
Redemption
(1)
Notice Period:
Not
less than 30 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
N/A
Senior
Events of
Default
(5)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
January 5,
2016
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
November
10, 2014
5.20%
Fixed Rate
Subordinat
ed Notes
due 2026
US$2,050,000,0
00
May 12
and
Novemb
er 12
May 12,
2016
May 12,
2026
Tax
Redemption,
(1)
Regulatory Event
Redemption
(2)
Notice Period:
Not
less than 30 nor
N/A
Dated
Subordinat
ed
Enforceme
nt Events
(7)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
May 5,
2016
Dated
Subordinat
ed Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
September
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Debt
Securities
(class/
interest
rate)
Principal
Interest
Payment
Dates (in
arrear)
Issue
Date
Maturity
Date
Redemption
rights
Make-
Whole
Redempti
on
Date
(3)
/
Par
Redempti
on Date
(4)
(when
applicable
)
Events of
Default
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt
Indenture
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
11, 2014
3.20%
Fixed Rate
Senior
Notes due
2021
US$1,350,000,0
00
February
10 and
August
10
August
10, 2016
August
10, 2021
Tax
Redemption
(1)
Notice Period:
Not
less than 30 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
N/A
Senior
Events of
Default
(5)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
August 3,
2016
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
November
10, 2014
Floating
Rate Senior
Notes due
2021
 
(3
month USD
LIBOR plus
2.11%
 
p.a.)
US$1,000,000,0
00
February
10, May
10,
August
10 and
Novemb
er 10
August
10, 2016
August
10, 2021
Tax
Redemption
(1)
Notice Period:
Not
less than 30 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
N/A
Senior
Events of
Default
(5)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
August 3,
2016
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
November
10, 2014
Floating
Rate Senior
Notes due
2023
 
(3
month USD
LIBOR plus
1.625%
p.a.)
US$750,000,00
0
January
10, April
10, July
10 and
October
10
January
10, 2017
January
10, 2023
Tax
Redemption,
(1)
Par Redemption
(4)
Notice Period:
Not
less than 30 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
Par
Redempti
on Date:
January
10, 2022
Senior
Events of
Default
(6)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
January 3,
2017
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
November
10, 2014
3.684%
Fixed Rate
Senior
Notes due
2023
US$1,500,000,0
00
January
10 and
July 10
January
10, 2017
January
10, 2023
Tax
Redemption,
(1)
Make-Whole
Redemption,
(3)
Par
Redemption
(4)
Not
ice Period:
Not
less than 15 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
Make-
Whole
Redempti
on Date:
At any
time from
and
including
July 10,
2017,
 
until
(but
excluding)
January
10, 2022
Par
Redempti
on Date:
January
10, 2022
Senior
Events of
Default
(6)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
January 3,
2017
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
November
10, 2014
4.337%
Fixed Rate
Senior
Notes due
2028
US$1,250,000,0
00
January
10 and
July 10
January
10, 2017
January
10, 2028
Tax
Redemption,
(1)
Make-Whole
Redemption,
(3)
Par
Redemption,
(4)
No
tice Period:
Not
less than 15 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
Make-
Whole
Redempti
on Date:
At any
time from
and
including
July 10,
2017,
 
until
(but
excluding)
January 8,
2027
Par
Senior
Events of
Default
(6)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
January 3,
2017
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
November
10, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Debt
Securities
(class/
interest
rate)
Principal
Interest
Payment
Dates (in
arrear)
Issue
Date
Maturity
Date
Redemption
rights
Make-
Whole
Redempti
on
Date
(3)
/
Par
Redempti
on Date
(4)
(when
applicable
)
Events of
Default
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt
Indenture
Redempti
on Date:
January 8,
2027
4.950%
Fixed Rate
Senior
Notes due
2047
US$1,500,000,0
00
January
10 and
July 10
January
10, 2017
January
10, 2047
Tax
Redemption,
(1)
Make-Whole
Redemption,
(3)
Notice Period:
Not
less than 15 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
Make-
Whole
Redempti
on Date:
At any
time from
and
including
July 10,
2017
Senior
Events of
Default
(6)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
January 3,
2017
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
November
10, 2014
4.836%
Fixed Rate
Subordinat
ed Callable
Notes due
2028
US$2,000,000,0
00
May 9
and
Novemb
er 9
May 9,
2017
May 9,
2028
Tax
Redemption,
(1)
Regulatory Event
Redemption,
(2)
Par Redemption
(4)
Notice Period:
Not
less than 30 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
Par
Redempti
on Date:
May 7,
2027
Dated
Subordinat
ed
Enforceme
nt Events
(8)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
May 2,
2017
Dated
Subordinat
ed Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated May
9, 2017
3.250%
Fixed Rate
Senior
Notes due
2033
GBP1,250,000,0
00
January
17
January
17,
 
2018
January
17,
 
2033
Tax
Redemption,
(1)
Make-Whole
Redemption,
(3)
Loss Absorption,
Disqualification
Event,
Redemption,
(4)
No
tice Period:
Not
less than 30 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
Make-
Whole
Redempti
on Date:
At any
time from
and
including
July 17,
2018
Senior
Events of
Default,
(6)
Senior
Enforceme
nt Events
(7)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
January 8,
2018
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
January 17,
2018
4.338%
Fixed-to-
Floating
Rate Senior
Notes due
2024
(
Floating
Rate
: 3
month USD
LIBOR plus
1.356%
p.a.)
Terms
provide
 
for
the
replaceme
nt of
LIBOR.
 
(9)
US$1,250,000,0
00
Fixed
Rate
:
May 16
and
Novemb
er 16
each
year until
(and
including
) May
16, 2023
Floating
Rate
:
August
16, 2023,
Novemb
er 16,
2023,
February
16, 2024
and May
16, 2024
May 16,
2018
May 16,
2024
Tax
Redemption,
(1)
Make-Whole
Redemption,
(3)
Par
Redemption,
(4)
Loss Absorption,
Disqualification
Event,
Redemption,
(5)
Notice Period:
Not
less than 15 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
Make-
Whole
Redempti
on Date:
At any
time from
and
including
November
16, 2018,
until (but
excluding)
May 16,
2023
Par
Redempti
on Date:
May 16,
2023
Senior
Events of
Default
(6)
Senior
Enforceme
nt Events
(7)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
May 9,
2018
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
January 17,
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Debt
Securities
(class/
interest
rate)
Principal
Interest
Payment
Dates (in
arrear)
Issue
Date
Maturity
Date
Redemption
rights
Make-
Whole
Redempti
on
Date
(3)
/
Par
Redempti
on Date
(4)
(when
applicable
)
Events of
Default
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt
Indenture
Floating
Rate Senior
Notes due
2024
 
(3
month USD
LIBOR plus
1.380%
p.a.)
Terms
provide
 
for
the
replaceme
nt of
LIBOR
(9)
US$1,500,000,0
00
February
16, May
16,
August
16 and
Novemb
er 16
May 16,
2018
May 16,
2024
Tax
Redemption,
(1)
Par
Redemption,
(4)
Loss Absorption,
Disqualification
Event,
Redemption,
(5)
No
tice Period:
Not
less than 15 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
Par
Redempti
on Date:
May 16,
2023
Senior
Events of
Default,
(6)
Senior
Enforceme
nt Events
(7)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
May 9,
2018
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
January 17,
2018
4.972%
Fixed-to-
Floating
Rate Senior
Notes due
2029
(
Floating
Rate
: 3
month USD
LIBOR plus
1.902%
p.a.)
Terms
provide
 
for
the
replaceme
nt of
LIBOR
(9)
US$1,750,000,0
00
Fixed
Rate
:
May 16
and
Novemb
er 16
each
year until
(and
including
) May
16, 2028
Floating
Rate
:
August
16, 2028,
Novemb
er 16,
2028,
February
16, 2029
and May
16, 2029
May 16,
2018
May 16,
2029
Tax
Redemption,
(1)
Make-Whole
Redemption,
(3)
Par
Redemption,
(4)
Loss Absorption,
Disqualification
Event,
Redemption,
(5)
Notice Period:
Not
less than 15 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
Make-
Whole
Redempti
on Date:
At any
time from
and
including
November
16, 2028,
until (but
excluding)
May 16,
2028
Par
Redempti
on Date:
May 16,
2028
Senior
Events of
Default,
(6)
Senior
Enforceme
nt Events
(7)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
May 9,
2018
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
January 17,
2018
4.610%
Fixed-to-
Floating
Rate Senior
Notes due
2023
(
Floating
Rate
: 3
month USD
LIBOR plus
1.40%
 
p.a.)
Terms
provide
 
for
the
replaceme
nt of
LIBOR
(9)
US$2,500,000,0
00
Fixed
Rate
:
February
15 and
August
15 each
year until
(and
including
)
February
15, 2022
Floating
Rate
:
May 15,
2022,
August
15, 2022,
Novemb
er 15,
2022
and
February
Novemb
er 15,
2018
February
15, 2023
Tax
Redemption,
(1)
Make-Whole
Redemption,
(3)
Par
Redemption,
(4)
Loss Absorption,
Disqualification
Event,
Redemption,
(5)
No
tice Period:
Not
less than 15 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
Make-
Whole
Redempti
on Date:
At any
time from
and
including
May 15,
2019,
 
until
(but
excluding)
February
15, 2022
Par
Redempti
on Date:
February
15, 2022
Senior
Events of
Default,
(6)
Senior
Enforceme
nt Events
(7)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
November
7, 2018
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
January 17,
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Debt
Securities
(class/
interest
rate)
Principal
Interest
Payment
Dates (in
arrear)
Issue
Date
Maturity
Date
Redemption
rights
Make-
Whole
Redempti
on
Date
(3)
/
Par
Redempti
on Date
(4)
(when
applicable
)
Events of
Default
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt
Indenture
15, 2023
Floating
Rate Senior
Notes due
2023
 
(3
month USD
LIBOR plus
1.43%
 
p.a.)
Terms
provide
 
for
the
replaceme
nt of
LIBOR
(9)
US$750,000,00
0
February
15, May
15,
August
15 and
Novemb
er 15
Novemb
er 15,
2018
February
15, 2023
Tax
Redemption,
(1)
Par
Redemption,
(4)
Loss Absorption,
Disqualification
Event,
Redemption,
(5)
No
tice Period:
Not
less than 15 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
Par
Redempti
on Date:
February
15, 2022
Senior
Events of
Default,
(6)
Senior
Enforceme
nt Events
(7)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
November
7, 2018
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
January 17,
2018
3.932%
Fixed-to-
Floating
Rate Senior
Notes due
2025
(
Floating
Rate
: 3
month USD
LIBOR plus
1.610%
p.a.)
Terms
provide
 
for
“Benchmar
k Events”
(defined
below) that
would
trigger the
replaceme
nt of
LIBOR
(10)
US$2,000,000,0
00
Fixed
Rate
:
May 7
and
Novemb
er 7 each
year until
(and
including
) May 7,
2024
Floating
Rate
:
August
7, 2024,
Novemb
er 7,
2024,
February
7, 2025
and May
7, 2025
May 7,
2019
May 7,
2025
Tax
Redemption,
(1)
Make-Whole
Redemption,
(3)
Par
Redemption,
(4)
Loss Absorption,
Disqualification
Event,
Redemption,
(5)
Notice Period:
Not
less than 15 nor
more than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
Make-
Whole
Redempti
on Date:
At any
time from
and
including
November
7, 2019,
until (but
excluding)
May 7,
2024
Par
Redempti
on Date:
May 7,
2024
Senior
Enforceme
nt Events
(7)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
April 30,
2019
Senior
Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated
January 17,
2018
5.088%
Fixed-to-
Floating
Rate
Subordinat
ed Notes
due 2030
(
Floating
Rate
: 3
month USD
LIBOR plus
3.054%
p.a.)
Terms
provide
 
for
“Benchmar
k Events”
(defined
below) that
would
trigger the
replaceme
US$1,500,000,0
00
Fixed
Rate
:
June 20
and
Decemb
er 20
each
year until
(and
including
) June
20, 2029
Floating
Rate
:
Septemb
er 20,
2029,
Decemb
er 20,
2029,
March
20, 2030
June 20,
2019
June 20,
2030
Tax
Redemption,
(1)
Regulatory Event
Redemption,
(2)
Par Redemption
(4)
Notice Period:
Not less than 30
nor more
 
than 60
days’ prior
 
notice.
Par
Redempti
on Date:
June 20,
2029
Dated
Subordinat
ed
Enforceme
nt Events
(8)
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt dated
June 13,
2019
Dated
Subordinat
ed Debt
Securities
Indenture
dated as of
May 9,
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Debt
Securities
(class/
interest
rate)
Principal
Interest
Payment
Dates (in
arrear)
Issue
Date
Maturity
Date
Redemption
rights
Make-
Whole
Redempti
on
Date
(3)
/
Par
Redempti
on Date
(4)
(when
applicable
)
Events of
Default
Prospectu
s
Suppleme
nt
Indenture
nt of
LIBOR
(10)
and June
20, 2030
(1)
 
Tax Redemption
 
means that we have the right to redeem any series of debt securities on the terms described
 
below under
 
Tax
 
Redemption
.”
(2)
 
Regulatory Event Redemption
 
means that we have the right to redeem any series of Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
on the terms described
below under
 
Regulatory
 
Event Redemption
.”
(3)
 
Make-Whole Redemption
 
means that we
 
have the right to redeem
 
certain series of debt securities on the terms described below under
 
clause (i)
of “
Optional Redemption
.”
(4)
 
Par Redemption
 
means that we have the right to redeem certain series of debt securities on the terms described below
 
under clause (ii) of
Optional Redemption
.”
 
(5)
 
Loss Absorption
 
Disqualification
 
Event Redemption means that we have the right to
 
redeem certain series of Senior Debt Securities on the terms
described below under
 
Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Redemption
.”
 
(6)
 
Senior Events of Default means that the events of default described
 
below under
 
Senior Events
 
of Default
” are applicable to the relevant
 
series of
debt securities.
 
(7)
 
Senior Enforcement
 
Events means that the
 
enforcement
 
events and remedies described below under
 
Senior Enforcement Events
” are applicable
to the relevant series of debt securities.
 
(8)
 
Dated Subordinated Enforcement
 
Events means that
 
the enforcement
 
events and remedies described below under
 
Dated Subordinated
Enforcement Events
 
are applicable to the relevant
 
series of debt securities.
(9)
 
The terms of the applicable series of debt securities provide
 
substituted interest rates when LIBOR is
 
temporarily or
 
permanently unavailable as
described under
 
LIBOR Replacement.
(10)
 
The terms of the applicable series of debt securities specify certain “Benchmark
 
Events” that would trigger substitution of LIBOR when LIBOR is
temporarily or
 
permanently unavailable, as defined and described below
 
under “
LIBOR Replacement
.”
 
 
 
 
 
The summary set out below of the general terms and provisions
 
of our debt securities does not purport
 
to be complete and is subject to
 
and
qualified by reference
 
to, all of the definitions and pro
 
visions
 
of the relevant indenture (as listed
 
in the table above), any
 
supplement
 
to the relevant
indenture and the form
 
of the instrument representing each series of debt securities. Certain terms, unless otherwise defined here, have the
meaning given to them in the relevant indenture
.
General
 
The debt securities of any series are either our
 
senior obligations (the “Senior Debt Securities”) or our dated subordinated
 
obligations (the “Dated
Subordinated
 
Debt Securities” and, together with the
 
Senior Debt Securities, are referred
 
to herein as the “debt securities”).
 
Neither the Senior Debt Securities nor the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
are secured by
 
any assets or property
 
of Barclays or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates (including Barclays
 
Bank PLC, its subsidiary).
Each series of Senior Debt Securities was issued under
 
an indenture, entered into between us and The Bank of New York
 
Mellon, London Branch, as
“Trustee” (each, a “Senior Debt Securities Indenture”).
 
Each series of Dated Subordinated Debt Securities was issued under an indenture,
 
entered
into between us and The Bank of New York
 
Mellon, London Branch,
 
as Trustee (each, a “Dated
 
Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
Indenture”).
 
With
respect to each series of debt securities, the relevant Senior Debt Securities
 
Indenture
 
or Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
Indenture
 
(as
applicable) is set forth in the table above,
 
and any respective supplements thereto are referred
 
to in this description individually as an “indenture”
and collectively as the “indentures.” The terms of the debt securities include those stated in the relevant indenture
 
and any supplemen
 
ts thereto,
and those terms made part of the relevant indenture
 
by reference
 
to the U.S.
 
Trust Indenture
 
Act of 1939,
 
as amended (the “Trust Indenture
 
Act”).
Each series of debt securities listed in the table above was issued pursuant
 
to an effective registration statement and a related
 
prospectus and
prospectus supplement setting
 
forth the terms of the relevant series of debt securities.
The indentures do not limit the amount of debt securities that we may
 
issue. Unless otherwise provided
 
in the terms
 
of a series of debt securities, a
series may be reopened,
 
without notice to or consent of any holder of outstanding debt securities, for issuances of additional debt securities of that
series. The debt securities of each series and any additional new debt securities of the same series would
 
be treated as a single series for all
purposes under
 
the relevant indenture.
 
Holders of debt securities have no voting rights except as described
 
below under
 
Modification and Waiver,
” “
Senior Events of Default,
” “
Dated
Subordinated Enforcement Events
 
and Remedies,
” and “
Limitation on Suits
.”
The debt securities are not subject to any sinking fund.
Interest
 
As of December 31,
 
2019,
 
we had three categories of registered Senior Debt Securities: (i) fixed rate Senior Debt Securities; (ii) floating rate Senior
Debt Securities (“Floating Rate Notes”); and (iii) fixed-to-floating rate Senior
 
Debt Securities; and two categories of registered Dated Subordinated
Debt Securities: (i) fixed rate Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities (together with the fixed rate Senior Debt Securities, the “Fixed Rate Notes”) and
fixed-to-floating rate Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
(together with the fixed-to-floating rate Senior Debt Securities,
 
the “Fixed-to-Floating
Rate Notes”). The relevant interest rates, interest rate
 
amounts and interest payment dates of the debt securities are set
 
out in the table above.
Interest on the Fixed Rate Notes (including the fixed rate
 
interest period of the Fixed-to-Floating Rate Notes) is computed
 
on the basis of
 
a 360
 
-day
year of twelve 30
 
-day months, and, in the case of the Floating Rate Notes (including the floating rate interest period
 
of the Fixed-to-Floating Rate
Notes), on the basis of the actual number
 
of days in each floating rate interest period and a 360-day
 
year during
 
any floating rate interest period.
For the 3.250%
 
Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2033,
 
where interest is to be calculated in respect of a period which is equal to or shorter than an
interest period, interest will be calculated on the basis of the actual number
 
of days in the relevant period, from
 
and including the last date
 
on which
interest was paid on such debt securities, to, but excluding,
 
the next date on which interest falls due, divided by the number
 
of days in the interest
period in which the relevant period
 
falls (including the first such day but excluding the last). This payment convention
 
is referred to as
ACTUAL/ACTU
 
AL (ICMA), defined based on the definition in the International Capital Market Association Primary Market Handbook.
Payments
Payment of principal of and interest
 
on the debt securities, so long as the debt securities are represented by
 
global securities, are made in
immediately available funds. If any scheduled fixed rate
 
interest payment date is not a Business Day (as defined
 
below), we will pay interest on
 
the
next succeeding Business Day,
 
but interest on that payment will not accrue during
 
the period fro
 
m
 
and after the scheduled fixed rate interest
payment date. If any scheduled
 
floating rate interest payment date, other than the maturity
 
date, would fall on a day that is not a Business Day,
 
the
floating rate interest payment
 
date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day,
 
except that if that Business Day falls in the next
succeeding calendar month,
 
the floating rate interest payment date will be the immediately preceding
 
Business Day.
Payments in respect of debt securities denominated
 
in U.S. dollars are made to holders of record
 
on the close of business
 
on the Business Day
immediately preceding
 
each interest payment date (or, if the debt securities are held in definitive form, the 15
th
 
Business Day preceding
 
each
interest payment date). Beneficial interests
 
in the global securities denominated in U.S. dollars trade in the same-day funds settlement system
 
of
DTC, and secondary
 
market trading activity in such interests will therefore settle in same-day
 
funds. A “Business Day” means any weekday
 
other
than one on which banking
 
institutions are authorized or obligated by
 
law or executive order
 
to close in
 
London, England
 
or The City of New York,
United States.
With respect to the 3.250%
 
Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2033,
 
which are denominated
 
in sterling (the “Sterling-denominated Notes”), payment of
principal and interest payments in respect
 
of this series of debt securities are payable in sterling to holders of record
 
on the close of business
 
(in the
relevant Clearing System) on the Clearing System
 
Business Day (each, as defined below) immediately preceding
 
each interest payment date (or, if
these debt securities are held in definitive form,
 
the 15th Business Day preceding
 
each interest payment date).
 
With respect to the Sterling-denominated
 
Notes, “Clearing
 
Systems” means Clearstream Banking
 
S.A. (“Clearstream”)and/or Euroclear
 
SA/NV
(“Euroclear”), and shall include any successor clearing systems;
 
and “Clearing System Business Day” means a day
 
on which each Clearing System
for which any global
 
certificate is being held is open for business.
 
 
 
 
 
Beneficial interests in the Sterling-denominated
 
Notes trade in accordance with the normal rules and operating
 
procedures of Clearstream,
Luxembourg
 
and/or Euroclear, and secondary
 
market trading activity
 
in such interests will be settled using the procedures
 
applicable to
conventional eurobonds
 
in same-day funds.
If sterling is unavailable to us due to the imposition of exchange
 
controls or other
 
circumstances beyond
 
our control or is no longer used for the
settlement of transactions by
 
public institutions within the international banking community,
 
then all payments in
 
respect of the Sterling-
denominated Notes will be made in U.S. dollars until sterling is again available to
 
us or so used. The amount payable
 
on any date in sterling will be
converted
 
into U.S.
 
dollars at the Market Exchange
 
Rate (as defined below) as of the close of business on the second Business Day prior
 
to the
relevant payment date or,
 
if such Market Exchange
 
Rate is not then available, on the basis of the then most recent U.S. dollar/sterling exchange rate
available on or prior
 
to the second Business
 
Day prior to the relevant payment
 
date as determined by us in our
 
sole discretion. “Market Exchange
Rate” means the noon buying
 
rate in The City
 
of New York
 
for cable transfers of sterling as certified for
 
customs purposes (or,
 
if not so
 
certified, as
otherwise determined) by
 
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Any payment
 
in respect of the Sterling-denominated Notes so made in U.S. dollars will not constitute an event of default under
 
the relevant
indenture or
 
the terms of this
 
series of debt securities. Neither the Trustee nor
 
the paying agent will be responsible for obtaining exchange
 
rates,
effecting currency
 
conversions or otherwise handling
 
redenominations. Holders of this
 
series of debt securities will be subject to foreign
 
exchange
risks as to payments of principal and
 
interest that may have important
 
economic and tax consequences
 
to them.
 
Floating Rate Interest – LIBOR
The Floating Rate Notes and, during
 
the relevant floating rate interest periods for each series of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Notes, the Fixed-to-Floating
Rate Notes, will bear interest at a floating rate, reset quarterly,
 
plus a certain percentage (“margin”)
 
per annum as set forth in the
 
table above.
 
The Bank of New York
 
Mellon, acting through its London branch,
 
as Calculation
 
Agent, determines the floating interest rate
 
for each floating rate
interest period by
 
reference
 
to the then-current three
 
-month U.S.
 
dollar London
 
Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) on the applicable interest
determination date. The interest determination
 
date for each floating rate interest period is the second London
 
banking day (being
 
any day on
which dealings in U.S. dollars are transacted in the Londo
 
n
 
interbank market) preceding
 
the applicable floating rate interest
 
payment date.
 
Calculation of LIBOR
 
With respect to any interest determination
 
date, LIBOR is the offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having
 
a maturity of three months that appears
on Reuters Page LIBOR01
 
as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on that interest determination date. If no such rate appears on
 
Reuters Page LIBOR01
 
on
an interest determination date, LIBOR will be determined
 
for such interest determination date on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S.
dollars for the period of three months are offered
 
to prime banks in the London interbank market by
 
the principal London
 
offices of each of four
major reference
 
banks in the London interbank market, as selected and identified by us (the “reference
 
banks”), on that interest determination date
and in a principal amount that is representative for a
 
single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time. If at least two such quotations are
provided,
 
LIBOR on such interest determination date will be the arithmetic mean of those quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are
provided,
 
LIBOR on such interest determination date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00
 
a.m., in
 
the City of New
York,
 
on the interest determination date by three major banks in The City of
 
New York,
 
selected and identified by us, for loans in U.S. dollars to
leading European
 
banks, for a period of three months, commencing
 
on the related interest reset
 
date, and in a principal amount that is
representative for a single transaction in
 
U.S. dollars in that market at that time. If at least two such rates are
 
so provided, LIBOR on
 
the interest
determination date will be the arithmetic mean of such rates. If fewer than two such rates are
 
so provided,
 
LIBOR on the interest determination date
will be equal to LIBOR in effect with respect to the
 
immediately preceding interest determination date.
 
In this section, “Reuters Page
 
LIBOR01” means the display that appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01
 
or any page as may replace such page
 
on such
service (or any successor service) for the purpose
 
of displaying London
 
interbank offered
 
rates of major banks for U.S. dollars.
LIBOR Replacement
 
Following the FCA’s
 
announcement
 
in July 2017
 
that it
 
will no longer persuade
 
or compel banks to submit rates
 
for the calculation of LIBOR to the
administrator of LIBOR after 2021,
 
the terms of certain
 
series of Senior Debt Securities issued from
 
May 2018
 
(listed in
 
the table above) include
LIBOR replacement provisions
 
in the event that LIBOR is, for example, discontinued or ceases to be published, such that it is no longer
 
possible to
calculate the floating rate interest in the manner
 
set out above.
 
For those debt securities for which “Terms
 
provide
 
for the replacement of LIBOR” is indicated in the table above, the following provisions
 
for the
replacement of LIBOR apply. In
 
addition, for those debt securities for which
 
“Terms provide
 
for Benchmark Events (as defined below) that would
trigger the replacem
 
ent of LIBOR” is also indicated in the table above, the following provisions for the replacement
 
of LIBOR apply following the
occurrence
 
of a Benchmark Event.
(i)
 
We shall use reasonable endeavours
 
to appoint an Independent
 
Adviser to determine a Successor Rate (as
 
defined below) or,
 
alternatively, if
there is no Successor Rate, an Alternative Reference
 
Rate (as defined below);
(ii)
 
If we are unable to appoint an Independent
 
Adviser, or the Independent Adviser appointed
 
fails
 
to determine either a Successor Rate or
whether an Alternative Reference
 
Rate may be used, we may ourselves make such a
 
determination regarding
 
the applicable floating interest
rate for the affected debt securities;
(iii)
 
If a Successor Rate or an Alternative Reference
 
Rate (as applicable) is determined in accordance
 
with clause
 
(i) or (ii), such Successor Rate or
Alternative Reference
 
Rate (as applicable) shall be LIBOR for each of the future interest periods (subject to the subsequent ope
 
ration of, and to
any applicable adjustment described in clause (iv) below);
provided,
 
however
, that
 
if clause
 
(ii) applies and we do not, or are also unable to,
determine either a Successor Rate or whether an Alternative Reference
 
Rate may be used, the floating interest rate applicable to the
 
next
succeeding floating rate interest period
 
shall be equal to the floating interest rate last determined in relation to the affected
 
debt securities (or,
alternatively, in
 
the case of the applicable series of Floating Rate Notes, if there has not been a first floating rate interest payment
 
date in respect
of such debt securities, or in the case of the applicable series of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Notes, if there has
 
not been a first floating rate interest
period in respect of such debt securities, the floating interest rate shall be the
 
relevant first floating rate of interest or the fixed
 
interest rate, as
applicable pursuant to the prospectus
 
supplement for the relevant debt securities);
 
(iv)
 
If we or the Independent
 
Adviser (as applicable) determines that an
 
Adjustment Spread
 
(as defined below) should be applied to the Successor
or Alternative Reference
 
Rate (as applicable) and determines the quantum of, or a formula or methodology
 
for determining, such Adjustment
Spread, then such Adjustment Spread shall be applied to the Successor Rate or the Alternative
 
Reference Rate (as applicable) and the Floating
Rate of Interest shall be the aggregate
 
of (a) the Successor Rate or the Alternative Reference Rate (as applicable), (b)
 
the Adjustment Spread,
and (c) the Margin; failing which, such Successor Rate or Alternative Reference
 
Rate (as applicable) will apply without an Adjustment Spread.
We or
 
the Independent
 
Adviser may also specify certain
 
changes to the terms of the affected debt securities including, but not limited to, the
 
 
 
 
 
margin, relevant day count, relevant
 
screen page, Business Day,
 
interest determination date and/or the definition of LIBOR, and the method
 
for
determining the fallback rate in relation
 
to the affected debt securities, in order
 
to follow market practice in relation to the chosen Successor
Rate, the Alternative Reference
 
Rate (as applicable) and/or the Adjustment Spread.
The Trustee and Calculation Agent will effect
 
any amendment
 
s
 
to the relevant documentation
 
(including the indenture
 
and the terms of the
 
debt
securities) that are required
 
to give effect to the provisions described above.
 
Consent of the holders of the affected debt securities will not be
required
 
in connection with
 
implementing a Successor Rate,
 
Alternative Reference
 
Rate (as applicable) and/or any Adjustment Spread
 
or such
other changes, including for
 
the execution of any documents, amendments or other
 
steps
 
by the Trustee or the Calculation Agent (if required).
We
 
will give prompt
 
notice to the Trustee, the Calculation Agent and the holders of the debt securities following the determination of any
Successor Rate, Alternative Reference
 
Rate (as applicable) and/or any Adjustment Spread, and
 
specify the effective date(s) for such Successor
Rate, Alternative Reference
 
Rate (as applicable) and/or any Adjustment Spread
 
and any consequential changes made to the provisions as described
above.
Notwithstanding the above, determination of any Successor Rate,
 
Alternative Reference Rate or
 
any Adjustment Spread, and any other related
changes to the debt securities, shall be made in accordance
 
with the relevant Capital Regulations (if applicable), as defined in the prospectus
supplement for the relevant series of debt
 
securities.
For the purposes of this section:
“Adjustment
 
Spread” means a spread (which may be positive or
 
negative) or formula
 
or methodology for calculating a spread, which the
Independent
 
Adviser (in consultation with us) or we, as
 
issuer (as applicable), determin
 
e
 
is required
 
to be applied to the Successor
 
Rate or the
Alternative Reference
 
Rate (as applicable) in order to reduce
 
or eliminate, to
 
the extent reasonably practicable in the circumstances, any economic
prejudice or
 
benefit (as applicable) to
 
holders of the debt securities as a result of the replacement
 
of LIBOR with the Successor Rate or the
Alternative Reference
 
Rate (as applicable) and is the spread, formula or methodology
 
which:
i)
 
in the case of a Successor Rate, is recommended
 
in relation to the
 
replacement of LIBOR with the Successor Rate by any “Relevant Nominating
Body” (as that term is defined in the prospectus supplement for
 
the relevant series of debt securities); or
ii)
 
in the case of a Successor Rate for which
 
no such recommendation
 
has been made or in the
 
case of an Alternative
 
Reference Rate, the
Independent
 
Adviser (in consultation with us) or we, as
 
issuer (as applicable) determine is recognized
 
or acknowledged as being in customary
market usage in international debt capital markets transactions
 
which reference
 
LIBOR, where such rate has been replaced by the Successor
Rate or the Alternative Reference Rate (as
 
applicable); or
iii)
 
if no such customary market usage is recognized
 
or acknowledged, the Independent Adviser
 
(in consultation with us) or we, as
 
issuer, in
its/our discretion (as applicable), determine (acting in good
 
faith and in a commercially reasonable manner)
 
to be appropriate;
“Alternative
 
Reference Rate” means the rate
 
that the Independent
 
Adviser or we, as issuer
 
(as applicable) determine has replaced LIBOR in
customary market usage in the international debt capital markets for
 
the purposes of determining rates of interest in respect of bonds
 
denominated
in U.S. dollars and of a comparable
 
duration to the relevant floating rate interest period, or,
 
if the Independent
 
Adviser or we, as issuer
 
(as
applicable) determine that there is no such rate, such other rate as the
 
Independent
 
Adviser or we, as issuer
 
(as applicable) determines in its/our
discretion (acting in good
 
faith and in a
 
commercially reasonable manner)
 
is most
 
comparable
 
to LIBOR;
“Benchmark Event” means:
 
LIBOR has ceased to be published on
 
the relevant screen page as a result of such benchmark
 
ceasing to be calculated or administered; or
 
a public statement by the administrator of LIBOR that it has ceased, or
 
will cease, publishing such reference
 
rate permanently or indefinitely (in
circumstances where no successor administrator has been appointed
 
that will continue publication of such reference rate); or
 
a public statement by the supervisor of the administrator of LIBOR that such reference
 
rate has been or will be permanently or indefinitely
discontinued; or
 
a public statement by the supervisor of the administrator of LIBOR as a consequence
 
of which such reference
 
rate will
 
be prohibited
 
from being
used or that its use will be subject to restrictions or adverse
 
consequences either generally,
 
or in respect of the debt securities; or
 
a public statement by the supervisor of the administrator of LIBOR that,
 
in the view of such supervisor, such reference
 
rate is no longer
representative of an underlying
 
market or the methodology to calculate such reference rate has materially changed; or
 
it has or will become unlawfu
 
l
 
for the Calculation Agent or us to calculate any payments due to be made to
 
any holder of the debt securities
using LIBOR (including, without limitation, under
 
the Benchmark Regulation
 
(EU) 2016/1011,
 
if applicable).
“Independent
 
Adviser” means an independent financial institution of international repute or other independent
 
financial adviser experienced in the
international debt capital markets, in each case appointed
 
by us at our own expense;
“Successor Rate” means the reference
 
rate (and related alternative screen page or source, if applicable) that the Independent
 
Adviser or we, as
issuer (as applicable) determines is a successor to or replacement
 
of LIBOR which is formally recommended
 
by any Relevant Nominating Body.
Ranking
 
Senior Debt Securities
Our Senior Debt Securities constitute our direct, unconditional, unsecured
 
and unsubordinated
 
obligations ranking
pari passu
 
without any
preference
 
among themselves. In the event of our winding-
 
up or administration, the Senior Debt Securities
 
will rank
par
 
i
 
passu
 
with all our other
outstanding unsecured
 
and unsubordinated
 
obligations, present and future, except such obligations as are preferred by
 
operation of law.
Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
Our Dated Subordinated Debt Securities constitute our
 
direct, unsecured and
 
subordinated
 
obligations ranking
pari passu
 
without any preference
among themselves. In the event of our winding
 
-up or administration, the claims
 
of the Trustee, on behalf of the holders
 
of the Dated Subordinated
Debt Securities (but not the rights and claims of the Trustee in
 
its personal capacity under the relevant Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
Indenture),
 
and the holders of the Dated Subordinated Debt Securities against us, in respect of such Dated Subordinated Debt Securities (including
any damages or other amounts
 
(if payable)) will:
(i)
 
be subordinated
 
to the claims of all
 
senior creditors (as defined below);
 
 
 
 
 
(ii)
 
rank at least
pari passu
 
with the claims of any subordinated
 
creditors of Barclays which in each case by law rank, or by their terms
 
are
expressed to rank,
pari passu
 
with the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities;
 
and
(iii)
 
rank senior to Barclays’ ordinary
 
shares, preference shares and any junior
 
subordinated obligations (which may include any
 
of the junior
subordinate
 
d
 
obligations which are identified in the relevant prospectus supplement as “junior obligations”) or other securities which in each
case either by law rank,
 
or by their terms are expressed to rank, junior to the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities.
“Senior creditors” with respect to a particular series of Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities, means creditors of Barclays who are: (1)
unsubordinated
 
creditors; (2) subordinated creditors (whether
 
in the event of a
 
winding-
 
up or administration of Barclays or other
 
wise) other than
(x) those whose claims by law rank, or
 
by their terms are expressed to rank,
pari passu
 
with or junior to the claims of the holders of the relevant
series of Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
or (y) any claims which are
 
identified in the relevant prospectus supplement as being in respect of
“Parity Obligations” or “Junior
 
Obligations”;
 
or (3) in the case of the 5.088% Fixed
 
-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2030,
 
creditors in
respect of any secondary
 
non-preferential debts (as defined
 
in the Banks and Building Societies (Priorities on Insolvency)
 
Order 2018
 
and any other
law or regulation
 
applicable to Barclays which is amended by this order).
 
As of December 31, 2019,
 
the aggregate amount of outstanding
indebtedness senior to the Dated
 
Subordinated
 
Debt Securities is GBP £34,681
 
million.
No Set-off
For the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
and the Senior Debt Securities issued on or after January 3, 2017,
 
subject to applicable law, no holder of
debt securities may exercise any claim
 
or plead any right of set-off, compensation
 
or retention in respect of any amount owed
 
to it
 
by us in
connection with the debt securities and the relevant indenture.
 
By its acquisition of the debt securities, each holder and beneficial owner
 
shall be
deemed
 
to have waived all such rights of set-off, compensation
 
or retention. No holder
 
of debt securities
 
shall be entitled to proceed directly
against us except as described
 
below under
 
Limitation on
 
Suits.
For the Senior Debt Securities issued prior
 
to 2017,
 
subject to applicable law, the Trustee and holders
 
of the debt securities by their acceptance
thereof will be deemed to have waived
 
any right of set-off or counterclaim
 
with respect to the
 
relevant debt
 
securities or the relevant indenture that
they might otherwise have against us.
Redemption
We may,
 
in the circumstances set out below,
 
redeem the debt securities prior
 
to their specified
 
maturity date. Holders of the debt securities have no
right to require us to redeem the debt securities. The debt
 
securities of any series to be redeemed
 
will also stop
 
bearing interest on the relevant
redemption
 
date. We will give prior notice of any proposed
 
redemption to holders of debt securities
 
denominated in U.S. dollars via DTC or,
 
in
respect of the Sterling-den
 
ominated Notes, via Clearstream, Luxembourg
 
and/or Euroclear, or,
 
if the
 
relevant debt securities are held in definitive
form, to the holders at their addresses shown
 
on the register for such debt securities. The notice period
 
required
 
for any proposed red
 
emption is
 
set
out in the table above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
 
for the Dated Subordinated Debt Securities and certain series of Senior Debt Securities issued on or after January
 
3,
2017,
 
we may redeem the relevant series of debt securities only if we
 
have obtained prior
 
regulatory
 
consent for such redemption to the extent that
such consent is required
 
by the Capital Regulations, as defined in the prospectus supplement for the relevant series of debt securities
 
to be
redeemed.
If we have elected to redeem
 
any series of debt securities but prior to the payment of the redemption
 
amount the Relevant U.K. Resolution
Authority exercises its U.K. Bail-in Power
 
(see
“—Exercise of U.K. Bail-in Power”
 
below) in respect of the debt securities, the relevant redem
 
ption
notice shall be automatically rescinded
 
and shall be of no force and effect, and no payment
 
of the redemption amount
 
will be due and payable.
 
Tax
 
Redemption
 
We have
 
the right to redeem any series of debt securities, in whole but not in part, at a redemption
 
price equal to 100% of their principal amount
together with any accrued
 
but unpaid interest,
 
if any, upon
 
the occurrence
 
of certain events related to
 
taxation as described in the relevant
prospectus supplement.
 
If, as a result of a change
 
in, or
 
amendment to, the tax laws or regulations of the United Kingdom
 
(or any political subdivision or authority thereof or
therein that has the power
 
to tax) (a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), including any treaty to which the relevant Taxing
 
Jurisdiction is a party, or a
 
change in
an official application of those tax laws or regulations, including
 
a decision of any court or
 
tribunal, which becomes effective on or after the date on
which the debt securities are issued (or, in the
 
case of additional securities of the same series, the date on which the original securities are issued),
we: (i) become
 
obligated to pay holders any additional amounts (as described below
 
under “
Payment of Debt Security Additional Amounts
”); (ii)
would not be entitled to claim a deduction in respect of any payments in
 
computing our
 
taxation liabilities
 
or the amount of the deduction
 
would
be materially reduced; or
 
(iii) are unable to have losses or deductions set against the profits or gains, or profits or gains offset by the losses or
deductions, of companies with which we are or would
 
otherwise be so grouped
 
for applicable United Kingdom tax purposes (each such change in
law or regulation
 
or the official application thereof, a “Tax Event”), we may
 
redeem the affected series of debt securities.
 
In addition, in respect of the 3.250% Fixed Rate Senior
 
Notes due 2033,
 
4.338% Fixed
 
-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2024,
 
4.972%
 
Fixed-to-
Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2029,
 
Floating Rate Senior Notes
 
due 2024,
 
4.610%
 
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2023,
 
Floating Rate
Senior Notes due 2023
 
(3 month USD LIBOR plus 1.43%
 
p.a.) and 3.932%
 
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2025,
 
we may also, at
 
our
option, redeem such series of debt securities, in whole but not in part, if we are required
 
to
 
issue definitive certificated notes in the events specified
under the relevant prospectus
 
relating to the termination of a global security and, as a result, we become obligated to pay holders
 
any additional
amounts (as described below
 
under “
Payment of Debt Security Additional Amounts
”).
We may also
 
redeem the 5.088%
 
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2030
 
if, as
 
a result of a Tax Event, we become
 
obligated (i) to treat
such debt securities or any part thereof as a derivative
 
or an embedded
 
derivative for United Kingdom tax purposes; or (ii) to bring into account a
taxable credit if the principal amount of such debt securities were written
 
down or
 
converted.
 
Optional Redemption
 
We have
 
the right to redeem certain series of debt securities (as specified in the table above),
 
at our option (i) in whole or in part, at any time during
a fixed period specified in the prospectus
 
supplement for the series of debt securities to be redeemed, at a redemption
 
price equal to the higher of
(a) 100%
 
of the principal amount of such debt securities to be redeemed and (b)
 
as determined by the Determination Agent (as defined below), the
 
 
 
 
 
sum of the present values of the principal (discounted
 
from the date of the Par Redemption
 
specified in the
 
relevant prospectus supplement (the
“Par Redemption
 
Date”)) and remaining payments of interest to be made on any
 
scheduled fixed rate interest payment date to the Par
 
Redemption
Date for the debt securities to be
 
redeemed
 
(not including accrued but unpaid
 
interest, if
 
any, on the principal amount
 
of the debt securities)
discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360
 
-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
 
months) at the then-current
Treasur
 
y
 
Rate (as defined below) plus a specified margin, together with, in either case of (a) or (b)
 
above, accrued
 
but unpaid interest,
 
if any, on the
principal amount of the debt securities to be redeemed
 
to (but excluding) the redemption
 
date (the “Make-Whole Redemption”); and/or (ii) in
whole but not in part, on the Par Redemption
 
Date for the series of debt securities
 
to be redeemed,
 
at a redemption price
 
equal to 100% of their
principal amount together
 
with accrued but unpaid interest, if any.
The Treasury
 
Rate shall be calculated by the Determination Agent on the third Business Day preceding
 
the redemption date. In determining
 
the
Treasury
 
Rate, the below terms have the following meaning:
“Treasury Rate” means,
 
with respect to the redemption date, the rate per annum
 
equal to: (1) the yield,
 
under the heading
 
which represents the
average for
 
the week immediately prior to the calculation 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 most closely correspondin
 
g
 
to
the Par Redemption Date of the debt securities being redeemed
 
(if no maturity is within three months before or after the Par Redemption
 
Date of
the debt securities to be redeemed, yields for the two published
 
maturities most closely corresponding
 
to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be
determined and the Treasury
 
Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding
 
to the nearest month); or
(2) if such release (or any successor release) is not
 
published durin
 
g
 
the week immediately prior to the calculation
 
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 redemption
 
date;
provided
 
that, if the
 
period from
 
the redemption date to the Par Redemption
 
Date is
 
less than one year,
 
the weekly average
 
yield on actually traded
U.S. Treasury
 
securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
“Comparable Treasury
 
Issue” means, with respect to the redemption date, the U.S. Treasury security selected by the
 
Determination Agent as having
an actual or interpolated maturity comparable
 
with the remaining term to the Par Redemption Date of the debt securities, 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 of comparable
 
maturity to the remaining term to the Par Redemption
 
Date of the
 
debt securities.
“Comparable Treasury
 
Price” means, with respect to the redemption date, (i) the arithmetic average of the Reference Treasury
 
Dealer Quotations
for such redemption
 
date (calculated on the third Business Day preceding such redemption
 
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 as quoted in writing to the Determination Agent by
 
a Reference Tr
 
easury Dealer.
“Determination Agent” means an investment bank
 
or financial institution of international standing selected by Barclays and which may be
 
an
affiliate of Barclays.
 
“Reference Treasury
 
Dealer” means each of up to five banks selected by Barclay
 
s
 
(following, where
 
practicable, consultation with the
Determination Agent, if applicable), or the affiliates of such banks,
 
which are (i) primary
 
U.S. government securities dealers, and their respective
successors, or (ii) market makers in pricing
 
corpora
 
te bond issues.
“Reference Treasury
 
Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
 
Dealer and the redemption date, the arithmetic average,
as determined by
 
the Determination Agent, of the bid and offered prices for the applicable Compara
 
ble Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a
percentage of its principal amount)
 
at 11:00 a.m., New York
 
time, on the third Business Day preceding
 
such redemption
 
date.
Loss Absorption
 
Disqualification Event Redemption
 
We have
 
the right to redeem certain series of the senior debt securities (as specified in the table above), in whole but not in part,
 
at a redemption
price amount equal to 100%
 
of the principal amount of the debt securities being redeemed
 
together with accrued but unpaid
 
interest, if
 
any, upon
the occurrence
 
of a Loss
 
Absorption
 
Regulations Event (as defined below) which
 
results, or would be likely to
 
result (in our opinion,
 
or the opinion
of the Prudential Regulation
 
Authority (“PRA”)
 
or any other relevant
 
national or European authority), in a Loss
 
Absorption
 
Disqualification Event (as
defined below) with respect to the relevant debt securities to
 
be redeemed.
 
“Loss Absorption Disqualification Event” means the whole or any
 
part of the outstanding aggregate principal
 
amount of the relevant debt securities
at any time being excluded
 
from or ceasing to count towards
 
our and/or the Barclays Group’s own
 
funds and eligible liabilities
 
and/or loss
absorbing
 
capacity, in each case for the purposes of, and in accordance
 
with, the
 
relevant Capital Regulations,
 
provided
 
that a
 
Loss Absorption
Disqualification Event shall not occur
 
if such whole or part of the outstanding principal amount of the relevant debt securities is excluded
 
from, or
ceases to count towards,
 
such own funds and eligible liabilities and/or loss absorbing capacity due to the remaining maturity of such debt
securities being less than the period prescribed
 
in the prospectus supplement for the relevant debt securities.
“Loss Absorption Regulations Event” means that (i) any
 
Capital Regulations become
 
effective with respect to Barclays and/or the Barclays Group
 
or
(ii) there is an amendment to, or change
 
in, any Capital Regulations, or any change
 
in the official application of any Capital Regulations, which
becomes effective with respect
 
to Barclays and/or the Barclays Group.
Regulatory
 
Event Redemption
 
If there is a change in the regulatory
 
classification of
 
the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities that occurs on or after their issue date and that does,
or would
 
be likely to, result in the whole or any part
 
of the outstanding aggregate principal amount
 
of such Dated Subordinated Debt Securities at
any time being excluded
 
from or ceasing to count towards,
 
the Barclays Group’s
 
tier 2 capital, we may, at our option, at any time, redeem
 
the
affected Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities, in whole but not in part, at an amount equal to 100% of their principal amount
 
together with accrued
but unpaid interest, if any.
 
Payment of Debt Security Additional Amounts
We will pay
 
any amounts to be paid by us on
 
any series of debt securities 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 a Taxing Jurisdiction, unless the deduction or withholding
 
is required by law. If at
any time a Taxing Jurisdiction
 
requires us to deduct or withhold
 
Taxes, we will pay
 
the additional amounts of, or in respect of, the principal of, any
 
 
 
 
 
 
premium, if any,
 
and any interest on, the debt securities (“Debt Security Additional Amounts”) that are necessary so that the net amounts paid to
the holders, after the deduction or withholding,
 
shall equal
 
the amounts which would have been
 
payable had no
 
such deduction or
 
withholding
been required.
 
However,
 
certain exceptions are set forth in the
 
relevant prospectus
 
and/or prospectus
 
supplement for a particular series of debt
securities.
The relevant Indentures
 
for each series of the debt securities provide that we will not pay Debt Security Additional Amounts
 
for Taxes that are
payable because:
 
(i)
 
the holder or the beneficial owner of the debt securities is a domiciliary, national
 
or resident of, or engages in business or maintains a
permanent establishment or is physically present in, a Taxing
 
Jurisdiction requiring
 
that deduction or withholding, or
 
otherwise has
 
some
connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction
 
other than the holding or ownership
 
of the debt security, or the collection of any payment of, or in
respect of, the principal of, any
 
premium or
 
any interest on, any debt securities of the relevant series;
(ii)
 
except in the case of our winding
 
-up in England, the relevant debt security is
 
presented for paym
 
ent in the
 
United Kingdom;
(iii)
 
the relevant debt security is presented for
 
payment more
 
than 30 days after the date payment became due
 
or was provided
 
for, whichever is
later, except to
 
the extent that the holder would
 
have been entitled to the Debt Security Additional Amounts on presenting the debt security for
payment at the close of such 30
 
-day period;
(iv) the holder or the beneficial owner of the relevant debt securities or the beneficial owner
 
of any payment of (or
 
in respect of)
 
principal of,
prem
 
ium, if
 
any,
 
or any interest on debt securities failed to make any necessary claim or
 
to comply with any certification, identification or other
requirements concerning
 
the nationality, residence, identity
 
or connection
 
with the Taxing Jurisdiction of such holder or
 
beneficial owner, if
such claim or compliance is required
 
by statute, treaty, regulation
 
or administrative practice of the Taxing Jurisdiction as a condition to relief or
exemption from
 
such Taxes;
(v)
 
such Taxes are
 
imposed on a payment to an individual and are required
 
to be made pursuant to the European Union
 
Directive on the taxation
of savings income, adopted on
 
June 3, 2003,
 
or any law implementing or
 
complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive;
 
(vi)
 
the relevant debt security is presented for
 
payment by
 
or on behalf of a holder who
 
would have been
 
able to avoid such deduction or
withholding by
 
presenting the relevant debt security to another paying
 
agent in a member state of the European
 
Union or elsewhere; or
(vii) if the Taxes would
 
not have been imposed or
 
would have been
 
excluded under one
 
of the preceding points
 
if the
 
beneficial owner
 
of, or person
ultimately entitled to obtain an interest in, the debt securities had been
 
the holder of the debt securities.
However,
 
the terms of the 3.20% Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2021,
 
Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2021,
 
3.684% Fixed Rate Senior Notes due
2023,
 
4.337%
 
Fixed Rate Senior Notes
 
due 2028,
 
4.950% Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2047
 
and Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2023 (3
 
month
USD LIBOR plus 1.625%
 
p.a.) do not include the exception set out under paragraph
 
(v) above. The Dated Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture
dated May 9, 2017
 
and the Senior Debt Securities
 
Indenture
 
dated January 17,
 
2018
 
and the debt securities
 
issued pursuant thereto, do not include
the exceptions set out under
 
paragraphs
 
(v) and (vi) above.
Modification and Waiver
We and the Trustee may
 
make certain modifications and amendments to the indenture
 
applicable to each series of debt securities without the
consent of the holders of the debt securities. We may make
 
other modifications and amendments with the consent of the holder(s) of not less
than, in the case of the Senior Debt Securities, a majority of, or in the case of the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities, 66
 
2
3
% in aggregate principal
amount of the debt securities of the series outstanding under
 
the applicable indenture that are affected by the modification or amendment.
However,
 
we may not make any modification or amendment
 
without the consent of the holder of each affected debt security that would:
 
change the terms of any debt security to change the stated maturity date of its principal amount;
 
change the principal amount
 
of, or any premium,
 
or rate of interest, with respect to any debt security;
 
reduce the amount of principal
 
on a discount debt security that would be due and payable
 
upon an acceleration of the maturity date of any
series of debt securities;
 
change our
 
obligation, or any successor’s, to pay Debt Security Additional Amounts;
 
change the places at which payments are payable
 
or the currency
 
of payment;
 
impair the right to sue for the enforcement
 
of any payment due and
 
payable;
 
reduce the percentage
 
in aggregate principal amount
 
of outstanding debt securities of
 
the series necessary to modify or amend the relevant
indenture or
 
to waive compliance with certain provisions of the relevant indenture
 
and any past event of default or enforcement
 
event (in each
case, as defined in the relevant indenture);
 
change our
 
obligation to maintain an office or agency in the place and for the purposes specified in the relevant indenture;
 
modify the subordination
 
provisions, if any, or the terms and conditions of our
 
obligations in respect of the due and punctual payment
 
of the
amounts due and payable
 
on the debt securities, in either case in a manner adverse to the holders; or
 
modify the foregoing
 
requirements
 
or the provisions of the relevant indenture relating to the waiver of any past event of default or enforcement
event (in each case, as defined in the relevant indenture)
 
or covenants, except as otherwise specified.
Unless the relevant prospectus
 
supplement provides
 
otherwise, in addition, any variations in the terms
 
and conditions of Dated Subordinated
 
Debt
Securities of any series, including modifications relating to the subordination
 
or redemption
 
provisions of such Dated Subordinated Debt Securities,
can only be made in accordance
 
with the rules
 
and requirements
 
of the PRA, as and to the extent applicable from time to time.
Events of Default and Enforcement Events and Remedies
Senior Debt Securities
Senior Events of Default
With respect to the Senior Debt Securities for
 
which “Senior Events of Default” is indicated in the table above, each of the following is a “Senior
Event of Default”:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Failure to pay
 
any principal or interest on any Senior Debt Securities of
 
that series within 14 days from
 
the due date for payment and such
failure to pay persists for a
 
further 14
 
days following written notice from the Trustee or
 
from holders of 25%
 
in principal amount of the Senior
Debt Securities of that series requiring
 
us to make payment, unless such payment was withheld in order
 
to comply with a law, regulation or
order
 
of any court of competent jurisdiction;
 
Breach of any covenant
 
or warranty
 
of the relevant Senior Debt Securities
 
Indenture
 
(other than payment, as stated above) and
 
that breach is
not remedied within 21
 
days following written notice from
 
the Trustee or from holders
 
of at least 25% in principal amount of the Senior Debt
Securities of that series requiring
 
us to remedy the breach; or
 
Either an English court of competent jurisdiction issues an order
 
which is not successfully
 
appealed within 30 days, or
 
an effective shareholders’
resolution is validly adopted, for
 
our winding
 
-up (other than under or in connection with a scheme of reconstruction, merger or amalgamation
not involving bankruptcy
 
or insolvency).
If a Senior Event of Default occurs and is continuing,
 
the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in outstanding principal amount of the affected
series of Senior Debt Securities may declare such Senior Debt Securities to
 
be due and repayable
 
immediately (and such Senior Debt Securities
 
shall
thereby become
 
due and repayable)
 
at their outstanding principal amount (or at such other repayme
 
nt amount as may be specified
 
in or
determined in accordance
 
with the relevant indenture) together with accrued
 
interest, if
 
any. The Trustee
 
may at its discretion and without further
notice institute such proceedings
 
as it may think suitable against us to enforce payment.
 
Subject to the
 
provisions included in the relevant
indenture for
 
the indemnification of the Trustee, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal
 
amount of the outstanding Senior Debt Securities
of the affected series have
 
the right to
 
direct the Trustee to take enforcement
 
action with respect to that series; provided
 
that such direction does
not conflict with any rule of law or
 
the relevant indenture, and is not unjustly prejudicial to the holder(s)
 
of any Senior Debt Securities of that series
not taking part in the direction, in either case as determined
 
by the Trustee in its sole discretion. The Trustee may also
 
take any other action, not
inconsistent with the direction, that it deems proper.
The holders of a majority of the aggregat
 
e
 
principal amount of the outstanding Senior Debt Securities of any affected series
 
may also waive any
past Event of Default with respect to the affected
 
series, except any default in respect of either:
 
the payment of principal of,
 
or any premium
 
or interest on, any Senior Debt Securities; or
 
a covenant
 
or provision
 
of the relevant indenture which cannot be modified or amended
 
without the
 
consent of each holder of Senior Debt
Securities of the series.
Subject to exceptions, the Trustee may (but
 
is not obligated to), without the consent of the holders, waive or authorize
 
an Event of Default if, in the
opinion of the Trustee, such waiver
 
or authorization would
 
not be materially prejudicial to the
 
interests of the holders.
The Trustee must give notice to
 
each affected holder within 90 days of a default
 
with respect to the Senior Debt Securities of any series, unless the
default has been cured
 
or waived. However,
 
except in the case
 
of a default in the payment
 
of the principal of, or premium, if any,
 
or interest, if any,
on the Senior Debt Securities, the Trustee will be entitled to withhold notice if a
 
trust committee of responsible officers of
 
the Trustee determine in
good faith that withholding
 
of notice is in the interest of the holders.
We are required
 
to
 
furnish to the Trustee annually a statement as to our compliance with all conditions and covenants under
 
the relevant Senior
Debt Securities Indenture.
Notwithstanding any contrary
 
provisions, nothing shall impair the right of a holder,
 
absent the holder’s consent, to sue for any payments due but
unpaid with respect to the Senior Debt Securities.
Senior Enforcement
 
Events
With respect to the Senior Debt Securities for
 
which “Senior Events of Default, Senior Enforcement Events” or “Senior Enforcement
 
Events” is
indicated in the table above, “Senior Enforcement
 
Events” means:
 
Winding-up – If (i) a court of competent jurisdiction in England (or such other
 
jurisdiction in which we may be organized)
 
makes an order for
our winding
 
-up which is not successfully
 
appealed within 30 days
 
of the making of such order,
 
(ii) our shareholders
 
adopt an effective
resolution for our
 
winding-
 
up (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 Barclays, the administrator
gives notice that it intends to declare and
 
distribute a dividend (each a “Senior Winding-up Event”), the outstanding principal amount
 
of the
Senior Debt Securities together with any accrued
 
but unpaid interest thereon will become immediately due and payable.
 
Non-payment
 
– If we fail to pay any amount that has become due and payable
 
under the Senior Debt Securities and such failure continues for
14 days, the Trustee
 
may give us notice of such
 
failure. If within a period
 
of 14 days following
 
the provision of such notice, the failure continues
and has not been cured
 
or waived (a “Non-
 
Payment Event”), the Trustee may at its discretion and without further notice to us institute
proceedings
 
in England (or such other
 
jurisdiction in which we may be organized)
 
(but not elsewhere) for our winding-up and/or prove in our
winding-
 
up and/or
 
claim in our liquidation or administration.
 
Breach of a Performance
 
Obligation – The Trustee may also, without further notice, institute such proceedings
 
against us
 
as the Trustee may
deem fit to enforce any other
 
term, obligation or condition binding
 
on us under the Senior Debt Securities
 
or the relevant Senior Debt Securities
Indenture
 
(i.e.,
 
other than any payment
 
obligation of Barclays under
 
or arising from the Senior Debt Securities or the relevant Senior Debt
Securities Indenture, including,
 
without limitation, payment of any principal or interest, including Debt Security Additional Amounts)
 
(such
obligation, a “Performance
 
Obligation”); provided always that the Trustee (acting on behalf of the holders of the Senior Debt Securities) and the
holders of the Senior Debt Securities may not enforce,
 
and may not
 
be entitled to enforce or
 
otherwise claim, against us
 
any judgment or
 
other
award given
 
in such proceedings that requires the payment
 
of money by us, whether by
 
way of damages or otherwise (a “Monetary
Judgment”), except by
 
proving
 
such Monetary Judgment in our winding-up and/or by claiming such Monetary Judgment in our administration.
 
With respect to the Senior Debt Securities for
 
which “Senior Events of Default, Senior Enforcement Events” is indicated in the table above,
 
if
inclusion of the Senior Events of Default set out above
 
under “
Senior Events of Default
” in the terms of the Senior Debt Securities results, or would
be likely to (in the opinion of Barclays, the
 
PRA or any other
 
relevant national or European
 
authority) result,
 
in a Loss Absorption Disqualification
Event following a Loss Absorption
 
Regulations Event that occurs on or after the issue date of such Senior Debt Securities, then we may,
 
at our
option, without the need for us to obtain any consent from
 
any holder of the Senior Debt Securities, determine that the Senior Events of Default will
no longer
 
apply to the Senior Debt Securities and will be replaced in their entirety by the Senior Enforcement
 
Events.
In respect of all series of Senior Debt Securities to which Senior Enforcement
 
Events apply, other than as set out above and subject to the Trust
Indenture
 
Act remedies specified below, no remedy
 
against us
 
will be available to the Trustee (acting on
 
behalf of the holders of the Senior Debt
Securities) or the holders of the Senior Debt Securities whether
 
for the recovery
 
of amounts owing in respect of such Senior Debt Securities or
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
under the relevant Senior Debt Securities Indenture
 
or in respect of any breach by
 
us of any of our obligations under or
 
in respect of the terms
 
of
such Senior Debt Securities or under
 
the relevant Senior Debt Securities
 
Indenture.
Trust Indenture
 
Act Remedies
Notwithstanding the limitation on remedies specified above, (i) the Trustee
 
will have such powers
 
as are required
 
to be authorized to it under the
Trust Indenture
 
Act in respect of the rights of the
 
holders of the Senior Debt Securities under
 
the provisions of the Indenture
 
and (ii) nothing shall
impair the right of a holder of the Senior Debt Securities under
 
the Trust Indenture
 
Act, absent such holder’s consent,
 
to sue for any payment
 
due
but unpaid with respect to the Senior Debt Securities. No holder
 
of Senior Debt Securities
 
shall be entitled to proceed
 
directly against us except as
described under
 
Limitation on
 
Suits
 
below.
 
Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
Dated Subordinated Enforcement
 
Events
With respect to the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities,
 
under the terms of each Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
Indenture,
 
a “Dated
Subordinated
 
Enforcement
 
Event” shall
 
occur (i) upon
 
the occurrence of Dated Subordinated Winding
 
-Up Event, (ii)
 
upon the occurrence
 
of a
Dated Subordinated Non
 
-Payment Event or
 
(iii) upon a breach by
 
us of a
 
Dated Subordinated Performance
 
Obligation with respect to
 
the relevant
series of the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities:
 
Winding-Up Event – If (i) a court
 
of competent jurisdiction in England (or such other jurisdiction in which we may be organized)
 
makes an order
for our
 
winding-
 
up which is not successfully
 
appealed within 30 days of the making of such order,
 
(ii) our shareholders
 
adopt an effective
resolution for our
 
winding-
 
up (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 Barclays, the administrator
gives notice that it intends to declare and
 
distribute a dividend (each a “Dated Subordinated Winding
 
-up Event”), the outstanding principal
amount of the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
together with any accrued
 
but unpaid interest thereon will become immediately due and
payable.
 
Non-Payment
 
Event
 
If we fail to pay any amount
 
that has become due and payable
 
with respect to the
 
Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
and such failure continues for 14
 
days, the Trustee may give
 
us notice of such failure. If payment is not made, or our
 
failure to pay has not been
waived, within a period of 14
 
days following the provision
 
of such notice, the Trustee may at its discretion and
 
without further notice to us
institute proceedings
 
in England (or such other
 
jurisdiction in which we may be organized) (but not elsewhere)
 
for our winding-up and/or
prove
 
in our winding
 
-up and/or claim in our liquidation or administration.
 
Breach of a Performance
 
Obligation – The Trustee may also, without further notice, institute such proceedings
 
against us
 
as it deems fit to
enforce any
 
other term, obligation or condition
 
binding on us under the relevant Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
or Dated Subordinated
Debt Securities Indenture
 
(i.e.,
 
other than any payment
 
obligation as described above, including, without limitation, payment of any principal
 
or
interest, including Debt Security Additional Amounts) (such obligation, a “Dated Subordinated
 
Performance
 
Obligation”); provided always that
the Trustee and the holders of such Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities may not enforce or
 
otherwise claim against us any judgment or other
award given
 
in such proceedings that requires the payment
 
of money by us, whether by
 
way of damages or otherwise (a “Dated Subordinated
Monetary Judgment”),
 
except by proving
 
such Monetary Judgment in
 
our winding
 
-up and/or by claiming such Monetary Judgment in our
administration.
 
Other than the limited remedies specified in this section and subject to “Tr
 
ust Indenture
 
Act Remedies” below, no remedy
 
against us
 
will be
available to the Trustee (acting on
 
behalf of the holders of the Dated Subordinated Debt Securities) or the holders of the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt
Securities whether for the recovery
 
of amounts
 
owed by
 
us, or in respect of any breach by us of any of our obligations, under
 
or in respect of such
Dated Subordinated Debt Securities or under
 
the relevant Dated Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture.
If a Dated Subordinated
 
Enforcement
 
Event occurs and is continuing with respect to any series
 
of the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities,
 
the
Trustee will have no obligation
 
to take any action at the direction of any
 
holders of such series of the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities, unless
they have offered
 
the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
 
in its sole discretion.
 
The holders of a majority in aggregate
 
principal amount of the outstanding Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
of a series shall have the right to
direct the time, method
 
and place of conducting any
 
proceeding in the name of and on the behalf of the Trustee for any remedy
 
available to the
Trustee or exercising any
 
trust or power
 
conferred on
 
the Trustee with respect to such series
 
of the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities;
 
provided
such direction does not conflict with any rule of law or
 
the relevant Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
Indenture
 
and is not unjustly
 
prejudicial to
the holder(s) of such series of the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
not taking part in the d
 
irection, in either case, as determined by
 
the Trustee
in its sole discretion. The Trustee may
 
also take any other action, consistent with the direction, that it deems proper.
The Trustee will, within ninety
 
(90) days of a Dated Subordinated
 
Enforcement
 
Event with respect to the
 
Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
of any
series, give to each affected holder
 
of the Dated Subordinated Debt Securities of the affected series notice of any default known
 
to the Trustee,
unless the default has been cured
 
or waived. However,
 
the Trustee will be entitled to
 
withhold notice if a trust committee of responsible officers of
the Trustee determine
 
in good faith that withholding of notice is in the interest of the holders.
We are required
 
to furnish to the Trustee annually a statement as to our compliance with all conditions and covenants under
 
the relevant Dated
Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
Indenture.
Trust Indenture
 
Act Remedies
Notwithstanding the limitation on remedies specified above, (i) the Trustee
 
will have such powers
 
as are required
 
to be authorized to it under the
Trust Indenture
 
Act in respect of the rights of the
 
holders of the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
under the provisions
 
of the relevant Dated
Subordinated
 
Debt Indenture
 
and (ii) nothing shall impair the right of a
 
holder of the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
under the Trust Indenture
Act, absent such holder’s consent, to sue for any
 
payment due but unpaid
 
with respect to the
 
Dated Subordinated Debt Securities; provided
 
that, in
the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, any payments in
 
respect of, or arising from, the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities, including any payments
or amounts resulting or arising from
 
the enforcement of any rights under
 
the Trust Indenture
 
Act in respect of the
 
Dated Subordinated Debt
Securities, are subject to the subordination
 
provisions set forth in the relevant Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Indenture.
Limitation on Suits
 
 
 
 
 
Before a holder
 
of debt securities may bypass the Trustee and bring
 
its
 
own lawsuit or other
 
formal legal action or take other steps to enforce its
rights or protect its interests relating to the debt securities, the following
 
must occur:
 
 
The holder must give the Trustee
 
written notice that an event of default or
 
enforcement
 
event (in each case,
 
as defined in the relevant
indenture)
 
has occurred
 
and remains uncured, and include any
 
other information stipulated by the relevant indenture.
 
The holders of 25% in principal amount
 
of all
 
outstanding debt securities of the relevant series
 
must make a written request that the Trustee
take action because of the default, and the holder
 
must offer to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory
 
to the Trustee in its sole
discretion against the cost and other liabilities of taking that action.
 
The Trustee must not have taken
 
action for 60 days after receipt of the above
 
notice and offer of any security and/or
 
indemnity (subject to the
terms of the relevant indenture), and
 
the Trustee must not have received
 
an inconsistent direction from the majority in principal amount of all
outstanding debt securities of the relevant series during
 
that period.
Notwithstanding any contrary
 
provisions, nothing shall impair the right of a holder,
 
absent the holder’s consent, to sue for any payments due but
unpaid with respect to the debt securities.
Exercise of U.K. Bail-in Power
The Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority
 
(which refers to any authority with the ability to exercise
 
a U.K. Bail-in Power)
 
may exercise the bail-in tool in
respect of Barclays, as issuer,
 
and the debt securities. Holders of the debt securities are bound
 
by the exercise of any U.K. Bail-in Power
 
(as defined
in the prospectus supplement for
 
the relevant series of debt securities) by the Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority.
 
This is not a waiver of any rights
holders of debt securities may have at law
 
if and to the extent that any U.K. Bail-in Power
 
is exercised by the Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority
 
in
breach of laws applicable in England.
Generally, exercise
 
of any U.K. Bail-in Power
 
by the Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority
 
may result in (i) the cancellation of all, or a portion, of the
principal amount of, or
 
interest on, the debt securities; and/ or (ii) the conversion
 
of all,
 
or a porti
 
on of, the principal amount of, or interest on, the
debt securities into shares or other securities or other
 
obligations of Barclays or another person,
 
including by means of a variation of the terms of
the debt securities to give effect to
 
the exercise by the Relevant
 
U.K. Resolution Authority of such U.K. Bail-in Power.
Holders of debt securities should review the provisions relating to
 
U.K. Bail-in Power
 
included in the relevant prospectus supplement for
 
such debt
securities, including the section entitled
 
Risk Factors
” therein.
 
No repayment
 
of the principal amount of the debt securities or payment of interest on the debt 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
Barclays under
 
the laws and regulations of the United Kingdom and
 
the European Union
 
applicable to
 
Barclays.
The exercise of the U.K. Bail-in Power
 
by the Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority
 
with respect to the debt securities shall not constitute a Senior
Event of Default, a Senior Enforcement
 
Event or a Dated Subordinated Enforcement
 
Event, as
 
applicable.
 
Upon the exercise of any U.K. Bail-in Power
 
by the Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority
 
with respect to the debt securities, the Trustee shall not be
required
 
to take any further directions from holders
 
of the debt securities
 
pursuant to the applicable indenture
 
which authorizes holders of a
majority in aggregate
 
principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the relevant series of Debt Securities to direct certain actions relating
to the relevant debt securities and (b) the applicable indentures impose no duties
 
upon the Trustee whatsoever
 
with respect to the exercise of any
U.K. Bail-in Pow
 
er by the Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
 
if, following the completion of the exercise of the U.K.
Bail-in Power
 
by the Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority in respect of the debt securities, the debt securities remain outstanding (for
 
example, if the
exercise of the U.K. Bail-in Power
 
results in only a partial write-down of the principal of the debt securities), then the Trustee’s duties under
 
the
relevant Senior Debt Securities Indenture
 
or Dated Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture (as applicable) will apply with respect to the relevant
debt securities following such completion to the extent agreed
 
by Barclays and the Trustee, pursuant to a
 
supplemental indenture to the applicable
indenture, or an amendment
 
thereto.
Consolidation,
 
Merger and Sale of Assets; Assumption
We may,
 
without the consent of holders of any outstanding debt securities, consolidate, amalgamate with or
 
merge into any other
 
corporation, or
convey or
 
transfer or lease our properties and
 
assets
 
substantially as an entirety to any
 
Person
 
(as defined below), provided
 
that:
 
 
the Person formed
 
by such consolidation or amalgamation, or into which Barclays
 
is merged, or the Person which
 
acquires by conveyance
 
or
transfer,
 
or which leases the properties and assets of Barclays substantially as an entirety expressly assumes by
 
supplemental indenture all of
Barclays’ obligations under
 
the outstanding debt securities
 
and the relevant indentures;
 
 
immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Senior
 
Event of Default (or Senior Winding
 
-up Event, as defined above) or Dated
Subordinated
 
Winding-up Event, as applicable, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become
 
a Senior Event of
Default (or Senior Winding
 
-up Event, as defined above) or Dated Subordinated
 
Winding-up Event, as
 
applicable, shall have happened and
 
be
continuing; and
 
 
we have delivered to the
 
Trustee an officer’s certificate and an opinion
 
of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger,
conveyance
 
or transfer and such supplemental indenture
 
comply with the relevant indenture and that all conditions precedent relating to such
transaction have been complied with.
The successor Person formed
 
by such consolidation or amalgamation or
 
into which Barclays is merged or the Person
 
to which such conveyance or
transfer is made will succeed to and be substituted for,
 
and may exercise every right and
 
power
 
of, Barclays under
 
the relevant indenture with the
same effect as if such successor Person
 
had been named as the issuer, and thereafter,
 
the predecessor
 
Person
 
shall be relieved of all
 
obligations
and covenants under
 
the relevant indenture and the relevant series of debt securities.
In this section, “Person” means any individual,
 
corporation,
 
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
 
trust, unincorporated
organization or
 
government or
 
any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Satisfaction and Discharge
 
 
 
 
 
 
When (i) Barclays delivers to the Trustee
 
all outstanding debt securities of any series (other
 
than debt securities
 
which have been replaced
 
or paid
because they were destroyed,
 
lost or stolen) for cancellation, or (ii) all outstanding debt securities of any series have become
 
due and payable
 
or
are by their terms due and
 
payable within one year whether
 
at maturity or are to be called for redemption
 
within one year under
 
arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee, and in the
 
case of clause (ii) Barclays deposits or causes to be deposited with the Trustee funds sufficient
 
to pay and
discharge all claims with respect to all outstanding debt securities of any
 
series, including accrued interest thereon, if any, at maturity
 
or upon
redemption
 
of such debt securities, and if in either case,
 
Barclays
 
pays all other sums related to the debt securities of such series payable under
 
the
relevant indenture
 
by Barclays, and Barclays has
 
delivered to the Trustee an officer’s certificate
 
and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent
 
relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the relevant indenture have been
 
complied with, then the indenture shall (subject
to certain surviving provisions)
 
cease to be of
 
further effect with respect to
 
such series of debt securities, and the Trustee, at Barclays’ expense,
shall execute proper
 
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the relevant indenture with respect to such series of debt securities.
 
Defeasance and Discharge
 
For the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt
 
Securities issued under the Dated Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture dated September
 
11, 2014,
 
at our
option, either (1) we shall be deemed to have been
 
discharged from
 
our obligations with respect to any series of
 
Dated Subordinated
 
Debt
Securities after the applicable conditions set forth below
 
have been satisfied, or (2) we shall cease to be under any
 
obligation to comply with any
term, provision or condition
 
set forth for the relevant Dated Subordinated Debt Securities, at any time after the applicable conditions set forth
below have been
 
satisfied:
(a)
 
we shall have deposited or caused to
 
be deposited irrevocably
 
with the Trustee or its agent as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as
security for,
 
and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the holders of the relevant Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities and the holders of any
coupons appertaining
 
thereto (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. government
 
obligations which through the payment of interest and principal
in respect thereof in accordance
 
with
 
their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a
combination of (i) and (ii), in each case sufficient, in the opinion
 
(with respect to (ii) and (iii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
 
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
 
discharge, and which shall be applied by
 
the
Trustee (or any
 
such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of (and premium,
 
if any) and interest on, the outstanding
Dated Subordinated Debt Securities of such series and any coupons
 
appertaining thereto;
(b)
 
no event which is, or after notice or
 
lapse of time or both would become,
 
a Dated Subordinated Enforcement Event with respect to the relevant
Dated Subordinated Debt Securities shall have occurred
 
and be continuing at the time of such
 
deposit;
(c)
 
we must deliver to the Trustee an opinion
 
of counsel to the effect that holders of the Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
of such series will not
recognize
 
income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such exercise of
 
option and will be subject to U.S. federal income
tax on the same amount and in the same manner
 
and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised,
and, in the case of Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
being discharged,
 
such opinion shall be accompanied by
 
a private letter ruling to that
effect received
 
from the United States Internal Revenue Service or a revenue
 
ruling pertaining to a comparable
 
form of transaction to that effect
published by the United States Internal Revenue
 
Service; and
(d)
 
we shall have delivered to the Trustee
 
an officer’s certificate and
 
an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
 
have been
complied with, and an opinion of counsel to the effect
 
that the exercise of the option set out under
 
this section would not cause such Dated
Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
to be delisted;
The Trustee and Paying Agent
The Bank of New York
 
Mellon, London Branch,
 
One Canada Square, London E14 5AL, United Kingdom, acts as the Trustee under the indentures
and initial principal paying
 
agent for the debt securities.
 
Governing Law
The debt securities, the relevant Senior Debt Securities Indenture
 
and the relevant Dated Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture
 
are governed
 
by
and construed in accordance
 
with the laws
 
of the State of New York,
 
except that any applicable subordination
 
provisions of each series of Dated
Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
and any applicable provisions relating to
 
waiver of set-off of each series of Dated Subordinated
 
Debt Securities
 
and
the Senior Debt Securities issued under
 
the Senior Debt Securities Indenture dated January
 
17, 2018
 
and the related provisions in the relevant
indenture are governed
 
by and construed in accordance with English law.