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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
February
16, 2023
Barclays PLC
(Name
of Registrant)
1 Churchill Place
London E14 5HP
England
(Address
of Principal Executive Office)
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by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports
under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
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Commission
pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
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in
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This
Report on Form 6-K is filed by Barclays PLC.
This
Report comprises:
Information
given to The London Stock Exchange and furnished pursuant
to
General
Instruction B to the General Instructions to Form 6-K.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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BARCLAYS
PLC
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(Registrant)
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Date:
February 16, 2023
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By: /s/
Garth Wright
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Garth
Wright
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Assistant
Secretary
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16 February 2023
Barclays PLC
Future Commencement of Buy-back
Barclays PLC (the "Company") announces that, as outlined in its announcement
on 15 February 2023, it will commence a share buy-back programme to
purchase ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company
("Ordinary
Shares") for up to a maximum
consideration of £500m (the "Buy-back"). The Buy-back will commence on 13 March 2023
and end no later than 15 August 2023 (subject to regulatory
approval remaining in place). The purpose of the Buy-back is to
reduce the share capital of the Company and therefore Ordinary
Shares purchased under the Buy-back will be
cancelled.
The Company has entered into an irrevocable, non-discretionary
agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities plc ("JPMS") to conduct the Buy-back on its behalf and carry
out on-market purchases of Ordinary Shares, acting as riskless
principal, and to on-sell such Ordinary Shares to the
Company.
JPMS will make trading decisions in relation to the Buy-back
independently of the Company. Any purchases of Ordinary
Shares under the Buy-back will be carried out on the London Stock
Exchange in accordance with certain pre-set parameters set out in
the agreement with JPMS and in accordance with (and subject to the
limits prescribed by) the Company's general authority to repurchase
Ordinary Shares granted by its shareholders at the annual general
meeting on 4 May 2022 (the "2022
Authority"), Chapter 12 of the
Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rules, Article 5(1) of the
Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as it forms part of
domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018,
as amended), the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2016/1052
(as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended), and applicable US federal
securities laws.
No repurchases will be made in the United States or in respect of
the Company's American Depositary Receipts.
The maximum number of Ordinary Shares that may be repurchased under
the Buy-back is 744,815,359 being the number of Ordinary Shares the
Company is authorised to repurchase under the 2022 Authority less
the number of Ordinary Shares purchased as part of (1) the
£1,000m share buy-back programme which commenced on 24 May
2022 and completed on 16 August 2022; and (2) the £500m share
buy-back programme which commenced on 17 August 2022 and completed
on 3 October 2022.
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For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations Media
Relations
Chris Manners
Jon Tracey
+44 (0) 20 7773 2136
+44 (0) 20 7116 4755
About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by
business, by different types of customer and client, and geography.
Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations
around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global
corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our
service company which provides technology, operations and
functional services across the Group. For further information about
Barclays, please visit our website home.barclays.