Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
Registration Statement No. 333-253693
Prospectus Supplement to Prospectus dated March 1, 2021
$1,000,000,000 3.811% Fixed Rate Resetting Subordinated Callable Notes due 2042
Barclays PLC
We, Barclays PLC (the
Issuer or Barclays), are issuing $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.811% Fixed Rate Resetting Subordinated Callable Notes due 2042 (the notes).
From (and including) the Issue Date (as defined below) to (but excluding) March 10, 2041 (the Reset Date), interest will accrue on the notes at
a rate of 3.811% per annum. From (and including) the Reset Date to (but excluding) the Maturity Date (as defined below), the applicable per annum interest rate will be equal to the sum, as determined by the Calculation Agent (as defined below), of
the then-prevailing U.S. Treasury Rate (as defined below) on the Reset Determination Date (as defined below), plus 1.70%. Interest will be payable semi-annually in arrear on March 10 and September 10 in each year, commencing on
September 10, 2021.
The notes will 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 notes will rank as described in this prospectus supplement under Description of Subordinated NotesRanking.
We may, at our option, redeem the notes then outstanding, in whole but not in part, on the Reset Date at an amount equal to 100% of their principal amount
together with accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed to (but excluding) such redemption date, on the terms and subject to the provisions set forth in this prospectus supplement under
Description of Subordinated NotesRedemption ProvisionsOptional Redemption. We may also, at our option, redeem the notes, in whole but not in part, at any time at an amount equal to 100% of their principal amount
together with accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed to (but excluding) the redemption date, in the event of a change in certain U.K. regulatory capital requirements as described in this prospectus
supplement under Description of Subordinated NotesRedemption ProvisionsRegulatory Event Redemption. We may also, at our option, at any time, redeem the notes, in whole but not in part, at an amount equal to 100% of the
principal amount of the notes being redeemed together with accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed to (but excluding) the redemption date, upon the occurrence of certain events related to taxation on
the terms described in this prospectus supplement under Description of Subordinated Notes Redemption ProvisionsTax Redemption. Any redemption or repurchase of the notes is subject to the provisions described in this
prospectus supplement under Description of Subordinated NotesRedemption ProvisionsCondition to Redemption and Description of Subordinated NotesRedemption Provisions Condition to
Repurchase.
We will apply to list the notes on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Trading on the NYSE is expected to begin within 30
days of the initial delivery of the notes.
IMPORTANTPRIIPs REGULATION / PROHIBITION OF SALES TO EEA RETAIL INVESTORS. The notes are not intended
to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (EEA). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one
(or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, MiFID II); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (the Insurance Distribution
Directive), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II. Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the
PRIIPs Regulation) for offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to any retail
investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.
IMPORTANT U.K. PRIIPs REGULATION / PROHIBITION OF SALES TO U.K. RETAIL
INVESTORS. The notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the U.K. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one
(or more) of: (i) a retail client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 as it forms part of domestic law of the U.K. by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the Withdrawal Act); or
(ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the U.K. Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (FSMA) and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer
would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law of the U.K. by virtue of the Withdrawal Act. Consequently no key information document required
by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 as it forms part of domestic law of the U.K. by virtue of the Withdrawal Act (the U.K. PRIIPs Regulation) for offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the
U.K. has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the U.K. may be unlawful under the U.K. PRIIPs Regulation.
Singapore Securities and Futures Act Product ClassificationSolely for the purposes of its obligations pursuant to sections 309B(1)(a) and
309B(1)(c) of the Securities and Futures Act (Chapter 289 of Singapore) (the SFA), the Issuer has determined, and hereby notifies all relevant persons (as defined in Section 309A of the SFA) that the Securities are prescribed
capital markets products (as defined in the Securities and Futures (Capital Markets Products) Regulations 2018).
Notwithstanding and to the
exclusion of any other term of the notes or any other agreements, arrangements or understandings between us and any holder or beneficial owner of the notes, by acquiring the notes, each holder and beneficial owner of the notes