Contents Notes Page The term Barclays or Group refers to Barclays PLC together with its subsidiaries. The abbreviations ‘£m’ and ‘£bn’ represent millions and Con thousands of millions of Pounds Sterling respectively; the abbreviations The strategic context for our t e ‘$m’ and ‘$bn’ represent millions and thousands of millions of US Dollars xt and Appr respectively; and the abbreviations ‘€m’ and ‘€bn’ represent millions and citizenship performance 02 thousands of millions of Euros respectively. Relevant terms that are used in this document but are not defined under o applicable regulatory guidance or International Financial Reporting Shared Growth Ambition 04 ach Standards (IFRS) are explained in the results glossary that can be accessed at home.barclays/results. Non-IFRS performance measures Global Reporting Initiative G4 table 17 Barclays management believes that the non-IFRS performance measures included in this document provide valuable information to the readers of General Standard Disclosures 18 the financial statements as they enable the reader to identify a more consistent basis for comparing the business’ performance between Specific Standard Disclosures 30 financial periods, and provide more detail concerning the elements of Shar performance which the managers of these businesses are most directly able to influence or are relevant for an assessment of the Group. They also Assurance Statement 49 ed Gr reflect an important aspect of the way in which operating targets are o defined and performance is monitored by Barclays’ management. wth Ambition However, any non-IFRS performance measures in this document are not a substitute for IFRS measures and readers should consider the IFRS measures as well. Refer the Annual Report for further information, reconciliations and calculations of non-IFRS performance measures included throughout this document, and the most directly comparable IFRS measures. Forward-looking statements This document contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the Group. Barclays cautions readers that no Gener forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance and that actual results or other financial condition or performance measures could al S differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they tandar do not relate only to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements sometimes use words such as ‘may’, ‘will’, ‘seek’, ‘continue’, d Disclosur ‘aim’, ‘anticipate’, ‘target’, ‘projected’, ‘expect’, ‘estimate’, ‘intend’, ‘plan’, ‘goal’, ‘believe’, ‘achieve’ or other words of similar meaning. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements or guidance regarding the Group’s future financial position, income growth, es assets, impairment charges, provisions, notable items, business strategy, structural reform, capital, leverage and other regulatory ratios, payment of dividends (including dividend pay-out ratios and expected payment strategies), projected levels of growth in the banking and financial markets, projected costs or savings, original and revised commitments and targets in connection with the strategic cost programme and the Specific S Group Strategy Update, rundown of assets and businesses within Barclays Non-Core, sell down of the Group’s interest in Barclays Africa Group Limited, estimates of capital expenditures and plans and objectives for tandar future operations, projected employee numbers and other statements that are not historical fact. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and d Disclosur circumstances. These may be affected by changes in legislation, the development of standards and interpretations under International Financial Reporting Standards, evolving practices with regard to the interpretation and application of accounting and regulatory standards, the es outcome of current and future legal proceedings and regulatory investigations, future levels of conduct provisions, future levels of notable items, the policies and actions of governmental and regulatory authorities, geopolitical risks and the impact of competition. In addition, factors including (but not limited to) the following may have an effect: capital, KP leverage and other regulatory rules (including with regard to the future MG Assur structure of the Group) applicable to past, current and future periods; UK, US, Africa, Eurozone and global macroeconomic and business conditions; the effects of continued volatility in credit markets; market related risks such as changes in interest rates and foreign exchange rates; effects of ance S changes in valuation of credit market exposures; changes in valuation of issued securities; volatility in capital markets; changes in credit ratings of ta t any entities within the Group or any securities issued by such entities; the emen potential for one or more countries exiting the Eurozone; the implications of the results of the 23 June 2016 referendum in the United Kingdom and t the disruption that may result in the UK and globally from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union; the implementation of the strategic cost programme; and the success of future acquisitions, Where can I find out more? disposals and other strategic transactions. A number of these influences and factors are beyond the Group’s control. As a result, the Group’s actual You can learn about Barclays’ future results, dividend payments, and capital and leverage ratios may strategy, our businesses and performance, differ materially from the plans, goals, expectations and guidance set forth in the Group’s forward-looking statements. Additional risks and factors approach to governance and risk online, which may impact the Group’s future financial condition and performance where latest and archived annual are identified in our filings with the SEC (including, without limitation, our and strategic reports are available annual report on form 20-F for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2016), which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Subject to our to view or download. obligations under the applicable laws and regulations of the United Kingdom and the United States in relation to disclosure and ongoing For further information and a fuller understanding of the results and the information, we undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, state of affairs of the Group, please refer to the full 2016 Annual Report future events or otherwise. and Accounts at home.barclays/annualreport home.barclays/annualreport Barclays PLC Environmental Social Governance Supplement 2016 • 01