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Financial statements
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i Called up share capital (continued)
No redemption or purchase of any 4.875% Preference Shares, the 4.75% Preference Shares, the 6.0% Preference Shares, the 6.278% Preference
Shares, the 6.625% Preference Shares, the 7.1% Preference Shares and the 7.75% Preference Shares (together the ‘Preference Shares’) may be
made by Barclays Bank PLC without the prior notification to the UK FSA and any such redemption will be subject to the Companies Act and the Articles of
Barclays Bank PLC.
On a winding-up of Barclays Bank PLC or other return of capital (other than a redemption or purchase of shares of Barclays Bank PLC, or a reduction of
share capital), a holder of Preference Shares will rank in the application of assets of Barclays Bank PLC available to shareholders (1) junior to the holder of
any shares of Barclays Bank PLC in issue ranking in priority to the Preference Shares, (2) equally in all respects with holders of other preference shares and
any other shares of Barclays Bank PLC in issue ranking pari passu with the Preference Shares and (3) in priority to the holders of ordinary shares and any
other shares of Barclays Bank PLC in issue ranking junior to the Preference Shares.
The holders of the £400m 6% Callable Perpetual Core Tier One Notes and the US$1,000m 6.86% Callable Perpetual Core Tier One Notes of Barclays Bank
PLC (together, the ‘TONs’) and the holders of the US$1,250m 8.55% Step-up Callable Perpetual Reserve Capital Instruments, the US$750m 7.375%
Step-up Callable Perpetual Reserve Capital Instruments, the ¤850m 7.50% Step-up Callable Perpetual Reserve Capital Instruments, the £500m 5.3304%
Step-up Callable Perpetual Reserve Capital Instruments, the US$1,350m 5.926% Step-up Callable Perpetual Reserve Capital Instruments, the £500m
6.3688% Step-up Callable Perpetual Reserve Capital Instruments and the US$1,250m 7.434% Step-up Callable Perpetual Reserve Capital Instruments of
Barclays Bank PLC (together, the ‘RCIs’) would, for the purposes only of calculating the amounts payable in respect of such securities on a winding-up of
Barclays Bank PLC, subject to limited exceptions and to the extent that the TONs and the RCIs are then in issue, rank pari passu with the holders of the
most senior class or classes of preference shares then in issue in the capital of Barclays Bank PLC. Accordingly, the holders of the preference shares would
rank equally with the holders of such TONs and RCIs on such a winding-up of Barclays Bank PLC (unless one or more classes of shares of Barclays Bank
PLC ranking in priority to the preference shares are in issue at the time of such winding-up, in which event the holders of such TONs and RCIs would rank
equally with the holders of such shares and in priority to the holders of the preference shares).
Subject to such ranking, in such event, holders of the preference shares will be entitled to receive out of assets of Barclays Bank PLC available for
distributions to shareholders, liquidating distributions in the amount of ¤10,000 per 4.875% Preference Share, ¤10,000 per 4.75% Preference Share,
£10,000 per 6.0% Preference Share, US$10,000 per 6.278% Preference Share, US$25 per 6.625% Preference Share, US$25 per 7.1% Preference Share
and US$25 per 7.75% Preference Share, plus, in each case, an amount equal to the accrued dividend for the then current dividend period to the date of
the commencement of the winding-up or other such return of capital. If a dividend is not paid in full on any preference shares on any dividend payment
date, then a dividend restriction shall apply.
This dividend restriction will mean that neither Barclays Bank PLC nor Barclays PLC may (a) declare or pay a dividend (other than payment by Barclays PLC
of a final dividend declared by its shareholders prior to the relevant dividend payment date, or a dividend paid by Barclays Bank PLC to Barclays PLC or to a
wholly owned subsidiary) on any of their respective ordinary shares, other preference shares or other share capital or (b) redeem, purchase, reduce or
otherwise acquire any of their respective share capital, other than shares of Barclays Bank PLC held by Barclays PLC or a wholly owned subsidiary, until the
earlier of (1) the date on which Barclays Bank PLC next declares and pays in full a preference dividend and (2) the date on or by which all the preference
shares are redeemed in full or purchased by Barclays Bank PLC.
Holders of the preference shares are not entitled to receive notice of, or to attend, or vote at, any general meeting of Barclays Bank PLC. Barclays Bank PLC
is not permitted to create a class of shares ranking as regards participation in the profits or assets of Barclays Bank PLC in priority to the preference shares,
save with the sanction of a special resolution of a separate general meeting of the holders of the preference shares (requiring a majority of not less than
three-fourths of the holders of the preference shares voting at the separate general meeting), or with the consent in writing of the holders of three-
fourths of the preference shares.
Except as described above, the holders of the preference shares have no right to participate in the surplus assets of Barclays Bank PLC.