Strategic Shareholder Climate and Risk Financial Financial Barclays PLC 137 report information sustainability report Governance review review statements Annual Report 2022 Forward-looking statements This document contains certain forward-looking impairment charges, provisions, capital, leverage measure, manage and mitigate the impacts of ability to access funding; and the success of statements within the meaning of Section 21E of and other regulatory ratios, capital distributions climate change effectively; environmental, social acquisitions, disposals and other strategic the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as (including dividend policy and share buybacks), and geopolitical risks and incidents and similar transactions. A number of these factors are amended, and Section 27A of the US Securities return on tangible equity, projected levels of events beyond the Group’s control; the impact of beyond the Group’s control. As a result, the Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the growth in banking and financial markets, industry competition; capital, leverage and other Group’s actual financial position, results, financial Group. Barclays cautions readers that no trends, any commitments and targets (including regulatory rules applicable to past, current and and non-financial metrics or performance forward-looking statement is a guarantee of environmental, social and governance (ESG) future periods; UK, US, Eurozone and global measures or its ability to meet commitments and future performance and that actual results or commitments and targets), business strategy, macroeconomic and business conditions, targets may differ materially from the other financial condition or performance plans and objectives for future operations and including inflation; volatility in credit and capital statements or guidance set forth in the Group’s measures could differ materially from those other statements that are not historical or markets; market related risks such as changes in forward-looking statements. Additional risks and contained in the forward-looking statements. current facts. By their nature, forward-looking interest rates and foreign exchange rates; higher factors which may impact the Group’s future Forward-looking statements can be identified by statements involve risk and uncertainty because or lower asset valuations; changes in credit financial condition and performance are the fact that they do not relate only to historical they relate to future events and circumstances. ratings of any entity within the Group or any identified in the description of material existing or current facts. Forward-looking statements Forward-looking statements speak only as at the securities issued by it; changes in counterparty and emerging risks from page 269 of this sometimes use words such as ‘may’, ‘will’, ‘seek’, date on which they are made. Forward-looking risk; changes in consumer behaviour; the direct Annual Report. ‘continue’, ‘aim’, ‘anticipate’, ‘target’, ‘projected’, statements may be affected by a number of and indirect consequences of the Russia-Ukraine Subject to Barclays PLC’s obligations under the ‘expect’, ‘estimate’, ‘intend’, ‘plan’, ‘goal’, ‘believe’, factors, including, without limitation: changes in war on European and global macroeconomic applicable laws and regulations of any relevant ‘achieve’ or other words of similar meaning. legislation, regulation and the interpretation conditions, political stability and financial jurisdiction (including, without limitation, the UK Forward-looking statements can be made in thereof, changes in IFRS and other accounting markets; direct and indirect impacts of the and the US) in relation to disclosure and ongoing writing but also may be made verbally by standards, including practices with regard to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; instability as information, we undertake no obligation to directors, officers and employees of the Group interpretation and application thereof and a result of the UK’s exit from the European Union update publicly or revise any forward-looking (including during management presentations) in emerging and developing ESG reporting (EU), the effects of the EU-UK Trade and statements, whether as a result of new connection with this document. Examples of standards; the outcome of current and future Cooperation Agreement and any disruption that information, future events or otherwise. forward-looking statements include, among legal proceedings and regulatory investigations; may subsequently result in the UK and globally; others, statements or guidance regarding or the policies and actions of governmental and the risk of cyber-attacks, information or security relating to the Group’s future financial position, regulatory authorities; the Group’s ability along breaches or technology failures on the Group’s income levels, costs, assets and liabilities, with governments and other stakeholders to reputation, business or operations; the Group’s