Exhibit 12.1
CERTIFICATIONS FILED PURSUANT
TO 17 CFR
240. 13(A)
- 14(A)
I, James E Staley, certify that:
1. I have reviewed
this annual report on
Form 20
-F
of Barclays PLC;
2. Based on my knowledge,
this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered
by
this report;
3. Based on my knowledge,
the financial
statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of the company as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report;
4. The company’s other certifying officer
and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures
(as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a
-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-
15(f)) for the company
and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,
or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
under our supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to
the company,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during
the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over
financial reporting, or caused such internal control
over financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding
the reliability
of financial reporting
and the preparation
of financial statements
for external
purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of
the company’s disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,
as of the
end of the period
covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report
any change in the company’s internal control
over financial reporting
that occurred during the period
covered by the
annual report
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s
internal control over
financial reporting; and
5. The company’s other
certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
our most recen
t
evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to
the company’s auditors and the audit committee of
the company’s boards
of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control
over financial reporting
which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect
the company’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report
financial information; and
(b) Any
fraud, whether or
not material, that
involves management or
other employees who
have a significant role in the company’s internal control
over financial reporting.
/s/ James E Staley
James E Staley
Title: Group
Chief Executive
Barclays PLC