Please wait
 
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
 
recent
 
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.
Date:
 
February
 
18,
 
2021
/s/
 
James
 
E
 
Staley
James
 
E
 
Staley
Title:
 
Group
 
Chief
 
Executive
Barclays
 
PLC
 
I,
 
Tushar
 
Morzaria,
 
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
 
recent
 
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.
Date:
 
February
 
18,
 
2021
/s/
 
Tushar
 
Morzaria
Tushar
 
Morzaria
Title:
 
Group
 
Finance
 
Director
Barclays
 
PLC