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Barclays PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2011
Feb 7, 2011
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Capital/Financing Update
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Final Terms
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
(Incorporated with limited liability in England and Wales)
BARCLAYS CAPITAL (CAYMAN) LIMITED
(Incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands)
GLOBAL STRUCTURED SECURITIES PROGRAMME
for the issue of Securities
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
EUR 5,000,000 Fixed Rate Credit Linked Securities due 20 March 2016 (the "Notes")
Series GSN29928
under the Global Structured Securities Programme
Issue Price: 100 per cent. of par
This document constitutes the final terms of the Notes (the "Final Terms") described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Directive 2003/71/EC and is prepared in connection with the Global Structured Securities Programme established by Barclays Bank PLC (the "Bank") and Barclays Capital (Cayman) Limited ("BCCL") and is supplemental to and should be read in conjunction with the Base Prospectus dated 6 August 2010, as supplemented and amended from time to time, which constitutes a base prospectus (the "Base Prospectus") for the purpose of the Directive 2003/71/EC. Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Securities is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Base Prospectus. The Base Prospectus is available for viewing during normal business hours at the registered office of the Issuer and the specified office of the Issue and Paying Agent for the time being in London and copies may be obtained from such office. Words and expressions defined in the Base Prospectus and not defined in this document shall bear the same meanings when used herein.
The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms. To the best of its knowledge and belief (having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case) the information contained in these Final Terms is in accordance with the facts and does not contain anything likely to affect the import of such information.
Investors should refer to the sections headed "Risk Factors" in the Base Prospectus for a discussion of certain matters that should be considered when making a decision to invest in the Securities.
Barclays Capital
Final Terms dated 7 February 2011
The distribution of this document and the offer of the Securities in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession these Final Terms come are required by the Bank to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions. Details of selling restrictions for various jurisdictions are set out in "Purchase and Sale" in the Base Prospectus. In particular, the Securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and are subject to US tax law requirements. Trading in the Securities has not been approved by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the US Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended. Subject to certain exceptions, the Securities may not at any time be offered, sold or delivered in the United States or to US persons, nor may any US persons at any time trade or maintain a position in such Securities.
Part A
Terms and Conditions of the Securities
The Securities shall have the following terms and conditions, which shall complete, modify and/or amend the Base Conditions and/or any applicable Relevant Annex(es) set out in the Base Prospectus dated 6 August 2010.
| Parties | |
|---|---|
| Issuer: | Barclays Bank PLC |
| Guarantor: | N/A |
| $Manager[s]$ : | Barclays Bank PLC |
| Determination Agent: | Barclays Bank PLC |
| Issue and Paying Agent: | The Bank of New York Mellon |
| Stabilising Manager: | N/A |
| Registrar: | N/A |
| CREST Agent: | N/A |
| Paying Agents: | N/A |
| Transfer Agent: | N/A |
| Exchange Agent: | N/A |
| Additional Agents: | N/A |
THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE US SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") AND THE SECURITIES COMPRISE BEARER SECURITIES THAT ARE SUBIECT TO US TAX LAW REOUIREMENTS. SUBIECT TO CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, US PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("REGULATION S")). THESE FINAL TERMS HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY THE ISSUER FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO NON-US PERSONS IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S AND FOR LISTING OF THE SECURITIES ON THE RELEVANT STOCK EXCHANGE, IF ANY, AS STATED HEREIN. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THESE AND CERTAIN FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON OFFERS AND SALES OF THE SECURITIES AND DISTRIBUTION OF THESE FINAL TERMS, THE BASE PROSPECTUS AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL PROSPECTUSES SEE "PURCHASE AND SALE" IN THE BASE PROSPECTUS.
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBIECT TO LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(i) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.
Provisions relating to the Securities
| $\mathbf{1}$ | (i) Series: |
GSN29928 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (ii) | Tranche: | 1 | |
| 2 | Currency: | Euro ("EUR") | |
| 3 | Notes: | Applicable | |
| (i) | Aggregate Nominal Amount as at the Issue Date: |
EUR 5,000,000 | |
| (ii) | Specified Denomination: | EUR 50,000 | |
| (iii) | Calculation Amount per Security as at the Issue Date: |
EUR 50,000 | |
| (iv) | Nominal Amount: | EUR 50,000 | |
| 4 | Certificates: | N/A | |
| 5 | Form: | ||
| (i) | Global/Definitive/Uncertificated and | Global Bearer Securities: | |
| dematerialised: | Temporary Global Security, exchangeable for Permanent Global Security |
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| (ii) | NGN Form: | Applicable | |
| (iii) | Held under the NSS: | N/A | |
| (iv) | CGN Form: | N/A | |
| (v) | CDIs: | N/A | |
| 6 | Trade Date: | 24 January, 2011. The Securityholder bears the risk of loss from a Credit Event with effect from the Credit Event Backston Date. |
"Credit Event Backstop Date" means (a) for purposes of any event that constitutes a Credit Event (or with respect to Repudiation/Moratorium (as defined in the Base Prospectus), the event described in paragraph (a)(i) of the definition thereof) for purposes of the relevant Reference Entity, as determined by DC Resolution, the date that is 60 calendar days prior to the Credit Event Resolution Request Date or (b) otherwise, the date that is 60 calendar days prior to the earlier of (i) the first date on which both the Credit Event Notice and, if "Notice of Publicly Available Information" is specified as a Condition to Settlement, the Notice of
which may fall prior to the Trade Date.
| relevant Credit Derivatives Determinations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Committee has Resolved not to determine | ||
| such matters and (C) the Credit Event Notice | ||
| if "Notice of Publicly Available and, |
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| Information" is specified as a Condition to | ||
| Settlement, the Notice of Publicly Available | ||
| Information are delivered by the Issuer to the | ||
| Issue and Paying Agent and are effective no | ||
| more than fourteen calendar days after the | ||
| day on which ISDA publicly announces that | ||
| relevant the Credit Derivatives |
||
| Determinations Committee has Resolved not | ||
| to determine such matters, the Credit Event | ||
| Resolution Request Date. The Credit Event | ||
| Backstop Date shall not be subject to | ||
| adjustment in accordance with any Business | ||
| Day Convention. | ||
| 7 | Issue Date: | 7 February, 2011 |
| 8 | Redemption Date: | 20 March 2016 (the "Scheduled Redemption |
| Date") provided that if an Extension Notice is | ||
| effective and Relevant Event no |
||
| Determination Date occurs on or prior to the | ||
| Securities Extension Date, the date falling | ||
| five Business Days after the Securities | ||
| Extension Date or, if an Extension Notice is | ||
| effective and a Relevant Event Determination | ||
| Date occurs on or prior to the Securities | ||
| Extension Date, the Credit Event Redemption Date. |
||
| 9 | Issue Price: | 100 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal |
| Amount | ||
| 10 | Relevant Stock Exchange[s]: | London Stock Exchange |
| 11 | The following Relevant Annex(es) shall apply | Credit Linked Annex |
| to the Securities (specify each applicable |
Publicly Available Information are delivered by the Issuer to the Issue and Paying Agent and are effective during the Notice Delivery Period and (ii) in circumstances where (A) the conditions to convening a Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee to Resolve such matters are satisfied in accordance with the CDDC Rules, (B) the
Relevant Annex):
Provisions relating to interest (if any) payable on the Securities
| 12 | Interest: | Applicable | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Interest Amount: | As defined in Conditions 4 and 24 of the Base Conditions |
|
| 14 | Interest Rate[s]: | ||
| (i) | Fixed Rate: | 9.05 per cent. per annum | |
| (ii) | Floating Rate: | N/A | |
| (iii) | Variable Rate: | N/A | |
| (iv) | Zero Coupon: | N/A | |
| (v) | Bond Linked Securities - Fixed Coupon: |
N/A | |
| (vi) | Bond Linked Securities - Pass Through Interest: |
N/A | |
| 15 | Screen Rate Determination: | N/A | |
| 16 | ISDA Determination: | N/A | |
| 17 | Margin: | N/A | |
| 18 | Minimum/Maximum Interest Rate: | N/A | |
| 19 | Interest Commencement Date: | Issue Date | |
| 20 | Interest Determination Date: | N/A | |
| 21 | Interest Calculation Periods: | As defined in Condition 24 of the Base Conditions |
|
| (i) | Interest Period End Dates: | Each Interest Payment Date, without any adjustment in accordance with the Business Day Convention |
|
| (ii) | Interest calculation method for short or long Interest Calculation Periods: |
N/A | |
| 22 | Interest Payment Dates: | Annually in arrear on 20 March in each year, from and including 20 March 2011, to and including the Redemption Date, subject to adjustment in accordance with the Business Day Convention. Following the occurrence of an Event Determination Date, the Notes will cease to of the interest Event accrue as Determination Date. |
|
| 23 | Day Count Fraction: | 30/360 | |
| 24 | Fall back provisions, rounding provisions, | N/A | |
denominator and any other terms relating to the method of calculating interest, if different from those set out in the Base Conditions:
Provisions relating to Redemption
| 25 | Settlement Method: | For the purposes of Condition 5.1 of the Base Conditions: Cash Settlement; provided that no Event Determination Date occurs prior to the later of the Scheduled Redemption Date or the Securities Extension Date. Otherwise, please refer to paragraph 40 "Credit Linked Securities" below. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Settlement Currency: | EUR | ||
| 27 | Settlement Number: | As defined in Condition 24 of the Base Conditions |
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| 28 | Terms relating to Cash Settled Securities: | |||
| (i) | Final Cash Settlement Amount: | 100 per cent per Calculation Amount per Security, subject to the occurrence of any Credit Events. |
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| (ii) | Early Cash Settlement Amount: | As defined in Condition 24 of the Base Conditions |
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| (iii) | Early Cash Redemption Date: | As defined in Condition 24 of the Base Conditions |
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| 29 | Terms relating to Physically Delivered Securities: |
N/A | ||
| 30 | Nominal Call Event: | N/A | ||
| 31 | Call Option: | N/A | ||
| 32 | Put Option: | N/A | ||
| 33 | Specified Early Redemption Event: | N/A | ||
| 34 | Maximum and Minimum Redemption Requirements: |
N/A | ||
| 35 | Additional Disruption Events in addition to those specified in Condition 24 of the Base Conditions and any applicable Relevant Annex: |
Applicable | ||
| (i) | Affected Jurisdiction Hedging Disruption: |
N/A | ||
| Affected Jurisdiction Increased Cost (ii) of Hedging: |
N/A |
| (iii) | Affected Jurisdiction: | N/A | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (iv) | Other Additional Disruption Events: | Hedging Disruption and Increased Cost of Hedging shall constitute Additional Disruption Events |
|
| (v) | The following shall not constitute Additional Disruption Events: |
N/A | |
| 36 | Share Linked Securities: | N/A | |
| 37 | Index Linked Securities: | N/A | |
| 38 | Inflation Linked Securities: | N/A | |
| 39 | FX Linked Securities: | N/A | |
| 40 | Credit Linked Securities: | Applicable | |
| (i) | Type of Credit Linked Security: | Single Name CLS | |
| (ii) | Determination Agent City: | As defined in the Credit Linked Annex | |
| (iii) | Credit Event Accrued Interest: | Applicable | |
| (iv) | Extension Interest: | N/A | |
| Credit Provisions | |||
| (v) | Reference Entity (together with the related Reference Obligation(s), Obligation(s) and/or Deliverable Obligation(s) thereof, as applicable, each a "Reference Asset"): |
BANCO POPULAR SA ESPANOL (Subordinated),, and any Successors |
|
| (vi) | Reference Entity Notional Amount(s): |
Aggregate Nominal Amount | |
| (vii) | Specified Reference Obligations: | ||
| The obligations identified as follows: | |||
| Primary Obligor: | BPE FINANCIACIONES | ||
| Guarantor: | Banco Popular Espanol SA | ||
| Maturity: | 30 June 2014 | ||
| Coupon: | 3m Euribor + 0.75% | ||
| CUSIP/ISIN: | ES0257080004 | ||
| Deliverable Obligations: | As set out in respect of the applicable Transaction Type in the Schedule |
||
| Deliverable Obligation Category: | As set out in respect of the applicable Transaction Type in the Schedule |
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| Deliverable Obligation Characteristics: |
As set out in respect of the applicable Transaction Type in the Schedule |
||
| Excluded Deliverable Obligations: | None |
| (viii) | Reference CDS | N/A | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (ix) | All Guarantees: | As set out in respect of the applicable Transaction Type in the Schedule |
|
| Terms relating to Credit Events | |||
| (x) | Credit Events: | As set out in respect of the applicable Transaction Type in the Schedule |
|
| (xi) | For Nth-to-Default Securities only, specify N: |
N/A | |
| (xii) | Default Requirement: | As defined in the Credit Linked Annex | |
| (xiii) | Payment Requirement: | As defined in the Credit Linked Annex | |
| (xiv) | Conditions to Settlement: | As set out in respect of the applicable Transaction Type in the Schedule |
|
| (xv) | Obligation(s): | ||
| Obligation Category: (select one only) |
As set out in respect of the applicable Transaction Type in the Schedule |
||
| Obligation Characteristics: (select all of which apply) |
As set out in respect of the applicable Transaction Type in the Schedule |
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| (xvi) | Additional Obligation(s): | N/A | |
| (xvii) | Excluded Obligation(s): | None | |
| Credit Event: | Terms relating to settlement following a | ||
| (xviii) | CLS Settlement Method: | Auction Settlement | |
| (xix) | Fallback CLS Settlement Method: | Cash Settlement | |
| (xx) | Issuer CLS Settlement Option: | N/A | |
| (xxi) | Terms relating to Cash Settlement: | Applicable Fallback where the CLS Settlement Method applies |
|
| Credit Event Redemption (a) Amount: |
In respect of each Security, (a) the product of the Nominal Amount and the Final Price; minus (b) such Security's pro rata share of Settlement Expenses and Swap Costs. "Final Price" means the Auction Final Price, unless the Fallback CLS Cash Settlement Method is applicable in which case Final Price shall mean the price of the Reference Obligation determined pursuant to the |
"Swap Costs" means an amount determined by the Determination Agent in its sole and
Valuation Method
| absolute discretion equal to any loss or costs incurred (or expected to be incurred) by or on behalf of the Issuer as a result of its liquidating, terminating, modifying, obtaining or re-establishing any hedge, term deposit, related trading position or funding arrangement entered into by it (including with its internal treasury function) in connection with the Securities. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| (b) | Credit Event Redemption Date: |
5 Business Days following calculation of the Final Price |
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| (c) | CLS Valuation Date: | Single CLS Valuation Date | ||
| (d) | CLS Valuation Time: | As specified in the Credit Linked Annex | ||
| (e) | Quotation Method: | Bid | ||
| (f) | Quotation Amount: | An amount in the Settlement Currency specified by the Issuer which shall not exceed the Aggregate Nominal Amount |
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| (g) | Minimum Quotation Amount: | N/A | ||
| (h) | Accreted Amount: | N/A | ||
| (i) | Valuation Method: | Highest | ||
| (xxi) | Terms relating to Physical Settlement: |
N/A | ||
| 41 | Commodity Linked Securities: | N/A | ||
| 42 | Proprietary Index Linked Securities: | N/A | ||
| 43 | Bond Linked Securities: | N/A | ||
| 44 | Mutual Fund Linked Securities: | N/A | ||
| Provisions relating to Settlement | ||||
| 45 | Minimum Settlement Amount: | N/A | ||
| 46 | Settlement in respect of VP Notes, APK Registered Securities, Dutch Securities, Italian Securities, Swedish Registered Securities, VPS Registered Securities or Spanish Securities: |
N/A | ||
| 47 | Additional provisions relating to Taxes and Settlement Expenses: |
N/A | ||
| Definitions | ||||
| 48 | Business Day: | As defined in Condition 24 of the Base Conditions |
49 Additional Business Centre(s):
Selling restrictions and provisions relating to certification
| 50 | Non-US Selling Restrictions: | Investors bound by the selling are restrictions of the relevant jurisdiction(s) in which the Securities are to be sold as set out in the Base Prospectus. In addition to those described in the Base Prospectus, no action has been made or will be taken by the Issuer that would permit a public offering of the Securities or possession or distribution of any offering material in relation to the Securities in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Each purchaser or distributor of the Securities represents and agrees that it will not purchase, offer, sell, re-sell or deliver the Securities or, have in its possession or distribute, the Base Prospectus, any other offering material or any Final Terms, in any jurisdiction except in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations of such jurisdiction and in a manner that will not impose any obligation on the Issuer or |
|---|---|---|
| Manager (as the case may be) and the Determination Agent. |
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| 51 | Applicable TEFRA exemption: | TEFRA D Rules Applicable |
| General | ||
| 52 | Business Day Convention: | Modified Following |
| 53 | Relevant Clearing System: | Euroclear Clearstream, Luxembourg |
| 54 | If syndicated, names of Managers: | N/A |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | Details relating to Partly Paid Securities: | N/A |
| 56 | Relevant securities codes: | ISIN: XS0568528243 |
| Common Code: 056852824 | ||
| 57 | Modifications to the Master Subscription Agreement and/or Agency Agreement: |
N/A |
| 58 | Additional Conditions and/or modification to the Conditions of the Securities: |
N/A |
Part B Other Information
$\mathbf{1}$ LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING
| (i) | Listing | London |
|---|---|---|
| (ii) | Admission to trading: | Application is expected to be made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Securities to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Regulated Market on or around the Issue Date. |
| (iii) | Estimate of total expenses related to admission to trading: |
GBP 300 |
| D |
$2^{\circ}$ RATINGS
Ratings:
The Securities have not been individually rated.
$\overline{3}$ NOTIFICATION
$N/A$
INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE $\overline{4}$
"Save as discussed in "Purchase and Sale", so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer of the Securities has an interest material to the offer.
$51$ REASONS FOR THE OFFER, ESTIMATED NET PROCEEDS AND TOTAL EXPENSES
| (i) Reasons for the offer: |
General funding |
|---|---|
| ------------------------------- | ----------------- |
- $(ii)$ Estimated net proceeds: EUR 5,000,000
- $(iii)$ Estimated total expenses: $N/A$
$6 \overline{6}$ FIXED RATE SECURITIES ONLY - YIELD
Indication of yield: $N/A$
FLOATING RATE SECURITIES ONLY - HISTORIC INTEREST RATES $\overline{7}$
$N/A$
PERFORMANCE OF REFERENCE ASSET(S) OR OTHER VARIABLE, EXPLANATION OF EFFECT 8 ON VALUE OF INVESTMENT AND ASSOCIATED RISKS AND OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE REFERENCE ASSET(S) AND/OR OTHER UNDERLYING
$N/A$
9 PERFORMANCE OF RATE[S] OF EXCHANGE AND EXPLANATION OF EFFECT ON VALUE OF INVESTMENT
$N/A$
10 OPERATIONAL INFORMATION
Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear N/A Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearstream Banking Société Anonyme (together with their addresses) and the relevant identification $number(s)$ :
Delivery:
Names and addresses of additional Paying Agents(s) (if any):
Intended to be held in a manner which would allow Eurosystem eligibility:
Delivery free of payment
$N/A$
Yes
Note that the designation "yes" simply means that the Securities are intended upon issue to be deposited with one of the International Central Securities Depositaries (ICSDs) as common safekeeper and does not necessarily mean that the Securities will be recognised as eligible collateral for Eurosystem monetary policy and intra-day credit operations by the Eurosystem either upon issue or at any or all times during their life. Such recognition will depend upon the ECB being satisfied that Eurosystem eligibility criteria have been met.
11 OFFER INFORMATION
The Issue Price includes a commission element shared with a third party, which will be no more than 4.00 % of the Issue Price. Further details of the commission element are available upon request.
Schedule
| Transaction Type | STANDARD EUROPEAN |
|---|---|
| CORPORATE | |
| All Guarantees: | Applicable |
| Conditions to | Notice of Publicly Available |
| Settlement: | Information Applicable |
| Credit Events: | Bankruptcy |
| Failure to Pay | |
| Restructuring | |
| Modified Restructuring Maturity | |
| Limitation and Conditionally | |
| Transferable Obligation | |
| Applicable | |
| Obligation | Borrowed Money |
| Category: | |
| Obligation | None |
| Characteristics: | |
| Physical Settlement | 30 Business Days |
| Period: | |
| Deliverable | Bond or Loan |
| Obligation | |
| Category: | |
| Deliverable | Not Subordinated |
| Obligation | Specified Currency |
| Characteristics: | Not Contingent |
| Assignable Loan | |
| Consent Required Loan | |
| Transferable | |
| Maximum Maturity: 30 years | |
| Not Bearer | |