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Barclays PLC Capital/Financing Update 2011

Apr 15, 2011

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Capital/Financing Update

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THESE SECURITIES DO NOT CONSTITUTE COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES IN THE MEANING OF THE SWISS FEDERAL ACT ON COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES ("CISA"). ACCORDINGLY, HOLDERS OF THE SECURITIES DO NOT BENEFIT FROM PROTECTION UNDER CISA OR SUPERVISION BY THE SWISS FINANCIAL MARKET SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY ("FINMA").

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 1,500,000 Collared Floating Rate Notes due April 2015 (the "Notes")

Series GSN40007

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 15 April 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.

Notice to Swiss Investors:

The Securities may not be publicly distributed in Switzerland. These Final Terms will not be dispatched, copied to or otherwise made available to, and the Securities may not be offered for sale to any person in Switzerland, except to Qualified Investors as defined in article 10 of CISA, i.e. to a) prudentially requlated financial intermediaries such as banks, securities dealers and fund management companies, b) regulated insurance institutions, c) public entities and retirement benefits institutions with professional treasury department, d) companies with professional treasury department, e) High-Net-Worth Individuals (as defined below) and f) investors who have concluded a written discretionary management agreement with a financial intermediary as defined under lit. a) or with an independent asset manager that complies with the requirements pursuant to Art. 6 para 2 of the Collective Investment Schemes Ordinance ("CISO"). A High-Net-Worth Individual is a private individual who confirms in writing at the time of the investment to own a minimum of Swiss Franc ("CHF") 2 million of financial investments, whether directly or indirectly.

This document is neither a prospectus according to Art 652a or Art 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations nor a simplified prospectus according to Art 5 of CISA.

The Securities do not constitute an investment in a collective investment scheme and are not subject to CISA, nor to the supervision of FINMA.

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: 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 SUBJECT TO US TAX LAW REQUIREMENTS. 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(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

Provisions relating to the Securities

1 Series: GSN40007
2 Currency: Euro ("EUR")
3 Notes: Applicable
(i) Aggregate Nominal Amount as at the
Issue Date:
EUR 1,500,000
(ii) Specified Denomination: EUR 10,000
(iii) Calculation Amount per Security as at
the Issue Date:
Specified Denomination
4 Certificates: N/A
5 Form:
(i) Global/Definitive/Uncertificated and Global Bearer Securities:
dematerialised: Temporary Global Security, exchangeable for a
Permanent Global Security
(ii) NGN Form: Applicable
(iii) Held under the NSS: N/A
(iv) CGN Form: N/A
(v) CDIs: N/A
6 Trade Date: 25 March 2011
7 Issue Date: 15 April 2011
8 Redemption Date: 15 April 2015, subject to adjustment in
accordance with the Businss Day Convention
9 Issue Price: 100 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal
Amount
10 Relevant Stock Exchange: London Stock Exchange
11 The following Relevant Annex shall apply to
the Securities:
N/A
Provisions relating to interest (if any) payable on the Securities
12 Interest: Applicable
13 Interest Amount: As per Conditions 4 and 24 of the Base
Conditions
14 Interest Rate:
(i) Fixed Rate: N/A
(ii) Floating Rate: ISDA Determination
(iii) Variable Rate: N/A

Zero Coupon: $N/A$ $(iv)$

(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: Applicable
(i) Floating Rate Option: EUR-EURIBOR-Reuters as displayed on Reuters
Screen EURIBOR01 page
(ii) Designated Maturity: 3 months
(iii) Reset Date: The first day of each Interest Calculation Period
17 Margin: N/A
18 Minimum/Maximum Interest Rate: Applicable
(i) Minimum Interest Rate 3.00 per cent. per annum
(ii) Maximum Interest Rate 5.50 per cent. per annum
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: 15 January, 15 April, 15 July and 15 October in
each year, from and including 15 July 2011 to
and including the Redemption Date; subject, in
each case, to adjustment in accordance with the
Business Day Convention.
23 Day Count Fraction: 30/360
24 Fall back provisions, rounding provisions,
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
26 Settlement Currency: EUR
27 Settlement Number: As defined in Condition 24 of the Base
Conditions
28 Terms relating to Cash Settled Securities:
Final Cash Settlement Amount:
(i)
per Calculation Amount per
EUR 10,000
Security
Early Cash Settlement Amount:
(ii)
As defined in Condition 24 of the Base
Conditions
(iii)
Early Cash Redemption Date:
As defined in Condition 24 of the Base
Conditions
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:
(i) Affected Jurisdiction Hedging Disruption: N/A
(ii) Affected Jurisdiction Increased Cost of
Hedging:
N/A
(iii) Affected Jurisdiction: N/A
(iv) Other Additional Disruption Events: N/A
(v) The following shall not constitute
Additional Disruption Events:
Hedging
Disruption and Increased Cost of
Hedging
36 Share Linked Securities: N/A
37 Index Linked Securities (Equity indices only): N/A
38 Inflation Linked Securities: N/A
39 FX Linked Securities: N/A
40 Credit Linked Securities: 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): N/A
Selling restrictions and provisions relating to certification
50 Non-US Selling Restrictions: As described in the Base Prospectus.
Investors are bound by the selling restrictions of
relevant jurisdiction(s)
the
in
which
the
Securities are to be sold as set out in the Base
Prospectus.
In addition, no action has been taken or will be
taken 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. No offers, sales, re-sales or deliveries of
any Securities or distribution of any offering
material relating to the Securities, directly or
indirectly, may be made in or from any
jurisdiction except in circumstances which will
result in compliance with any applicable laws and
regulations and which will not impose any
obligation on the Issuer and the Determination
Agent.
51 Applicable TEFRA exemption: TEFRA D Rules Applicable
General
52 Business Day Convention: Modified Following
53 Relevant Clearing Systems: Euroclear
Clearstream, Luxembourg
54 If syndicated, names and addresses of
Managers and underwriting commitments:
N/A
55. Details relating to Partly Paid Securities: N/A
56. Relevant securities codes: ISIN: XS0586127150
Common Code: 058612715
Valoren: CH12786937
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

(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:
$GBP 300 + VAT$
2 RATINGS
Ratings: The Securities have not been individually rated.
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.

REASONS FOR THE OFFER, ESTIMATED NET PROCEEDS AND TOTAL EXPENSES $51$

  • $(i)$ Reasons for the offer: General funding
  • EUR 1,500,000 $(ii)$ Estimated net proceeds:
  • $(iii)$ Estimated total expenses: $N/A$

6 FIXED RATE SECURITIES ONLY - YIELD

LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING

$\mathbf{1}$

$N/A$

7 FLOATING RATE SECURITIES ONLY - HISTORIC INTEREST RATES

Details of historic EUR-EURIBOR rates can be obtained from Reuters Screen EURIBOR01page.

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

$N/A$

PERFORMANCE OF RATE[S] OF EXCHANGE AND EXPLANATION OF EFFECT ON VALUE OF 9 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

A distribution fee has been, or will be, paid to a third party. The amount of this fee will not exceed 1 per cent. of the Issue Price determined in respect of each Security on the Issue Date. Further details of the distribution fee are available upon request.

Barclays relies on and looks towards the intermediary to comply with the Swiss law obligation regarding retrocession and, when applicable, will disclose or forward any retrocession payment he receives from a Barclays entity to his client, unless the intermediary and his client have validly agreed

otherwise. Since Barclays does not know the identity of the intermediary's client, it is impossible for Barclays to disclose such retrocession payments to the client of the intermediary. As a consequence thereof, the intermediary herewith undertakes to duly fulfil all legal requirements under Swiss law.