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Barclays PLC Capital/Financing Update 2011

May 4, 2011

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Capital/Financing Update

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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 3,200,000 Variable Rate Notes due May 2021 (the "Notes")

Series GSN30935

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 4 May 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: 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. SUBJECT 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 SUBJECT 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

$(iii)$

$\mathbf{1}$ Series: GSN30935
2 Currency: Euro ("EUR")
3 Notes: Applicable
(i) Aggregate Nominal Amount as at
the Issue Date:
EUR 3,200,000
(ii) Specified Denomination: EUR 1,000
(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) CDI s : N/A
6 Trade Date: 25 February 2011
7 Issue Date: 4 May 2011
8 Redemption Date: 4 May 2021, subject to adjustment in
accordance
with
the
Business
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: N/A

(i) In respect of each Interest Calculation Variable Rate:

Period from and including the Interest Commencement Date to but excluding the Interest Period End Date falling on 4 May 2017, the Interest Rate will be equal to:

3. 25 per cent. per annum

(ii) In respect of each Interest Calculation Period from and including the Interest Period End Date falling on 4 May 2017 to but excluding the Interest Period End Date falling on 4 May 2019, the Interest Rate will be equal to:

3.50 per cent. per annum

(iii) In respect of each Interest Calculation Period from and including the Interest Period End Date falling on 4 May 2019 to but excluding the Interest Period End Date falling on 4 May 2020, the Interest Rate will be equal to:

4.00 per cent. per annum

(iv) In respect of each Interest Calculation Period from and including the Interest Period End Date falling on 4 May 2020 to but excluding the Interest Period End Date falling on 4 May 2021, the Interest Rate will be calculated as follows:

min (4.50%, max(4%, 3M EUR-EURIBOR-Reuters + 2%))

Where:

"3M EUR-EURIBOR-Reuters" means the rate for deposits in Euro for a period of three months, as determined by the Calculation Agent by reference to Reuters Page EURIBOR01 at 11.00 am Brussels time on the 3m EURIBOR Fixing Date. If such rate does not appear on the above page, at such time, the 3M EUR-EURIBOR-Reuters shall be as determined by the Calculation Agent.

"3m EURIBOR Fixing Date" means 2 Business Days before the start of each Interest Calculation Period (in advance).

$(iv)$ 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
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 on 4 May in each year, from and
including 4 May 2012 to and including the
Redemption Date
23 Day Count Fraction: 30/360
24 Fall back provisions, rounding provisions,
denominator and any other terms relating to
method of calculating interest, if
the
different from those set out in the Base
Conditions:
N/A
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:
(i) Final Cash Settlement Amount: EUR 1,000 per Calculation Amount per
Security
(ii) Early Cash Settlement Amount: As defined in Condition 24 of the Base
Conditions
(iii) Early Cash Redemption Date: As defined in Condition 24 of the Base
Conditions
29 Securities: Terms relating to Physically Delivered 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 Annex: Additional Disruption Events in addition to
those specified in Condition 24 of the Base
Conditions and any applicable Relevant
(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
N/A

Spanish Securities:

47 Additional provisions relating to Taxes and N/A
Settlement Expenses:

Definitions

48 Business Day: As defined in Condition 24 of the Base
Conditions
49 Additional Business Centre(s): N/A

Additional Business Centre(s): $N/A$

Selling restrictions and provisions relating to certification

50 Non-US Selling Restrictions: Investors are bound by the selling 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 taken 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 these 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 the Manager (as the case may be) and the Determination Agent.

51 Applicable TEFRA exemption: TEFRA D Rules Applicable
General
52 Business Day Convention: Following
53 Relevant Clearing Systems: 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: XS0586116203
Common Code: 058611620
.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

London $(i)$ Listing Application is expected to be made by the Issuer (or $(ii)$ Admission to trading: 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. GBP 300.00 plus VAT $(iii)$ Estimate of total expenses related to admission to trading: RATINGS $\overline{2}$

LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING

Ratings: The Securities have not been individually rated.

NOTIFICATION $\overline{3}$

$N/A$

$\mathbf{1}$

INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE 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 5

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

FIXED RATE SECURITIES ONLY - YIELD 6

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

$N/A$

PERFORMANCE OF RATE OF EXCHANGE AND EXPLANATION OF EFFECT ON VALUE OF 9 INVESTMENT

$N/A$

10 OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear
Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearstream Banking
Société Anonyme (together with their
addresses) and the relevant identification
number(s):
N/A
Delivery: Delivery free of payment
Names and addresses of additional Paying
Agents(s) (if any):
N/A
Intended to be held in a manner which would
allow Eurosystem eligibility:
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

11 OFFER INFORMATION

The Issue Price includes a commission element to be shared with a third party which will not exceed 1.10 per cent. of the Issue Price per annum. Further details of the commission element are available upon request.

criteria have been met.

either upon issue or at any or all times during their life. Such recognition will depend upon the ECB being satisfied that Eurosystem eligibility