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Barclays PLC Capital/Financing Update 2011

Dec 7, 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 the CISA or supervision by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority ("FINMA").

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

CHF 2,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due December 2014 ("Tranche 2") to become immediately fungible and form a single series with the existing CHF 2,812,000 Floating Rate Notes due December 2014 issued on 1 December 2011 ("Tranche 1" and together with Tranche 2, the "Notes")

Series NX00061741

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 Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus Directive") 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 5 August 2011, as supplemented and amended from time to time, which constitutes a base prospectus (the "Base Prospectus") for the purpose of the Prospectus Directive. 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 December 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 shall 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 Oualified Investors as defined in article 10 of the CISA, i.e. to a) prudentially regulated 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. 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 2 million of financial investments, whether directly or indirectly.

These Final Terms are 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 the CISA.

The Securities do not constitute an investment in a collective investment scheme and are not subject to the 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 5 August 2011.

Parties
Issuer: Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantor: N/A
Managers: 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
Italian Securities Agent: 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"). 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 AND THE BASE PROSPECTUS SEE "PURCHASE AND SALE" IN THE BASE PROSPECTUS.

Provisions relating to the Securities:

1 (i) Series: NX00061741
(ii) Tranche: 2
2 Currency: Swiss Franc ("CHF")
3 Notes: Applicable
(i) Aggregate Nominal Amount as at
the Issue Date:
(a) Series: CHF 4,812,000
(b) Tranche: Tranche 1: CHF 2,812,000
Tranche 2: CHF 2,000,000
(ii) Specified Denomination: CHF 1,000
(iii) Minimum Tradable Amount: N/A
(iv) Calculation Amount per Security as
at the Issue Date:
Specified Denomination
4 Certificates: N/A
5 Form:
(i) Global/Definitive/Uncertificated Global Bearer Securities:
and dematerialised: Permanent Global Security
(ii) NGN Form: N/A
(iii) Held under the NSS: N/A
(iv) CGN Form: Applicable
$(v)$ CDIs: N/A
6 Trade Date: Tranche 1: 17 November 2011
Tranche 2:30 November 2011
7 Issue Date: Tranche 1: 1 December 2011
Tranche 2: 7 December 2011
8 Redemption Date: December 2014, subject to adjustment in
1
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(es) 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:
Fixed Rate:
(i)
N/A
Floating Rate:
(ii)
ISDA Determination
(iii) Variable Rate: N/A
(iv) Zero Coupon: N/A
Bond Linked Securities - Fixed
(V)
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:
CHF-LIBOR-BBA as displayed on Reuters Screen
LIBOR02 Page
(ii)
Designated Maturity:
3 months
Reset Date:
(iii)
The first day of each Interest Calculation Period
17 Margin: Plus 1.30 per cent per annum
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
Interest Period End Dates:
(i)
Each Interest Payment Date subject to adjustment in
accordance with the Business Day Convention
Interest calculation method for
(ii)
short or long Interest Calculation
Periods:
N/A
22 Interest Payment Dates: 1 March, 1 June, 1 September and 1 December in
each year from and including 1 March 2012 to and
including the Redemption Date, in each case subject
to adjustment in accordance with the Business Day
Convention.
23 Day Count Fraction: Actual/360
24 Fallback provisions, rounding provisions,
denominator and any other terms
relating to the method of calculating
interest, if different from those set out in
N/A

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: CHF
27 Settlement Number: As defined in Condition 24 of the Base Conditions
28 Terms relating to Cash Settled
Securities:
Final Cash Settlement Amount:
(i)
CHF 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 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
The following shall not constitute
(v)
Hedging Disruption
Additional Disruption Events:: 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 (a) Barclays Capital Commodity Index N/A Linked Securities (Section 2 of the Barclays Capital Index Annex):

(b) Barclays Capital Equity Index N/A Securities (Section 3 of the Barclays Capital Index Annex):

(c) Barclays Capital FX Index Linked N/A Securities (Section 4 of the Barclays Capital Index Annex):

(d) Barclays Capital Interest Rate Index N/A Linked Securities (Section 5 of the Barclays Capital Index Annex):

(e) Barclays Capital Emerging Market N/A Index Linked Securities (Section 6 of the Barclays Capital Index Annex):

  • 43 Bond Linked Securities: $N/A$
  • 44 Fund Linked Securities: $N/A$

Provisions relating to Settlement

  • 45 Settlement in respect of VP Notes, APK N/A Registered Securities, Dutch Securities, Swedish Registered Securities, VPS Reaistered Securities or Spanish Securities:
  • 46 Additional provisions relating to Taxes N/A and Settlement Expenses:

Definitions

  • 47 Business Day: As defined in Condition 24 of the Base Conditions
  • 48 Additional Business Centre(s): TARGET

Selling restrictions and provisions relating to certification

49 Non-US Selling Restrictions:

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 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 Manager (as the case may be) and the
Determination Agent.
50 Applicable TEFRA exemption: N/A
General
51 Business Day Convention: Modified Following
52 Relevant Clearing Systems: Euroclear
Clearstream
53 If syndicated, names of Managers: N/A
54 Details relating to Partly Paid
(a)
Securities:
N/A
Details relating to Instalment
(b)
Notes:
N/A
55 Relevant securities codes: ISIN: XS0548429967
Common Code: 054842996
Valoren: 14359422
56 Modifications
the
to
Master
Subscription Agreement and/or Agency
Agreement:
N/A
57 Conditions
Additional
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:
N/A
$D - 1! \sim -1$

$\overline{2}$ Ratings

$\mathbf{1}$

Ratings:

The Securities have not been individually rated.

Notification $\overline{3}$

$N/A$

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 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

Listing and Admission to Trading

$N/A$

$\overline{7}$ Floating Rate Securities Only - Historic Interest Rates

Details of historic LIBOR rates can be obtained from Reuters.

Investors should note that historical performance should not be taken as an indication of future performance.

Performance of Reference Asset(s) or Other Variable, Explanation of Effect on Value of 8 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 Investment $9$

$N/A$

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:
Nο

11 Offer Information

The Issue Price includes a commission element to be shared with a third party which will be no more than 1.00 per cent., further details of which are available upon request.