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Barclays PLC Capital/Financing Update 2011

Dec 29, 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

1 Index Linked Warrant due March 2018 (the "Warrant")

Series NX00064251

under the Global Structured Securities Programme

Issue Price: GBP 250,000 per Security

This document constitutes the final terms of the Warrant (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 29 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.

Index disclaimer:

FTSE 100 Index

The Securities are not in any way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by FTSE International Limited ("FTSE") or by the London Stock Exchange Plc (the "Exchange") or by The Financial Times Limited ("FT") and neither FTSE nor the Exchange nor FT makes any warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to the results to be obtained from the use of the FTSE 100 Index and/or the figure at which such index stands at any particular time on any particular day or otherwise. The FTSE 100 Index is compiled and calculated by FTSE. However, neither FTSE nor the Exchange nor FT shall be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in the FTSE 100 Index and neither FTSE or the Exchange or FT shall be under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein.

"FTSE®", "FT-SE®" and "Footsie®" are trade marks of the London Stock Exchange Plc and The Financial Times Limited and are used by FTSE International Limited under licence. "All-World", "All-Share" and "All-Small" are trade marks of FTSE International Limited.

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
Manager: Barclays Bank PLC
Determination Agent: Barclays Bank PLC
Issue and Paying Agent: The Bank of New York Mellon
Stabilising Manager: N/A
Registrar: The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A.
CREST Agent: N/A
Italian Securities Agent: N/A
Paying Agents: N/A
Transfer Agent: The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.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, THE BASE PROSPECTUS AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL PROSPECTUSES, SEE "PURCHASE AND SALE" IN THE BASE PROSPECTUS.

EACH PURCHASER OF REGISTERED SECURITIES WILL BE DEEMED, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF PURCHASE OF ANY SUCH REGISTERED SECURITIES, TO HAVE MADE CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS INTENDED TO RESTRICT THE RESALE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF SUCH REGISTERED SECURITIES AS SET OUT IN "CLEARANCE, SETTLEMENT AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS - TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS FOR REGISTERED SECURITIES" IN THE BASE PROSPECTUS.

THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE US SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION IN THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER US REGULATORY AUTHORITY, AND NONE OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES HAS PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THE OFFERING OF SECURITIES OR THE ACCURACY OR THE ADEQUACY OF THESE FINAL TERMS OR THE BASE PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.

Provisions relating to the Securities

1 (i) Series: NX00064251
(ii) Tranche: 1
2 Currency: Pound Sterling ("GBP")
3 Number of Warrants or Exercisable
Certificates being issued:
1
4 (i) Minimum Tradable Amount: 1 Security
(ii) Calculation Amount as at the Issue GBP 250,000
Date: For the purposes hereof, all references in the
Conditions to "Calculation Amount per Security"
shall be construed as references to "Calculation
Amount" as defined in these Final Terms.
5 Form:
(i) Global/Definitive/Uncertificated
and
Global Registered Securities:
dematerialised: Regulation S 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: 15 December 2011
7 Issue Date: 29 December 2011
8 Issue Price: GBP 250,000 per Security
9 Relevant Stock Exchange: London Stock Exchange
10 The following Relevant Annex(es) shall apply Equity Linked Annex
to the Securities:
Provisions relating to interest (if any) payable on the Securities
11 Interest: N/A
12 Interest Amount: N/A
13 Interest Rate: N/A
14 Screen Rate Determination: N/A
15 ISDA Determination: N/A
16 Margin: N/A
17 Minimum/Maximum Interest Rate: N/A
18 Interest Commencement Date: N/A
19 Interest Determination Date: N/A
20 Interest Calculation Periods: N/A
21 Interest Payment Dates: N/A
22 Day Count Fraction: N/A
23 Fallback provisions, rounding provisions,
denominator and any other terms relating to
the method of calculating interest, if
different from those set out in the Base
N/A
Conditions:

Provisions relating to Exercise

24 (i)
Exercise Style:
European Style
(ii)
Multiple Exercise Securities:
N/A
25 Call/Put Securities: N/A
26 Units: The Securities must be exercised in Units. Each
Unit consists of 1 Security.
27 Exercise Price: GBP 0
28 Exercise Date(s): Expiration Date
29 Exercise Parameters: N/A
30 Potential Exercise Business Dates: N/A
31 Exercise Business Day: N/A
32 Exercise Period: N/A
33 Expiration Date: Final Valuation Date
Where:
"Final Valuation Date" means 28 February 2018.
34 Automatic Exercise: Applicable
35 Minimum Number Exercise Requirement: The Minimum Number is 1 Security
36 Maximum Daily Number: N/A
37 Nominal Call Event: N/A
Provisions relating to Redemption
38 Settlement Method: Cash Settlement
39 Settlement Currency: GBP
40 Settlement Number: As
defined
in
Condition
24
of
the
Base
Conditions
41 Terms relating to Cash Settled Securities:
(i)
Exercise Cash Settlement Amount:
(a) If the Final Valuation Price is equal to or
greater than the Autocall Price, the Exercise Cash
Settlement
Amount
will
be
an
amount

Calculation Amount x 151%

determined by the Determination Agent as

follows:

(b) If the Final Valuation Price is less than the Autocall Price and is greater than or equal to the Barrier Price, the Exercise Cash Settlement Amount will be an amount determined by the Determination Agent as follows:

Calculation Amount x 100%

(c) If the Final Valuation Price is less than the Barrier Price, the Exercise Cash Settlement Amount will be an amount determined by the Determination Agent as follows:

(Calculation Amount x Final Valuation Price) / Strike Price

Where:

"Autocall Price" means 90 per cent. of the Initial Price.

"Barrier Price" means 50 per cent. of the Initial Price.

"Final Valuation Date" means 28 February 2018.

"Final Valuation Price" means the price of the Reference Asset at the Valuation Time on the Final Valuation Date.

"Initial Price" means the price of the Reference Asset at the Valuation Time on the Initial Valuation Date.

"Initial Valuation Date" means 28 February 2012. "Strike Price" means 100 per cent. of the Initial Price.

"Valuation Price" means, in respect of the Final Valuation Date and any relevant Scheduled Trading Day, the price of the Reference Asset at the Valuation Time on such day, as determined by the Determination Agent.

(ii) Exercise Cash Settlement Date: The later of:
(a) 7 March 2018; and

(b) 5 Business Days immediately following the Final Valuation Date.

(iii) Early Cash Settlement Amount: As defined in Condition 24 of the Base Conditions

Associated Costs: Applicable

(iv) Early Cancellation Date: As defined in Condition 24 of the Base Conditions

42 Specified Early Cancellation Event: Applicable

The occurrence of any one of the following events shall constitute a Specified Early Cancellation Event:

(i) Issuer Early Cancellation Right: Delivery of a notice (the "Issuer Early Cancellation Notice") by the Issuer to Securityholders on the Issue Date notifying Securityholders of the early cancellation of the Securities. Upon delivery of the Issuer Early Cancellation Notice, a Specified Early Cancellation Event shall be deemed to have occurred in respect of all Securities and the Issuer will cancel all of the Securities (in whole only) at the Specified Early Cash Settlement Amount on the Specified Early Cash Cancellation Date.

(ii) Securityholder Early Cancellation Right: Delivery of a notice (the "Securityholder Early Cancellation Notice") by any Securityholder to the Issuer on the Issue Date requesting early cancellation by the Issuer of each relevant Security specified in the Securityholder Early Cancellation Notice. Upon delivery of the Securityholder Early Cancellation Notice, a Specified Early Cancellation Event shall be deemed to have occurred in respect of each relevant Security to which the Securityholder Early Cancellation Notice relates and the Issuer will cancel such Securities in whole at the Specified Early Cash Settlement Amount on the Specified Early Cash Cancellation Date.

(iii) Autocall: If the Valuation Price on any Autocall Valuation Date(i) is greater than or equal to the Autocall Price, a Specified Early Cancellation Event shall be deemed to have occurred in respect of all Securities. The Issuer shall notify Securityholders upon the occurrence of such event and shall cancel all of the Securities (in whole only) at the Specified Early Cash Settlement Amount on the Specified Early Cash Cancellation Date.

Where:

"Autocall Valuation Date(i)" means each date specified in the Schedule (where the iteration "i" is a number from 1 to 4).

(i) Automatic Early Cancellation: Applicable, except that where the Specified Early
Cancellation Event is as a result of the delivery of
a Securityholder Early Cancellation Notice, a
Specified
Early
Cancellation
Event
shall
be
deemed to have occurred in respect of each
relevant Security to which the Securityholder
Early Cancellation Notice relates only.
(ii) Cash Settled Securities:
(a)
Specified Early Cash Settlement
Amount:
(i) In respect of a Specified Early Cancellation
Event occurring as a result of the delivery of an
Issuer Early Cancellation Notice or Securityholder
Early Cancellation Notice, the Specified Early
Cash Settlement Amount shall be GBP 250,000
per Security.
(ii) In respect of a Specified Early Cancellation
Event occurring on Autocall Valuation Date(i)
and
in respect of each Security, the Specified Early
Cash Settlement Amount shall be calculated as
the applicable Settlement Amount(i) x Calculation
Amount, where Settlement Amount(i)
is set out
in the Schedule.
(b) Specified Early Cash Cancellation
Date(s):
(i) In respect of a Specified Early Cancellation
Event occurring as a result of the delivery of an
Issuer
Early
Cancellation
Notice
or
a
Securityholder Early Cancellation Notice, in each
case on the Issue Date, the fifth Business Day
immediately following the Issue Date.
(ii) In respect of a Specified Early Cancellation
Event occurring on Autocall Valuation Date(i), the
fifth Business Day immediately following the
relevant Autocall Valuation Date.
(iii) Physically Delivered Securities: N/A
(iv) Specified Early Cancellation Notice
Period:
N/A
43 Call Option: N/A
44 Early Exercise Trigger Event: N/A
45 Securities: Terms relating to Physically Delivered N/A
46 Multiplier: N/A
47 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: Linked Instrument Early Redemption
Where:
A "Linked Instrument Early Redemption" shall
occur where any financial instrument issued by
the Issuer which references the Security as its
underlying reference asset (such instrument, a
"Linked
Instrument")
is
subject
to
early
redemption as a result of the occurrence of an
additional disruption event (as such term is
defined in the Linked Instrument's terms and
conditions).
(v) The
following shall not constitute
Additional Disruption Events:
N/A
48 Share Linked Securities: N/A
49 Index Linked Securities (Equity notices only): Applicable
(i) Index/Indices (each a "Reference
Asset"):
FTSE
100
Index
as
sponsored
by
FTSE
International
Limited,
provided
that
the
Reference Asset represents a notional investment
in such Index with a notional investment size of
GBP 1.00 per index point
(Reuters code: .FTSE)
(ii) Future Price Valuation: N/A
(iii) Exchange-traded Contract: N/A
(iv) Exchange: London Stock Exchange
(v) Related Exchange: All Exchanges
(vi) Exchange Rate: N/A
(vii) Weighting for each Reference Asset
comprising the Basket of Reference
Assets:
N/A
(viii) Index Level of each Reference Asset: Valuation Price
(ix) Valuation Dates: The
Initial
Valuation
Date,
each
Autocall
Valuation Date(i)
and the Final Valuation Date
(x) Valuation Time: As defined in the Equity Linked Annex
(xi) Averaging: N/A
(xii) Additional Disruption Event in respect
of Index Linked Securities:
N/A
(xiii) FX Disruption Event: N/A
(xiv) Other adjustments: N/A
50 Inflation Linked Securities: N/A
51 FX Linked Securities: N/A
52 Credit Linked Securities: N/A
53 Commodity Linked Securities: N/A
54 Debt Components: N/A
55 Interest Rate Components: N/A
56 (a) Barclays Capital Commodity Index Linked
Securities (Section 2 of the Barclays Capital
Index Annex):
N/A
(b) Barclays Capital Equity Index Linked
Securities (Section 3 of the Barclays Capital
Index Annex):
N/A
(c) Barclays Capital FX Index Linked
Securities (Section 4 of the Barclays Capital
Index Annex):
N/A
(d) Barclays Capital Interest Rate Index
Linked Securities (Section 5 of the Barclays
Capital Index Annex):
N/A
(e) Barclays Capital Emerging Market Index
Linked Securities (Section 6 of the Barclays
Capital Index Annex):
N/A
57 Fund Linked Securities: N/A
Additional provisions relating to Settlement
58 Settlement in respect of APK Registered
Securities, Swedish Registered Securities or
other Securities:
N/A
59 Additional provisions relating to payment of
Exercise Price:
N/A
60 Additional provisions relating to Taxes and
Settlement Expenses:
N/A
Definitions
61 Definition of In-The-Money: As
defined
Conditions
in Condition 24 of the Base
62 Business Days: As
defined
Conditions
in Condition 24 of the Base

Additional Business Centre(s): N/A

Selling restrictions and provisions relating to certification

63 Non-US Selling Restrictions: As described in the Base Prospectus
64 Applicable TEFRA exemption: N/A
65 Other: N/A
General
66 Business Day Convention: Modified Following
For the purposes hereof, Condition 9.7 of the
Base Conditions shall be modified so that if the
due date for any payment in respect of any
Security or Coupon is not a Payment Day, then
payment will not be made until the next
succeeding Payment Day in the relevant place
unless it would thereby fall into the next calendar
month, in which event such date shall be brought
forward to the immediately preceding Payment
Date, and the holder thereof shall not be entitled
to any further payment in respect of any such
delay.
67 Relevant Clearing Systems: Euroclear
Clearstream
68 If syndicated, names of Managers: N/A
69 Relevant securities codes: ISIN: GB00B74FN773
Common Code: 72467655
70 Modifications to the Master Subscription
Agreement and/or Master Agency
Agreement (as amended from time to time):
N/A
71 Additional Conditions and/or modification
to the Conditions of the Securities:
N/A

Part B Other Information

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 the Issue Date.
(iii) Estimate of total expenses related to
admission to trading:
N/A
2 RATINGS
Ratings: The Securities have not been individually rated.
3 NOTIFICATION
N/A
4 INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE
of the Securities has an interest material to the issue. Save as discussed in "Purchase and Sale", so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the issue

5 REASONS FOR THE OFFER, ESTIMATED NET PROCEEDS AND TOTAL EXPENSES

(i) Reasons for the offer: General funding
(ii) Estimated net proceeds: N/A
  • (iii) Estimated total expenses: N/A
  • 6 FIXED RATE SECURITIES ONLY - YIELD
  • Indication of yield: N/A
  • 7 FLOATING RATE SECURITIES ONLY - HISTORIC INTEREST RATES

N/A

8 PERFORMANCE OF REFERENCE ASSET(S) OR OTHER VARIABLE, EXPLANATION OF EFFECT ON VALUE OF INVESTMENT AND ASSOCIATED RISKS AND OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE REFERENCE ASSET(S) AND/OR OTHER UNDERLYING

The performance of the Warrant depends on the performance of the FTSE 100 Index as calculated and sponsored by FTSE International Limited. Information on the FTSE 100 Index (including past and future performance and volatility) is published on Reuters page: .FTSE. Investors should note that historical performance should not be taken as an indication of future performance.

The Issuer does not intend to provide post-issuance information.

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

N/A

10 OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

N/A
Delivery free of payment
N/A
No

11 OFFER INFORMATION

The Issue Price includes a commission element to be shared with a third party, which will not exceed 5.00 per cent. of the Issue Price. Further details of the commission element are available upon request.

Schedule

Autocall Valuation Dates / Settlement Amounts

i Autocall Valuation
Date(i)
Settlement
Amount(i)
1 28 February 2014 117.00%
2 27 February 2015 125.50%
3 29 February 2016 134.00%
4 28 February 2017 142.50%