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Barclays PLC Capital/Financing Update 2012

Mar 12, 2012

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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

GBP 4,000,000 Index Linked Notes due March 2018 (the "Notes")

Series NX00070305

under the Global Structured Securities Programme

The Securities will be publicly offered in the United Kingdom from and including 13 February 2012 to and including 27 February 2012

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 12 March 2012

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.

Euro Stoxx 50 Index

STOXX and its licensors (the "Licensors") have no relationship to the Issuer, other than the licensing of the Euro Stoxx 50 Index and the related trademarks for use in connection with the Securities.

STOXX and its Licensors do not:

  • Sponsor, endorse, sell or promote the Securities.
  • Recommend that any person invest in the Securities or any other securities.
  • Have any responsibility or liability for or make any decisions about the timing, amount or pricing of Securities.
  • Have any responsibility or liability for the administration, management or marketing of the Securities.
  • Consider the needs of the Securities or the owners of the Securities in determining, composing or calculating the Euro Stoxx 50 Index or have any obligation to do so.

STOXX and its Licensors will not have any liability in connection with the Securities. Specifically,

  • STOXX and its Licensors do not make any warranty, express or implied and disclaim any and all warranty about:
  • The results to be obtained by the Securities, the owner of the Securities or any other $\bullet$ person in connection with the use of the Euro Stoxx 50 Index and the data included in the Euro Stoxx 50 Index:
  • The accuracy or completeness of the Euro Stoxx 50 Index and its data;
  • The merchantability and the fitness for a particular purpose or use of the Euro Stoxx 50 Index and its data;
  • STOXX and its Licensors will have no liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions in the Euro Stoxx 50 Index or its data:
  • Under no circumstances will STOXX or its Licensors be liable for any lost profits or indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages or losses, even if STOXX or its Licensors knows that they might occur.

The licensing agreement between the Issuer and STOXX is solely for their benefit and not for the benefit of the owners of the Securities or any other third parties.

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, THE BASE PROSPECTUS AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL PROSPECTUSES, SEE "PURCHASE AND SALE" IN THE BASE PROSPECTUS.

Provisions relating to the Securities

1 Series: NX00070305
2 Currency: Pound Sterling ("GBP")
3 Notes: Applicable
(i) Aggregate Nominal Amount as
at the Issue Date:
GBP 4,000,000
(ii) Specified Denomination: GBP 1
(iii) Minimum Tradable Amount: N/A
(iv) Calculation Amount at the Issue
Date:
Specified Denomination
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.
4 Certificates: N/A
5 Form:
(i) Global/Definitive/Uncertificated Global Bearer Securities:
and dematerialised: 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: 6 February 2012
7 Issue Date: 12 March 2012
8 Redemption Date: The later of:
(i) 6 March 2018; and
(ii) 5 Business Days immediately following the
Final Valuation Date.
Where:
"Final Valuation Date" means 27 February 2018.
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:
Equity Linked Annex
Provisions relating to interest (if any) payable on the Securities
12 Interest: Applicable
13 Interest Amount: In respect of each Interest Payment Date, the
Interest Amount shall be equal to 0.5 per cent. of

the Calculation Amount

14 Interest Rate: 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: N/A
20 Interest Determination Date: N/A
21 Interest Calculation Periods: N/A
22 Interest Payment Dates: Each date as set out in Schedule 2 under the
heading "Interest Payment Date (i) "
23 Day Count Fraction: N/A
24 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 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: GBP
27 Settlement Number: As defined
in Condition 24 of the Base
Conditions.
28 Settled
Terms
relating
Cash
to
Securities:
Final Cash Settlement Amount:
(i)
(a) If the Final Price of the Worst Performing
Basket Constituent is equal to or greater
than the Barrier Price for that Basket
Constituent, GBP
1 per Calculation
Amount; or
(b) If the Final Price of the Worst Performing
Basket Constituent is less than the Barrier
Price for that Basket Constituent, the
Calculation Amount multiplied by the Final
Price of the Worst Performing Basket
Constituent and divided by the Strike Price
of the Worst Performing Basket Constituent.
Where:
"Barrier Price" means, in respect of a Basket
Constituent, 50 per cent. of the Initial Price of

that Basket Constituent.

"Final Price" or " $V_{(i)Final}$ " means, in respect of a Basket Constituent, the Valuation Price of that Basket Constituent on the Final Valuation Date (as defined in paragraph 8 above).

"Initial Price" or " $V_{(i)Initial}$ " means, in respect of a Basket Constituent, the Valuation Price of that Basket Constituent on the Initial Valuation Date.

"Initial Valuation Date" means 27 February 2012. "Strike Price" means, in respect of a Basket Constituent, 100 per cent. of the Initial Price of that Basket Constituent.

"Worst Performing Basket Constituent" means Basket Constituent with the lowest the performance calculated as follows:

$$
\frac{V_{(i)Final}}{V_{(i)Initial}}
$$

Provided that where more than one Basket Constituent has the same lowest performance, the Determination Agent will in its sole the discretion select which of Basket Constituents with the same lowest performance will be the Worst Performing Basket Constituent. "Valuation Price" means, in respect of a Basket Constituent, the price of that Basket Constituent at the Valuation Time on any Scheduled Trading Day, as determined by the Determination Agent.

(ii) Early Cash Settlement Amount: Conditions As defined in Condition 24 of the Base
(iii) Early Cash Redemption Date: Conditions As defined in Condition 24 of the Base
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 N/A

Requirements:

35 Additional Disruption Events in
addition to those specified in
Condition 24 of the Base Conditions
and any applicable Relevant Annex:
N/A
36 Share Linked Securities: N/A
37 Index Linked Securities: Applicable
Index/Indices (each a
(i)
"Reference Asset"):
A basket of 2 indices (each an "Index" or a
"Basket Constituent"), as set out in Schedule 1
(ii) Future Price Valuation: N/A
(iii) Exchange-traded Contract: N/A
(iv) Exchange: In respect of each Index, as set out in Schedule 1
(v) Related Exchanges: In respect of each Index, 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:
The Valuation Price
(ix) Valuation Date: The Initial Valuation Date and the Final Valuation
Date
(x) Valuation Time: As per 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
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
Linked Securities (Section 2 of the
Barclays Capital Index Annex):
N/A
(b) Barclays Capital Equity Index
Securities (Section 3 of the Barclays
Capital Index Annex):
N/A
(c) Barclays Capital FX Index Linked
Securities (Section 4 of the Barclays
N/A

Capital Index Annex):

(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
43 Bond Linked Securities: N/A
44 Fund Linked Securities: N/A
Provisions relating to Settlement
45 Settlement in respect of VP Notes, APK
Registered Securities, Dutch Securities,
Swedish Registered Securities, VPS
Registered Securities or Spanish
Securities:
N/A
46 Additional provisions relating to Taxes
and Settlement Expenses:
N/A
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: As described in the Base Prospectus
50 Applicable TEFRA exemption: N/A
General
51 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.
52 Relevant Clearing Systems: Euroclear
Clearstream
53 If syndicated, names of Managers: N/A
54 (a) Details relating to Partly Paid
Securities:
N/A
(b) Details relating to Instalment
Notes:
N/A
55 Relevant securities codes: ISIN: XS0549956950
Common Code: 054995695
56 Modifications to the Master
Subscription Agreement and/or
Agency Agreement:
N/A
57 Securities: Additional Conditions and/or
modification to the Conditions of the
N/A

Part R 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:
N/A
Ratings
Ratings: The Securities have not been individually rated.
Notification

$N/A$

$\overline{2}$

3

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.

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

$N/A$

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

$N/A$

Performance of Reference Asset(s) or Other Variable, Explanation of Effect on Value of Investment 8 and Associated Risks and Other Information Concerning the Reference Asset(s) and/or Other Underlying

Information relating to each Index, including its past and future performance and volatility, may be obtained from Bloomberg pages: UKX Index (in respect of Index 1) and SX5E Index (in respect of Index $2$ ).

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.

$\mathbf{9}$ Performance of Rate 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: 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:
No

11 Offer Information

Offer Price: Issue Price
The Issue Price includes a total commission and
concession which may be payable to the Distributor
(as defined below), further details of which are
available upon request from the Distributor.
Conditions to which the offer is subject: N/A
Description of the application process: An offer of the Securities may be made by the
Manager or the Distributor other than pursuant to
Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive in the United
Kingdom (the "Public Offer Jurisdiction") during the
period from and including 13 February 2012 to and
including 27 February 2012 (the "Offer Period").
Applications for the Securities can be made in the
Public Offer Jurisdiction through the Distributor
during the Offer Period. The Securities will be placed
into the Public Offer Jurisdiction by the Distributor.
Distribution will be in accordance with the
Distributor's usual procedures, notified to investors
by the Distributor.
Details of the minimum and/or maximum
amount of application:
The minimum and maximum amount of application
from the Distributor will be notified to investors by
the Distributor.

Description reduce Subscription orders may be reduced in case of of possibility to oversubscription, excess amount of funds paid being subscriptions and manner for refunding excess amount paid by applicants: reduced without delay with no entitlement for compensation. Investors will be notified by the Distributor of their Details of method and time limits for paying allocations of Securities and the settlement up and delivering the Securities: arrangements in respect thereof. Manner in and date on which results of the Not Applicable offer are to be made public: Procedure for exercise of any right of pre-Not Applicable emption, negotiability of subscription rights and treatment of subscription rights not exercised: Categories of prospective investors to which Offers may be made by the Manager or the the Securities are offered and whether Distributor in the Public Offer Jurisdiction to any tranche(s) have been reserved for certain person. Offers (if any) in other EEA countries will countries: only be made by the Manager or the Distributor pursuant to an exemption from the obligation under the Prospectus Directive as implemented in such countries to publish a prospectus. Process for notification to applicants of the Each investor will be notified by the Distributor of its amount allotted and indication whether allocation of Securities at the time of such investor's dealing may begin before notification is application. made: No dealings in the Securities may take place prior to the Issue Date. Not Applicable Amount of any expenses and taxes specifically charged to the subscriber or purchaser: Name(s) and address(es), to the extent Merchant Capital Limited (the "Distributor") known to the Issuer, of the placers in the 7th Floor Aldermary House various countries where the offer takes place: 10-15 Oueen Street London EC4N 1TX United Kingdom

Schedule 1

$\mathbf{i}$ Name Bloomberg
Code (for
identification
purposes
only)
Index
Sponsor
Exchange Reference
Asset
Currency
$\mathbf{1}$ FTSE
100
Index
("Index
1")
UKX FTSE
International
Limited
London GBP
$\overline{2}$ Euro
Stoxx
50
Index
("Index
2")
SX5E Stoxx Limited Multi-
exchange
EUR

Schedule 2

Interest Payment Dates

i Interest Payment Date(i)
1 12-Apr-12
$\overline{2}$ 14-May-12
3 12-Jun-12
4 12-Jul-12
5 13-Aug-12
6 12-Sep-12
7 $12-Ort-12$
8 12-Nov-12
9 12-Dec-12
10 14-Jan-13
11 12-Feb-13
12 12-Mar-13
13 12-Apr-13


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