Barclays PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2012

Mar 19, 2012

SUPPLEMENTARY PROSPECTUS

BARCLAYS BANK PLC

(Incorporated with limited liability in England and Wales)

GBP 50,000,000 Index Linked Notes due May 2017

Issue Price: 100% of par

issued pursuant to the GLOBAL STRUCTURED SECURITIES PROGRAMME Series NX00062265

This Supplementary Prospectus dated 19 March 2012 (the "Supplementary Prospectus") is supplemental to and must be read in conjunction with the prospectus dated 2 March 2012 in connection with the issue of up to GBP 50,000,000 Index Linked Notes due May 2017 (the "Prospectus"). The Prospectus was prepared by the Bank (in its capacity as the Issuer).

This Supplementary Prospectus constitutes a supplementary prospectus in respect of the Prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive and for the purpose of Section 87G of the FSMA.

Investors should be aware of their rights under Section 87Q(4) of the FSMA.

Terms defined in the Prospectus shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning when used in this Supplementary Prospectus. To the extent that there is any inconsistency between (a) any statement in this Supplementary Prospectus and (b) any other statement in, or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, the statements in (a) above shall prevail.

The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Supplementary Prospectus and declares that, having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case, the information contained in this Supplementary Prospectus is, to the best of their knowledge, in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its import. Save as disclosed in this Supplementary Prospectus, no significant new factor, material mistake or inaccuracy relating to the information included in the Prospectus which is capable of affecting the assessment of the offer of the Securities has arisen or been noted, as the case may be, since the publication of the Prospectus.

This Supplementary Prospectus has been approved by the FSA, which is the United Kingdom competent authority for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive and the relevant implementing measures in the United Kingdom, as a supplementary prospectus issued in compliance with the Prospectus Directive and the relevant implementing measures in the United Kingdom for the purpose of giving information with regard to the issue of securities.

The purpose of this Supplementary Prospectus is to incorporate by reference into the Prospectus the 2011 Bank Annual Report (as defined below).

Incorporation of Information by Reference into the Prospectuses

The Annual Report of the Bank containing the audited consolidated financial statements of the Bank in respect of the year ended 31 December 2011 (the "2011 Bank Annual Report"), which has been previously filed with the FSA, shall, by virtue of this Supplementary Prospectus, be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus.

The credit ratings of the Bank referred to on page 87 of the 2011 Bank Annual Report have been issued by Fitch Ratings Limited, Moody's Investors Service Ltd. and Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services Europe Limited, each of which is established in the European Union and is registered under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies, as amended.

Barclays

The date of this Supplementary Prospectus is 19 March 2012.