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Barclays PLC Capital/Financing Update 2012

Apr 17, 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

USD 8,125,000 Equity Linked Notes due June 2012 (the "Notes")

Series GSN41190

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.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Final Terms dated 17 April 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.

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 Securitites

1 Series: GSN41190
2 Currency: United States dollar ("USD")
3 Notes: Applicable
(i) Aggregate Nominal Amount as at
the Issue Date:
USD 8,125,000
(ii) Specified Denomination: USD 1,000
(iii) Minimum Tradable Amount: N/A
(iv) Calculation Amount as 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
and dematerialised:
Global Bearer Securities:
Permanent Global Security
(ii) NGN Form: Applicable
(iii) Held under the NSS: N/A
(iv) CGN Form: N/A
(v) CDIs: N/A
6 Trade Date: 30 March 2012
7 Issue Date: 17April 2012
8 Redemption Date: The later of (i) 15 June 2012 and (ii) 10 Business Days
following the Valuation Date.
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: 2.00% x 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: Redemption Date
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
N/A

Provisions relating to Redemption

the Base Conditions:

25 Settlement Method: For the purposes of Condition 5.1 of the Base
Conditions:
Cash Settlement or Physical Settlement:
(a) The Securities will be cash settled if the Final Price
is equal to or greater than the Strike Price; and
(b) The Securities will be physically settled if the Final
Price is less than the Strike Price.
Where:
"Final Price" means the Share Price on the Valuation
Date.
"Share Price" means the price of the Share at the
Valuation Time on any Scheduled Trading Day.
"Strike Price" means USD 182.2590.
26 Settlement Currency: USD
27 Settlement Number: As defined in Condition 24 of the Base Conditions
28 Terms relating to Cash Settled
Securities:
(i)
Final Cash Settlement Amount:
USD 1,000 per Calculation Amount.
(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:
On the Final Physical Redemption Date, each Security
will be redeemed by the Issuer by the delivery of the
maximum whole number of units of Shares equal to
or
less
than
the
Underlying
Entitlement
as
determined by the Determination Agent; provided
that no fraction of Shares shall be delivered and
Securityholders will be entitled to receive an amount
in USD rounded to the nearest unit of such currency
determined on the basis of the Final Price in lieu of
such fraction.
Where:
"Underlying
Entitlement"
means
an
amount
calculated as the Calculation Amount divided by the
Strike Price.
(ii)
Final Physical Redemption Date:
Redemption Date
(iii) Physical Delivery Date(s): Final Physical Redemption Date
(iv) Entitlement Substitution: Applicable
(v)
Relevant Settlement Day:
As defined in Condition 24 of the Base Conditions
(vi) Disruption Cash Settlement Price: As defined in Condition 24 of the Base Conditions
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:
N/A
36 Share Linked Securities: Applicable
(i)
Share(s)
(each
a
"Reference
AMAZON.COM INC (the "Share")
Asset"): Reuters Code (for reference purposes only): AMZN.O
(ii)
Exchange:
NASDAQ
(iii) Related Exchanges: All Exchanges
(iv) Exchange Rate: N/A
(v)
Weighting for each Reference Asset
comprising the Basket of Reference
Assets:
N/A
(vi) Initial
Price
of
each
Reference
Asset:
N/A
(vii) Number of Shares: N/A
(viii) Substitution of Shares: N/A
(ix)
Valuation Date:
30 May 2012
(x)
Valuation Time:
As defined in the Equity Linked Annex
(xi)
Averaging:
N/A
(xii)
Additional Disruption Event in
respect of Share Linked Securities:
Insolvency Filing
(xiii) FX Disruption Event: N/A
(xiv) Market Access Dividend and
Rights Issue Provisions:
N/A
(xv)
Dividend Exchange Rate:
N/A
(xvi) Other adjustments: N/A
37 Index Linked Securities: 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 Commodity Index Linked
Securities (Section 2 of the Barclays
Index Annex):
N/A
(b)
Barclays
Equity
Index
Securities
(Section 3 of the Barclays Index Annex):
N/A
(c) Barclays FX Index Linked Securities
(Section 4 of the Barclays Index Annex):
N/A
(d) Barclays Interest Rate Index Linked
Securities (Section 5 of the Barclays
Index Annex):
N/A
(e) Barclays Emerging Market Index
Linked
Securities
(Section
6
of
the
Barclays 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 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: As described in the Base Prospectus. 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 (a) Details relating to Partly Paid Securities: N/A (b) Details relating to Instalment Notes: N/A 55 Relevant securities codes: ISIN: XS0628158924 Common Code: 062815892 56 Modifications to the Master Subscription Agreement and/or Agency Agreement: N/A 57 Additional Conditions and/or modification to the Conditions of the Securities: All references to "Barclays Capital Commodity Index" in the Base Prospectus and in the Conditions shall be construed as references to "Barclays Commodity Index". All references to "Barclays Capital Equity Index" in the Base Prospectus and in the Conditions shall be construed as references to "Barclays Equity Index". All references to "Barclays Capital FX Index" in the Base Prospectus and in the Conditions shall be construed as references to "Barclays FX Index". All references to "Barclays Capital Interest Rate Index" in the Base Prospectus and in the Conditions shall be construed as references to "Barclays Interest Rate Index". All references to "Barclays Capital Emerging Market Index" in the Base Prospectus and in the Conditions

shall be construed as references to "Barclays

Emerging Market Index".

All references to "Barclays Capital Index Annex" in the Base Prospectus and in the Conditions shall be construed as references to "Barclays Index Annex".

For the avoidance of doubt in relation to a delay or postponement of payments and settlement:

If the determination of a price or level used to calculate any amount payable or deliverable on any payment or settlement date is delayed or postponed pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Securities, payment or settlement will occur on the later of either (i) the scheduled payment or settlement date or (ii) the second Business Day following the date on which such price or level is determined. No additional amounts shall be payable or deliverable by the Issuer because of such postponement.

For the purposes hereof, Base Condition 9.7 shall be modified as follows:

If the date on which any amount is specified as being or is otherwise determined to be, payable in respect of any Security or Coupon is not (i) a Business Day and (ii) in the case of Definitive Securities only, a day other than a Saturday or Sunday on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for general business (including dealing in foreign exchange and foreign Currency deposits) in the relevant place of presentation, then payment will not be made until the next succeeding day which is (i) a Business Day and (ii) in the case of Definitive Securities only, also a day other than a Saturday or Sunday on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments and are open for general business (including dealing in foreign exchange and foreign Currency deposits) in the relevant place of presentation, and the holder thereof shall not be entitled to any further payment in respect of such delay.

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 or around 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

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

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

N/A

9 Performance of Rates of Exchange and Explanation of Effect on Value of 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:
No

11 Offer Information

The Issue Price includes a commission element to be shared with a third party which will be no more than 0.15 per cent. of the Issue Price, further details of which are available upon request.