Form of Global Security



 Exhibit 4.2 
 (Face of Security) 
 THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER
THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. 
 UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO BARCLAYS BANK PLC, OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE
OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, THE HOLDER AGREES TO CHARACTERIZE THIS SECURITY FOR ALL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 10 ON THE FACE OF THIS SECURITY. 








			
	CUSIP No. 06739H248	  	ISIN: US06739H2489
		  	Common Code: [            ]

 BARCLAYS BANK PLC 
 MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES A 
  
  
 iPath® Dow Jones – AIG Precious Metals Total Return Sub-IndexSM ETN 
 due June 24, 2038 
 The following
terms apply to this Security. Capitalized terms that are not defined the first time they are used in this Security shall have the meanings indicated elsewhere in this Security. 
  
 Face Amount: $[            ], equal to [            ] Securities at $50 per
Security. 
 Index: The Dow Jones-AIG Precious Metals Total Return Sub-IndexSM. 
 Inception Date: June 24, 2008. 
 Interest Rate: The principal of this Security shall not bear interest. 
 Denomination: $50. 
 Payment at Maturity: On the Maturity Date, the Company shall redeem this Security by paying to the Holder a cash
payment equal to the principal amount of the Holder’s Securities times the Index Factor on the Final Valuation Date minus the Investor Fee on the Final Valuation Date unless such Securities were previously redeemed on a Redemption
Date as provided under “Early Redemption”. 
  

 Early Redemption: The Holder may, subject to the
notification requirements provided under Section 5 hereof, require the Company to redeem the Holder’s Securities in whole or in part on any Redemption Date during the term of the Securities. If the Holder requires the Company to redeem the
Holder’s Securities on any Redemption Date, the Holder will receive a cash payment equal to the principal amount of the Holder’s Securities times the Index Factor on the applicable Valuation Date minus the Investor Fee on the
applicable Valuation Date. The Company shall not be required to redeem fewer than 50,000 Securities at one time, provided that the Company may from time to time in its sole discretion reduce, in part or in whole, this minimum redemption
amount on a consistent basis for all Holders who hold Securities at the time the reduction becomes effective. 
 Calculation Agent: Barclays Bank PLC.

 Defeasance: Neither full defeasance nor covenant defeasance applies to this Security. 
 Listing: NYSE Arca Stock Exchange. 


  
  
  
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 “Dow Jones®”, “AIG®”, “Dow Jones-AIG Commodity IndexSM”, “DJ-AIGCISM” “Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index Total ReturnSM
” and “Dow Jones-AIG Precious Metals Total Return Sub-IndexSM” are service marks of Dow
Jones & Company, Inc. and American International Group, Inc., as the case may be, and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by Barclays Bank PLC. The Index was designed by AIG International Inc. (“AIGI”) and is owned by
AIG Financial Products Corp. (“AIG-FP”). The Index is calculated by Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (“Dow Jones”) in conjunction with AIG-FP. Barclays Bank PLC’s Securities based on the Dow Jones-AIG Precious Metals Total
Return Sub-IndexSM, are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones, AIG-FP, American International Group, or any of their respective
subsidiaries or affiliates, and none of Dow Jones, AIG-FP, American International Group, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, makes any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such Securities. 
 The Securities are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones, American International Group, AIG-FP or
any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. None of Dow Jones, AIG-FP, American International Group or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of the
Securities or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities or commodities generally or in the Securities particularly. The only relationship of such persons to Barclays Bank PLC is the licensing of certain
trademarks, trade names and service marks and of the Dow Jones-AIG Precious Metals Total Return Sub-IndexSM, which is determined, composed and
calculated by Dow Jones in conjunction with AIG-FP without regard to Barclays Bank PLC or the Securities. Dow Jones and AIG-FP have no obligation to take the needs of Barclays Bank PLC or the owners of the Securities into consideration in
determining, composing or calculating the Dow Jones-AIG Precious Metals Total Return Sub-IndexSM. None of Dow Jones, American International Group,
AIG-FP or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates is responsible for or has participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at or quantities of the Securities to be issued or in the determination or calculation of the equation
by which the Securities are to be converted into cash. None of Dow Jones, American International Group, AIG-FP or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates shall have any obligation or liability in connection with the administration
marketing or trading of the Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, AIG-FP, American International Group and their respective subsidiaries or affiliates may independently issue and/or sponsor financial products unrelated to the Securities
currently being issued by Barclays Bank PLC, but which may be similar to and competitive with the Securities. In addition, American International Group, AIG-FP and their respective subsidiaries or affiliates actively trade commodities, commodity
indexes and commodity futures (including the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity IndexSM and the Dow Jones-AIG Precious Metals Total Return
Sub-IndexSM) as well as swaps, options and derivatives which are linked to commodity indexes and commodity futures. It is possible that this trading
activity will affect the value of the Dow Jones-AIG Precious Metals Total Return Sub-IndexSM and the Securities. This Security does not relate to
the exchange-traded physical commodities underlying any of the Dow Jones-AIG Precious Metals Total Return Sub-IndexSM components. Purchasers of the
Securities should not conclude that the inclusion of a futures contract in the Dow Jones-AIG Precious Metals Total Return Sub-IndexSM is any form of
investment recommendation of the futures contract of the underlying exchange-traded physical commodity by Dow Jones, American International Group, AIG-FP or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. None of Dow Jones, American
International Group, AIG-FP or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates has made any due diligence inquiries with respect to the exchange- 
  
  
  
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traded futures contracts which comprise the Dow Jones-AIG Precious Metals Total Return Sub-IndexSM
 in connection with the Securities. 
 NONE OF DOW JONES,
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, AIG-FP OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES GUARANTEES THE ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE DOW JONES-AIG PRECIOUS METALS TOTAL RETURN SUB-INDEXSM OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN AND NONE OF DOW JONES, AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, AIG-FP OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY
ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS THEREIN. NONE OF DOW JONES, AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, AIG-FP OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
OWNERS OF THE SECURITIES, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE DOW JONES-AIG PRECIOUS METALS TOTAL RETURN SUB-INDEXSM OR ANY DATA
INCLUDED THEREIN. NONE OF DOW JONES, AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, AIG-FP OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES MAKES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO DOW JONES-AIG PRECIOUS METALS TOTAL RETURN SUB-INDEXSM OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY
OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL DOW JONES, AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, AIG-FP OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN
IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. THERE ARE NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF ANY AGREEMENTS OR ARRANGEMENTS AMONG DOW JONES, AIG-FP AND BARCLAYS BANK PLC, OTHER THAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP. 
 OTHER TERMS: 
 All terms used in this Security that
are not defined in this Security but are defined in the Indenture referred to on the reverse of this Security shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. Section headings on the face of this Security are for convenience only and shall
not affect the construction of this Security. 
 “Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which banking institutions in London or New York City generally are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close. 
 “Default Amount” means, on any day, an amount in U.S. dollars, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion, equal to the cost of having a Qualified Financial Institution (selected as provided below)
expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the principal of this Security, and the performance or observance of every covenant hereof and of the Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed with respect to this Security (or
to undertake other obligations providing substantially equivalent economic value to the Holder of this Security as the Company’s 
  
  
  
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obligations hereunder). Such cost will equal (i) the lowest amount that a Qualified Financial Institution would charge to effect such assumption (or
undertaking) plus (ii) the reasonable expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Holder of this Security in preparing any documentation necessary for such assumption (or undertaking). During the Default Quotation
Period, each Holder of this Security and the Company may request a Qualified Financial Institution to provide a quotation of the amount it would charge to effect such assumption (or undertaking). If either party obtains a quotation, it must notify
the other party in writing of the quotation. The amount referred to in clause (i) of this paragraph will equal the lowest (or, if there is only one, the only) quotation so obtained, and as to which notice is so given, during the Default
Quotation Period; provided that, with respect to any quotation, the party not obtaining the quotation may object, on reasonable and significant grounds, to the effectuation of such assumption (or undertaking) by the Qualified Financial
Institution providing such quotation and notify the other party in writing of such grounds within two Business Days after the last day of the Default Quotation Period, in which case that quotation will be disregarded in determining the Default
Amount. The “Default Quotation Period” shall be the period beginning on the day the Default Amount first becomes due and ending on the third Business Day after such due date, unless no such quotation is obtained, or unless every
such quotation so obtained is objected to within five Business Days after such due date as provided above, in which case the Default Quotation Period will continue until the third Business Day after the first Business Day on which prompt notice of a
quotation is given as provided above, unless such quotation is objected to as provided above within five Business Days after such first Business Day, in which case, the Default Quotation Period will continue as provided in this sentence.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Default Quotation Period (and the subsequent two Business Day objection period) has not ended prior to the Final Valuation Date, then the Default Amount will equal the Face Amount. 
 “Final Valuation Date” means June 17, 2038, or if such date is not a Trading Day, the next succeeding Trading Day; provided,
however, that if the Calculation Agent determines that a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on such date, the Final Valuation Date will be the first following Trading Day on which the Calculation Agent determines that a Market
Disruption Event does not occur and is not continuing, provided that in no event will the Final Valuation Date be postponed by more than five Trading Days. 
 “Index Component” means, with respect to the Securities, any of the futures contracts on precious metals commodities that comprise the Index. 
 “Index Factor” means, on any given day, the amount equal to the closing value of the Index on that day divided by the closing
value of the Index on the Inception Date. 
 “Investor Fee” means the amount equal to 0.75% per year times the
principal amount of the Holder’s Securities times the Index Factor, calculated on a daily basis in the following manner: (i) the Investor Fee on the Inception Date shall equal zero; and (ii) on each subsequent calendar day
until and including the Final Valuation Date or, in the case of Securities with respect to which the Holder has exercised its right of Early Redemption, the applicable Valuation Date, the Investor Fee will increase by an amount equal to 0.75%
times the principal amount of the Holder’s Securities times the Index Factor on that day (or, if such day is not a Trading Day, the Index Factor on the immediately preceding Trading Day) divided by 365. 
  
  
  
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 “Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to the Securities, in the opinion of the
Calculation Agent and determined in its sole discretion: (i) a material limitation, suspension or disruption in the trading of any Index Component which results in a failure by the trading facility on which the relevant contract is traded to
report a daily contract reference price; (ii) the daily contract reference price for any Index Component has increased or decreased from the previous day’s daily contract reference price by the maximum amount permitted under the applicable
rules or procedures of the relevant trading facility; (iii) AIG-FP and Dow Jones fail to publish the closing value of the Index or the applicable trading facility or other price source fails to announce or publish the daily contract reference
price for one or more Index Components; (iv) any other event, if the Calculation Agent determines in its sole discretion that the event materially interferes with the ability of Barclays Bank PLC or the ability of any affiliates of Barclays
Bank PLC to unwind all or a material portion of a hedge with respect to the Securities that Barclays Bank PLC or any of its affiliates have effected or may effect. The following events will not be Market Disruption Events: (a) a limitation on
the hours or numbers of days of trading on a trading facility on which any Index Component is traded, but only if the limitation results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the relevant market; or (b) a decision by a
trading facility to permanently discontinue trading in any Index Component. 
 “Maturity Date” means June 24, 2038,
provided that if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date will be the next succeeding Business Day; provided, however, that if the fifth Business Day preceding June 24, 2038 does not qualify as the Final Valuation Date
referred to above, then the Maturity Date will be the fifth Business Day following the Final Valuation Date. 
 “Qualified Financial
Institution” means, at any time, a financial institution organized under the laws of any jurisdiction in the United States of America or Europe that at such time has outstanding debt obligations with a stated maturity of one year or less
from the date of issue and rated A-1 or higher by Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. (or any successor) or P-1 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (or any successor) or, in either case, such
other comparable rating, if any, then used by such rating agency. 
 “Redemption Date” means the third Business Day
following each Valuation Date other than the Final Valuation Date. The final Redemption Date shall be the third Business Day following such Valuation Date that is immediately prior to the Final Valuation Date. 
 “Successor Index” means any substitute index approved by the Calculation Agent as a Successor Index pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

 “Trading Day” means any day on which (i) the value of the Index is published by AIG-FP and Dow Jones;
(ii) trading is generally conducted on the NYSE Arca; and (iii) trading is generally conducted on the markets on which the Index Components are traded, in each case as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion. 

“Valuation Date” means each Business Day from June 25, 2008 to June 17, 2038, inclusive, or if such date is not a Trading
Day, the next succeeding Trading Day; provided, however, that if the Calculation Agent determines that a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on such date, the Valuation Date will be the first following Trading Day on which
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occur and is not continuing, provided that in no event will any Valuation Date be postponed by more than five Trading Days. 
  
  
 1.     Promise to Pay at Maturity or Upon Early Redemption 
 Barclays Bank PLC, a public limited company duly organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales (herein called the
“Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay (or cause to be paid) to Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company,
or registered assigns, the amount as calculated and provided under (i) “Early Redemption” and elsewhere on the face this Security on the applicable Redemption Date, in the case of any Securities in respect of the which the Holder
exercises such Holder’s right to require the Company to redeem such Holder’s Securities prior to the Maturity Date, or (ii) “Payment at Maturity” and elsewhere on the face of this Security on the Maturity Date, in the case
of all other Securities. 
 2.    Payment of Interest 
 The principal of this Security shall not bear interest. 
 3.     Discontinuance or Modification of the Index; Market Disruption Event 
 If
Dow Jones and AIG-FP discontinue publication of the Index and Dow Jones and AIG-FP or any other Person or entity publishes an index that the Calculation Agent determines is comparable to the Index and approves as a Successor Index, then the
Calculation Agent will determine the value of the Index on the applicable Valuation Date and the amount payable on the Maturity Date or any Redemption Date by reference to such Successor Index. 
 If the Calculation Agent determines that the publication of the Index is discontinued and that there is no Successor Index, or that the closing value of
the Index is not available because of a Market Disruption Event or for any other reason, on any Valuation Date, or if for any other reason the Index is not available to the Company or the Calculation Agent on any Valuation Date, the Calculation
Agent will determine the amount payable by a computation methodology that the Calculation Agent determines will as closely as reasonably possible replicate the Index. 
 If the Calculation Agent determines that the Index, the Index Components or the method of calculating the Index has been changed at any time in any respect, including, without limitation, any addition, deletion or
substitution and any reweighting or rebalancing of Index Components, and whether the change is made by AIG-FP and Dow Jones under their existing policies or following a modification of those policies, is due to the publication of a Successor Index,
is due to events affecting one or more of the Index Components, or is due to any other reason, then the Calculation Agent will be permitted (but shall not be required) to make such adjustments to the Index or method of calculating the Index as it
believes are appropriate to ensure that the value of the Index used to determine the amount payable on the Maturity Date or upon Early Redemption is equitable. 
  
  
  
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 The Calculation Agent shall have the right to postpone a Valuation Date, and thus the determination of
the value of the Index, if the Calculation Agent determines that, on such Valuation Date, a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing in respect of any Index Component. If such a postponement occurs, the Calculation Agent shall determine the
value of the Index Components unaffected by the Market Disruption Event by using the closing value of such Index Component or Index Components on the scheduled Valuation Date and shall determine the value of any affected Index Component by using the
closing value of such Index Component on the first Trading Day after that day on which no Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to such Index Component. In no event, however, may the Calculation Agent postpone a Valuation Date
by more than five Trading Days. 
 In the event that a Valuation Date is postponed until the fifth Trading Day following the scheduled
Valuation Date, but a Market Disruption Event occurs and is continuing on such day, that day shall nevertheless be a Valuation Date, and the Calculation Agent shall determine the value of the Index on such day by a good faith estimate of the value
of the Index that would have prevailed in the absence of a Market Disruption Event. 
 The Calculation Agent shall have the right to make all
determinations and adjustments with respect to the Index in its sole discretion. 
 4.    Payment at Maturity or Upon
Early Redemption 
 The payment of this Security that becomes due and payable on the Maturity Date or on a Redemption Date, as the case
may be, shall be the cash amount that must be paid to redeem this Security as provided above under “Payment at Maturity” and “Early Redemption”, respectively. The payment of this Security that becomes due and payable upon
acceleration of the Maturity Date hereof after an Event of Default has occurred pursuant to the Indenture shall be the Default Amount. When the principal referred to in either of the two preceding sentences has been paid as provided herein (or such
payment has been made available), the principal of this Security shall be deemed to have been paid in full, whether or not this Security shall have been surrendered for payment or cancellation. References to the payment at maturity or upon early
redemption of this Security on any day shall be deemed to mean the payment of cash that is payable on such day as provided in this Security. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely for the purpose of determining whether any consent, waiver, notice or
other action to be given or taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the Indenture has been given or taken by Holders of Outstanding Securities in the requisite aggregate principal amount, the principal amount of this Security will be deemed to
equal the Face Amount. This Security shall cease to be Outstanding as provided in the definition of such term in the Indenture when the principal of this Security shall be deemed to have been paid in full as provided above. 
 5.    Redemption Mechanics 
 Subject to the minimum redemption amount provided under “Early Redemption”, the Holder may require the Company to redeem the Holder’s Securities on any Redemption Date during the term of the Securities
provided that such Holder (i) delivers a notice of redemption to the Company via electronic mail by no later than 4:00 p.m. New York time on the Business Day prior to the applicable Valuation Date; (ii) delivers a signed
confirmation of redemption to the Company via facsimile by no later than 5:00 p.m. New York time on the same day; (iii) instructs the Holder’s DTC custodian to book a delivery 
  
  
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versus payment trade with respect to the Holder’s Securities on the applicable Valuation Date at a price equal to the principal amount of the
Holder’s Securities times the Index Factor on the applicable Valuation Date minus the Investor Fee on the applicable Valuation Date, facing Barclays Capital DTC 5101; and (iv) causes the Holder’s DTC custodian to deliver
the trade as booked for settlement via DTC prior to 10:00 a.m. New York time on the applicable Redemption Date, which shall be the third Business Day following the applicable Valuation Date (other than the Final Valuation Date). The final Redemption
Date shall be the third Business Day following such Valuation Date that is immediately prior to the Final Valuation Date. 
 6.     Role of Calculation Agent 
 The Calculation Agent will be solely responsible for all
determinations and calculations regarding the value of the Securities, including at maturity or upon early redemption; Market Disruption Events; Business Days; Trading Days; the Investor Fee; the Default Amount; the closing value of the Index on the
Inception Date and on any Valuation Date; the Maturity Date; Redemption Dates; the amount payable on the Securities and all such other matters as may be specified elsewhere herein as matters to be determined by the Calculation Agent. The Calculation
Agent shall make all such determinations and calculations in its sole discretion, and absent manifest error, all determinations of the Calculation Agent shall be final and binding on the Company, the Holder and all other Persons having an interest
in this Security, without liability on the part of the Calculation Agent. 
 The Company shall take such action as shall be necessary to
ensure that there is, at all relevant times, a financial institution serving as the Calculation Agent hereunder. The Company may, in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time, upon written notice to the Trustee, but without notice to the
Holder of this Security, terminate the appointment of any Person serving as the Calculation Agent and appoint another Person (including any Affiliate of the Company) to serve as the Calculation Agent. Insofar as this Security provides for the
Calculation Agent to determine the value of the Index on any date or other information from any institution or other source, the Calculation Agent may do so from any source or sources of the kind contemplated or otherwise permitted hereby
notwithstanding that any one or more of such sources are the Calculation Agent, Affiliates of the Calculation Agent or Affiliates of the Company. 
 7.     Payment 
 Payment of any amount payable on this Security will be made in such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payment will be made to an account designated by the Holder (in writing to the Company and the Trustee on or before the applicable
Valuation Date) and acceptable to the Company or, if no such account is designated and acceptable as aforesaid, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, provided, however, that
payment on the Maturity Date or any Redemption Date shall be made only upon surrender of this Security at such office or agency (unless the Company waives surrender). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Security is a Global Security, any payment
may be made pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary as permitted in said Indenture. 
 8.     Reverse
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 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof,
which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 9.    
Certificate of Authentication 
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the
reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 
 10.     Prospectus 
 Reference is made to the (i) the Prospectus related to
the Securities, dated August 31, 2007, (ii) the Prospectus Supplement, dated September 4, 2007, (iii) and the Pricing Supplement, dated [            ], 2008, (together,
the “Prospectus”). The terms and conditions of this Security as fully set forth in the Prospectus are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety into this Security and binding upon the parties hereto. In the event of a
conflict between the terms of the Prospectus and the terms of this Security, the Prospectus will control and if the Prospectus provides for a specific United States tax characterization, by purchasing a Security, you agree (in the absence of a
change in law, an administrative determination or a judicial ruling to the contrary) to be bound for United States federal income tax purposes to such tax characterization. Copies of the Prospectus are available from the Company or any underwriter
or any dealer participating in the offering by calling toll free, 1-888-227-2275 (extension 1101). 
  
  
  
  
  
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed. 
  

			
	BARCLAYS BANK PLC
		
	 By:
	 	
		 	Name:
		 	Title:


  

			
	By:	 	
		 	Name:
		 	Title:


 This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the Indenture. 

Dated: 
  

			
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK
		
	By:	 	
		 	Name:
		 	Title:


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 (Reverse of Security) 
 This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”) issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
September 16, 2004 (herein called the “Indenture,” which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,”
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the Holders
of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. Insofar as the provisions of the Indenture may conflict with the provisions set forth on the face of this Security, the latter shall
control for purposes of this Security. 
 This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited to an aggregate initial
offering price not to exceed $10,000,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency or currencies or currency units), which amount was increased to $21,000,000,000 on September 4, 2007 and may be further increased at the option of the
Company if in the future it determines that it may wish to sell additional Securities of this series. References herein to “this series” mean the series designated on the face hereof. 
 Payments under the Securities will be made without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present or future income, stamp and other taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“Taxes”) now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or authority thereof or
therein having the power to tax (each a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless such deduction or withholding is required by law. If any such Taxes are at any time required by a Taxing Jurisdiction to be deducted or withheld, the Company
will, subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth in Section 10.04 of the Indenture, pay such additional amounts of the principal of such Security and any other amounts payable on such Security (“Additional Amounts”) as
may be necessary in order that the net amounts paid to the Holder of any Security, after such deduction or withholding, shall equal the amounts of the principal of such Security and any other amounts payable on such Security which would have been
payable in respect of such Security had no such deduction or withholding been required. 
 If at any time the Company determines that as a result of a change
in or amendment to the laws or regulations of a Taxing Jurisdiction (including any treaty to which such Taxing Jurisdiction is a party), or a change in an official application or interpretation of such laws or regulations (including a decision of
any court or tribunal), either generally or in relation to any particular Securities, which change, amendment, application or interpretation becomes effective on or after the Original Issue Date in making any payment of, or in respect of, the
principal amount of the Securities, the Company would be required to pay any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, then the Securities will be redeemable upon not less than 35 nor more than 60 days’ 
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notice by mail, at any time thereafter, in whole but not in part, at the election of the Company as provided in the Indenture at a redemption price equal to
the principal amount thereof. 
 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights
and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected (considered together as one class for this purpose). The Indenture also contains provisions (i) permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected under the Indenture (considered together as one class for this purpose), on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of
the Indenture and (ii) permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of any series to be affected under the Indenture (with each such series considered separately for this purpose),
on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon
all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 
 As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise,
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not
apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. 
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 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of this Security as herein provided. 
 As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Senior Debt Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place
where the principal of this Security is payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Senior Debt Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing. Thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
 This Security, and any other Securities of this series and of like tenor, are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of any multiple of $50.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 
 No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 
 Prior to due presentment of
this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 This Security and the Indenture shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 
  

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