Document:

BEA Systems, Inc. Change in Control Severance Plan

 Exhibit 10.9 
 BEA SYSTEMS, INC. CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE PLAN 
 Introduction 
 The Board of Directors of BEA Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) recognizes that the possibility of a Change in Control of the Company, and the
uncertainty it creates, may result in the loss or distraction of employees of the Company to the detriment of the Company and its stockholders. 
 The Board considers the avoidance of such loss and distraction to be essential to protecting and enhancing the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Board also believes that when a Change in Control is perceived as
imminent, or is occurring, the Board should be able to receive and rely on disinterested service from employees regarding the best interests of the Company and its stockholders without concern that employees might be distracted or concerned by the
personal uncertainties and risks created by the perception of an imminent or occurring Change in Control. 
 In addition, the Board believes
that it is consistent with the Company’s employment practices and policies and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to treat fairly its employees whose employment terminates in connection with or following a Change in
Control. 
 Accordingly, the Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to assure the Company of the continued employment
and attention and dedication to duty of its employees and to seek to ensure the availability of their continued service, notwithstanding the possibility or occurrence of a Change in Control. 
 Therefore, in order to fulfill the above purposes, the following plan has been developed and is hereby adopted. 
 1. Establishment of Plan. As of the Effective Date, the Company hereby establishes the BEA Systems, Inc. Change in Control Severance Plan, as set
forth in this document. 
 2. Definitions. As used herein the following words and phrases shall have the following respective
meanings: 
 (a) Affiliate. Any company controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company.

 (b) Base Salary. The annual base rate of compensation payable to a Participant by the Company, before deductions or
voluntary deferrals authorized by the Participant or required by law to be withheld from the Participant by the Company. 
 (c) Board. The Board of Directors of the Company. 
 (d) Bonus Amount. The Participant’s annual
commission targets for all Participants who are in a sales position and annual target bonus for all other Participants for the fiscal year in which the Change in Control occurs or, if higher, the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs,
provided, that if annual commission targets or annual target bonuses have not 

 
been established for the Participant and Participants generally for the fiscal year in which the Change in Control occurs, the Bonus Amount shall be the
Participant’s annual commission targets or annual target bonus, as applicable, for the year immediately preceding the year in which the Change in Control occurs. 
 (e) Cause. A termination for “Cause” shall have occurred where a Participant’s employment is terminated because of
the Participant’s (i) conviction of a felony (other than a traffic-related felony) or (ii) gross negligence or willful misconduct having a material adverse impact on the Company. 
 (f) Change in Control. A “Change in Control” means the first to occur of any of the following: 
 (i) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (A) the then-outstanding shares of common
stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (B) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding
Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that, for purposes of this Section 1(f), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (i) any acquisition directly from the Company, (ii) any
acquisition by the Company, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliates or (iv) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction that
complies with Sections 1(d)(3)(A), 1(d)(3)(B) and 1(d)(3)(C); 
 (ii) Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the
Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for
election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for
this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; 
 (iii) Consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share
exchange or consolidation or similar corporate transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the acquisition of assets or stock of another
entity by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (each, a “Business Combination”), in each case unless, following such Business Combination, (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the beneficial owners
of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock and the
combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to 

 
vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation,
a corporation that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately
prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B) no Person (excluding any corporation resulting from such Business Combination or any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation
resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such corporation, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (C) at least a majority
of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for such Business
Combination; or 
 (iv) Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 (g) Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. 
 (h) Committee. Subject to Section 13, the Compensation Committee of the Board. 
 (i) Company. BEA Systems, Inc. and any successor thereto or, if applicable, the ultimate parent of any such successor. 

(j) Compensatory Award. As defined in Section 4(c). 
 (k) Date of Termination. The date of receipt of a notice of termination from the Company or the Participant as applicable or any
later date specified in the notice of termination, which date shall not be more than 30 days after the giving of such notice. The Company and the Participant shall take all steps necessary (including with regard to any post-termination services by
the Participant) to ensure that any termination under this Plan constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, and notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the date on which
such separation from service takes place shall be the “Date of Termination.” 
 (l) Disability. A termination
for “Disability” shall have occurred if a Participant’s employment is terminated because of a disability entitling him or her to long-term disability benefits under the applicable long-term disability plan of the Company. 

(m) Effective Date. November 7, 2007. 

 (n) Employee. Any regular, full-time employee or part-time employee (who is
regularly scheduled to work at least twenty (20) hours per week) of the Company or any of its Affiliates. Part-time employees who are regularly scheduled to work less than twenty (20) hours per week and individuals who are classified by
the Company as independent contractors are not Employees. 
 (o) Good Reason. With respect to any Participant, the
occurrence of any of the following events after a Change in Control, without the Participant’s prior written consent: (i) the Company’s requiring the Participant to be based at any location other than the location at which the
Participant was based immediately prior to the Change in Control or within 35 miles of such location, (ii) a reduction of more than 10 percent in the Participant’s annual base salary or target bonus or other incentive compensation
opportunities; provided that if none of the Company, a surviving entity nor its parent following a Change in Control is a publicly-held company, the failure to provide stock-based benefits shall not be deemed Good Reason if benefits of
comparable value using recognized valuation methodology are substituted, (iii) a failure to provide the Participant with aggregate pension and welfare benefits which are substantially comparable in value to those provided to similarly situated
employees of the Company, a surviving entity or its parent , or (iv) failure of the Company to require any successor to the Company to comply with the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to invoke a termination for Good Reason, a
Participant must provide written notice to the Company of the existence of one or more of the conditions described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) within 90 days after having knowledge of such condition or conditions, and the Company
shall have 30 days following receipt of such written notice (the “Cure Period”) during which it may remedy the condition. In the event that the Company fails to remedy any condition constituting Good Reason during the Cure Period, the
Participant must terminate employment, if at all, within 90 days following the Cure Period in order to terminate employment for Good Reason. 
 (p) Individual Contributor. An Employee that is not a Manager, Senior Manager, Director, Senior Director, Vice President or Senior Vice President. 
 (q) Monthly Pay. The quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of (A) the Participant’s Required Base Salary and
(B) the Participant’s Bonus Amount by (ii) 12. 
 (r) Net After-Tax Receipt. As defined in
Section 5. 
 (s) Non-U.S. Participant. As defined in Section 4(b). 
 (t) Participant. An Employee who meets the eligibility requirements of Section 3. 
 (u) Payment. As defined in Section 5. 
 (v) Plan. The BEA Systems, Inc. Change in Control Severance Plan. 
 (w) Present Value. As defined in Section 5. 

 (x) Qualified Termination. Any termination of a Participant’s employment, on
or during the one-year period following a Change in Control, by the Company other than for Cause, death or Disability or by the Participant for Good Reason. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Change in Control occurs and if the Participant’s
employment with the Company is terminated prior to the date on which the Change in Control occurs, and if it is reasonably demonstrated by the Participant that such termination of employment (i) was at the request of a third party that has
taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control, then a “Qualifying Termination” shall be deemed to have occurred on the Change in
Control. 
 (y) Reduced Amount. As defined in Section 5. 
 (z) Required Base Salary. With respect to any Participant, the higher of (i) the Participant’s Base Salary as in effect
immediately prior to the Change in Control and (ii) the Participant’s highest Base Salary in effect at any time thereafter. 
 (aa) Separation Payment. As defined in Section 5. 
 (bb) Separation
Period. The period beginning on a Participant’s Date of Termination and continuing for (i) three months, in the case of an Individual Contributor, Manager or Senior Manager; (ii) six months in the case of a Director or Senior
Director; and (iii) 12 months in the case of a Vice President or Senior Vice President. 
 3. Eligibility. Each Employee who
(a) is not party to a Change in Control Employment Agreement as of immediately prior to a Change in Control, (b) is not, at the effective time of the Change in Control, on a leave of absence as to which reemployment rights are not
guaranteed by applicable law and (c) has been an Employee for at least one month prior to the Date of Termination. 
 4. Separation
Benefits. 
 (a) Separation Benefits. In the event that a Participant suffers a Qualified Termination, the Company
shall pay such Participant, within 15 days following the Date of Termination, a lump sum in cash equal to the sum of (i) the Participant’s Base Salary and any accrued vacation pay through the Date of Termination to the extent not
theretofore paid, (ii) the Participant’s unpaid annual bonus for the fiscal year immediately preceding the year in which the Date of Termination occurs to the extent such bonus has been determined but not theretofore paid, and
(iii) the Monthly Pay times the number of months in the Separation Period. 
 (b) COBRA Premiums. In addition, in
the event a Participant suffers a Qualified Termination, the Company shall pay the cost of the Participant’s premiums for health continuation coverage under Section 4980B of the Code for the Separation Period; provided, that, with
respect to any Participant who was, immediately prior to such Qualified Termination, employed outside of the United States (a “Non-US Participant”), the Company shall, during the Separation Period, continue to provide or cause to be
provided to such Non-US Participant medical and life insurance benefits that are substantially comparable to those enjoyed by such Non-US Participant immediately prior to the Qualified Termination, subject to the requirements of applicable law.

 (c) Equity Awards. In addition, in the event a Participant suffers a Qualified
Termination, notwithstanding any provision in an award agreement to the contrary, effective as of the Date of Termination, fifty percent of the unvested portion of each grant of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other
equity-based award that is outstanding and unvested as of the Date of Termination (each, a “Compensatory Award”) shall immediately vest and, if applicable, become exercisable, provided, that this Section 4(c) shall not apply to
any Compensatory Award outstanding as of the Date of Termination under the Company’s 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (or any successor thereto). The applicable award agreements for the Compensatory Awards are hereby amended to the extent
necessary to implement this Section 4(c). 
 (d) Other Benefits Payable. Nothing in this Plan shall prevent or
limit a Participant’s continuing or future participation in any benefit, bonus, incentive or other plan, program, arrangement or policy provided by the Company or any of its Affiliates for which a Participant and/or Participant’s
dependents may qualify. Amounts that are vested benefits or that a Participant and/or a Participant’s dependents are otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, program, arrangement, or policy of the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be
payable in accordance with such plan, program, arrangement or policy. The payment provided pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 4(a) above shall be provided in addition to, and not in lieu of, all other accrued or vested or earned but
deferred compensation, retention bonuses, rights, options or other benefits which may be owed to a Participant upon or following termination, including but not limited to accrued vacation, amounts or benefits payable under any bonus or other
compensation plans, stock option plan, stock ownership plan, stock purchase plan, life insurance plan, health plan, disability plan or similar or successor plan. Payments pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 4(a) above shall be reduced by
(A) any amounts paid to the Participant under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended, or any similar state or local statute (“WARN”) or, with respect to any Non-US Participant,
any applicable law or regulation and (B) any amounts paid to the Participant for services performed during any period following the Participant receiving a WARN notice or, with respect to any Non-US Participant any required notice regarding the
Participant’s termination of employment, and during the period covered by such notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant receives payments and benefits pursuant to Section 4(a) of this Plan, the Participant shall not be
entitled to any severance pay or benefits under any severance plan, program, policy, agreement or other arrangement of the Company and its Affiliates, except as required by applicable law or as otherwise specifically provided therein in a specific
reference to this Plan; provided, that any Non-US Participant may elect to receive severance pay and/or benefits under such other arrangement in lieu of receiving the payments and benefits provided by this Plan. 
 5. Certain Reduction of Payments by the Company. 
 (a) For purposes of this Section 5: (i) a “Payment” shall mean any payment or distribution in the nature of compensation to or for the benefit of a Participant, whether paid or payable pursuant to
this Plan or otherwise; (ii) “Separation Payment” shall mean a Payment paid or payable pursuant to this Plan (disregarding this Section); (iii) “Net After-Tax Receipt” shall mean the Present Value of a Payment net of
all taxes imposed on the Participant with respect thereto under Sections 1 and 4999 of the Code and under applicable state and local laws, determined by applying the highest marginal rate under Section 1 

 
of the Code and under state and local laws which applied to the Participant’s taxable income for the immediately preceding taxable year, or such other
rate(s) as the Participant shall certify, in the Participant’s sole discretion, as likely to apply to the Participant in the relevant tax year(s); (iv) “Present Value” shall mean such value determined in accordance with Sections
280G(b)(2)(A)(ii) and 280G(d)(4) of the Code; and (v) “Reduced Amount” shall mean the amount of Separation Payments that (A) has a Present Value that is less than the Present Value of all Separation Payments and (B) results
in aggregate Net After-Tax Receipts for all Payments that are greater than the Net After-Tax Receipts for all Payments that would result if the aggregate Present Value of Separation Payments were any other amount that is less than the Present Value
of all Separation Payments. 
 (b) Anything in the Plan or any other agreement between a Participant and the Company to the
contrary notwithstanding, in the event that Ernst & Young LLP, or such other nationally-recognized accounting firm selected in the discretion of the Committee as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control (the “Accounting
Firm”) shall determine that receipt of all Payments would subject the Participant to tax under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), the Accounting Firm shall determine whether some amount of Separation Payments meets the
definition of “Reduced Amount.” If the Accounting Firm determines that there is a Reduced Amount, then the aggregate Separation Payments shall be reduced to such Reduced Amount. 
 (c) If the Accounting Firm determines that aggregate Separation Payments should be reduced to the Reduced Amount, the Company shall
promptly give the Participant notice to that effect and a copy of the detailed calculation thereof. All determinations made by the Accounting Firm under this Section shall be binding upon the Company and the Participant and shall be made within 60
days following a termination of employment of the Participant. For purposes of reducing the aggregate Separation Payments to the Reduced Amount, only amounts payable under this Plan (and no other Payments) shall be reduced. The reduction of the
aggregate Separation Payments to the Reduced Amount, if applicable, shall be made by reducing the Separation Payments under the following sections in the following order: (i) Section 4(a)(iii), and (ii) Section 4(c). As promptly
as practicable following the Accounting Firm’s determination, the Company shall pay to or distribute for the benefit of the Participant such Separation Payments as are then due to the Participant under this Plan and shall promptly pay to or
distribute for the benefit of the Participant in the future such Separation Payments as become due to the Participant under this Plan. 
 (d) As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that amounts will have been paid or
distributed by the Company to or for the benefit of a Participant pursuant to this Plan which should not have been so paid or distributed (“Overpayment”) or that additional amounts which will have not been paid or distributed by the
Company to or for the benefit of a Participant pursuant to this Plan could have been so paid or distributed (“Underpayment”), in each case, consistent with the calculation of the Reduced Amount hereunder. In the event that the Accounting
Firm, based upon the assertion of a deficiency by the Internal Revenue 

 
Service against either the Company or the Participant which the Accounting Firm believes has a high probability of success determines that an Overpayment has
been made, any such Overpayment paid or distributed by the Company to or for the benefit of a Participant shall be repaid to the Company together with interest at the applicable federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code;
provided, however, that no such amount shall be payable by a Participant to the Company if and to the extent such payment would not either reduce the amount on which the Participant is subject to tax under Section 1 and
Section 4999 of the Code or generate a refund of such taxes. In the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon controlling precedent or substantial authority, determines that an Underpayment has occurred, any such Underpayment shall be promptly
paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Participant together with interest at the applicable federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code (“Interest”). 
 (e) All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm in implementing the provisions of this Section 5 shall be borne by the Company.

 6. Full Settlement. The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Plan and otherwise to perform its
obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may have against a Participant or others. In no event shall a
Participant be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to such Participant under any of the provisions of this Plan and no amounts received from other employment shall serve to mitigate
the payments hereunder. The Company agrees to reimburse the Employee, to the full extent permitted by law, for all legal fees and expenses that the Participant may reasonably incur as a result of any contest by the Company, the Participant or others
of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Plan or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Participant about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Plan) (each, a
“Contest”), plus, in each case, Interest; provided, that the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse a Participant for legal fees and expenses unless the Participant prevails on at least one material claim (regardless of
by whom brought); provided, further, that the Participant shall have submitted an invoice for such fees and expenses not later than 30 days after the final resolution of such Contest and the Company shall make such payment within 30 days of
the date on which the invoice is so submitted, and the Participant’s right to have the Company pay such legal fees and expenses may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. 
 7. Controlling Law. This Plan shall be construed and enforced according to the internal laws of the State of California to the extent not
preempted by Federal law or the law of any other applicable non-United States jurisdiction, which shall otherwise control. 
 8.
Amendments; Termination. The Company reserves the right to amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time by action of a majority of the Board; provided that no such amendment, modification, suspension or termination that has
the effect of reducing or diminishing the right of any Employee, shall be effective without the written consent of the Employee, for a period of two years following the date on which the action of a majority of the Board is taken. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if a Change in Control has not occurred by April 1, 2009, absent any action by the Board to the contrary, the Plan shall expire. 

 9. Assignment. The Company shall require any corporation, entity, individual or other person who
is the successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise) to all or substantially all the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform, by a written agreement in
form and in substance satisfactory to the Company, all of the obligations of the Company under this Plan. As used in this Plan, the term “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or
assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Plan by operation of law, written agreement or otherwise. It is a condition of this Plan, and all rights of each person eligible to receive benefits under this Plan shall be subject
hereto, that no right or interest of any such person in this Plan shall be assignable or transferable in whole or in part, except by operation of law, including, but not by way of limitation, lawful execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge,
bankruptcy, alimony, child support or qualified domestic relations order. 
 10. Withholding. The Company may withhold from any amount
payable or benefit provided under this Plan such Federal, state, local, foreign and other taxes as are required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. 
 11. Gender and Plurals. Wherever used in this Plan document, words in the masculine gender shall include masculine or feminine gender, and, unless
the context otherwise requires, words in the singular shall include the plural, and words in the plural shall include the singular. 
 12.
Plan Controls. In the event of any inconsistency between this Plan document and any other communication regarding this Plan, this Plan document controls. 
 13. Post-Change in Control Committee. This Plan shall be administered by the Committee, provided that in the event of an impending Change in Control, the Committee may appoint a person (or persons)
independent of the third party effectuating the Change in Control to be the Committee effective upon the occurrence of a Change in Control (the “Independent Committee”) and the Independent Committee shall not be removed or modified
following a Change in Control. Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, the decision of the Committee upon all matters within the scope of its authority shall be conclusive and binding on all parties, provided that in the event that no
Independent Committee is appointed, any determination by the Committee of whether “Cause” or “Good Reason” exists shall be subject to de novo review. 
 14. Benefits Claims and Appeals. The Plan is not intended to be subject to ERISA. If and only if, however, the Plan is determined to be subject to
ERISA, the intention of the Company is that it shall be construed as a “welfare plan,” as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, and this Section 14 shall apply. The Committee shall establish a claims and appeals procedure applicable
to Participants under the Plan. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, such procedures will provide that a Participant has not less than sixty (60) days following receipt of any adverse benefit determination within which to appeal the
determination in writing with the Committee, and that the Committee must respond in writing within sixty (60) days of receiving the appeal, specifically identifying those Plan provisions on which the benefit denial was based and indicating
what, if any, information the Participant must supply in order to perfect a claim for benefits. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the claims and appeals procedure established by the Committee 

 
will be provided for the use and benefit of Participants who may choose to avail themselves of such procedures, but compliance with the provisions of these
claims and appeals procedures by the Participant will not be mandatory for any Participant claiming benefits after a Change in Control. It will not be necessary for any Participant to exhaust these procedures and remedies after a Change in Control
prior to bringing any legal claim or action, or asserting any other demand, for payments or other benefits to which such Participant claims entitlement. 
 15. Grantor Trust. The Committee may establish a trust with a bank trustee, for the purpose of paying benefits under this Plan. If so established, the trust shall be a grantor trust subject to the claims of the
Company’s creditors and shall, immediately prior to a Change in Control, be funded in cash or common stock of the Company or such other assets as the Committee deems appropriate with an amount equal to 100 percent of the aggregate benefits
payable under this Plan assuming that all Participants in the Plan incurred a termination of employment entitling them to Separation Benefits immediately following the Change in Control, or such lesser amount as the Committee shall determine prior
to the Change in Control; provided, however, that the trust shall not be funded if the funding thereof would result in taxable income to the Participant by reason of Section 409A(b) of the Code; and provided, further, in no event shall any
trust assets at any time be located or transferred outside of the United States, within the meaning of Section 409A(b) of the Code. Notwithstanding the establishment of any such trust, a Participant’s rights hereunder will be solely those
of a general unsecured creditor. 
 16. Indemnification. To the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify the Committee
from all claims for liability, loss, or damage (including the payment of expenses in connection with defense against such claims) arising from any act or failure to act in connection with the Plan. 
 17. Section 409A Savings Clause. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, within the time period permitted by the applicable Treasury
Regulations or other Internal Revenue Service or Treasury Department authority, if any compensation or benefits provided by this Plan may result in accelerated taxation or tax penalties under Section 409A of the Code, the Company shall modify
the Plan in the least restrictive manner necessary in order to exclude such compensation from the definition of “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code or in order to comply with the provisions of
Section 409A of the Code, other applicable provision(s) of the Code and/or any rules, regulations or other regulatory guidance issued under such statutory provisions and without any diminution in the value of the payments to any Participant.

 18. Employment Status. This Plan does not constitute a contract of employment or impose on the Participant or the Company any
obligation to retain the Participant as an Employee, to change the status of the Participant’s employment, or to change the Company’s policies or those of its Affiliates’ regarding termination of employment. 
 19. Foreign Laws. The Committee shall administer the Plan with respect to all Non-US Participants in a manner designed to comply with applicable
law while preserving the benefits provided under the Plan and avoiding duplication of benefits. 
 As Adopted by the Board of Directors 
 of BEA Systems, Inc. at a Meeting Held 
 On November 7, 2007Form of Global Preference Share

 EXHIBIT 4.3 
 ISIN: US06739H5110 
 CUSIP: 06739H511 
 BARCLAYS BANK PLC 
 (Incorporated with limited liability in England and Wales)

 U.S.$1,150,000,000 
 7.75 per cent. Non-Cumulative Callable Dollar Preference Shares, Series 4 (the 
 “Preference Shares”)

 Global Preference Share 
 THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the bearer of this Global Preference Share is entitled to 46,000,000 fully paid Preference Shares of nominal value U.S.$0.25 each and principal amount U.S.$25 each in the capital of Barclays Bank PLC, subject to the
Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Issuer and the terms set out in Schedule A hereto. 
 Unless otherwise stated, capitalised
terms used in this Global Preference Share shall have the meanings given to them in the Agency Agreement between the Issuer and the agents named therein dated 7 December 2007 (the “Agency Agreement”). 
 The aggregate nominal amount from time to time of this Global Preference Share shall be an amount equal to the aggregate nominal amount of the Preference
Shares as shall be shown by the latest entry in the fourth column of Schedule B hereto, which shall be completed by or on behalf of the Principal Paying Agent upon the exchange of the whole or a part of this Global Preference Share for Definitive
Preference Shares or the redemption or purchase and cancellation of Preference Shares represented hereby. 
 This Global Preference Share is
exchangeable (free of charge to the holder) on or after the Exchange Date in whole or in part for Definitive Preference Shares: 
  

	 (i)
	 by the Issuer giving notice to the Principal Paying Agent and the holder hereof of its intention to effect such exchange or 

  

	 (ii)
	 by the holder hereof giving notice to the Principal Paying Agent of its election to exchange the whole or a part of this Global Preference Share for Definitive
Preference Shares or 

  

	 (iii)
	 otherwise, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) (or any clearing system as shall have been designated by the Issuer (the “Alternative
Clearing System”) on behalf of which the ADRs relating to the Preference Shares may be held) notifies the Issuer that it is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as depositary with respect to the ADRs relating
to the Preference Shares, or ceases to be a “Clearing Agency” registered under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or is at any time no longer eligible to act as such and the Issuer is unable to locate a qualified successor
within 90 days of receiving notice of such ineligibility on the part of DTC (or, as the case may be, such Alternative Clearing System). 

  

 “Exchange Date” means a day falling not less than 5 days after that on which the notice
requiring exchange is given and on which banks are open for business in the city in which the specified office of the Principal Paying Agent is located and, except in the case of exchange pursuant to (iii) above, in the city in which DTC or, if
relevant, the Alternative Clearing System, is located. 
 Any such exchange may be effected on or after an Exchange Date by the holder of
this Global Preference Share surrendering this Global Preference Share or, in the case of a partial exchange, presenting it for endorsement to or to the order of the Principal Paying Agent. In exchange for this Global Preference Share, or part
thereof to be exchanged, the Issuer shall deliver, or procure the delivery of, Definitive Preference Shares in an aggregate nominal amount equal to the nominal amount of this Global Preference Share submitted for exchange printed in accordance with
any applicable legal and stock exchange requirements and substantially in the form set out in Schedule 2 to the Agency Agreement as supplemented and/or modified and/or superseded from time to time. 
 Except as otherwise described herein, this Global Preference Share is subject to the Articles and, until it is exchanged for Definitive Preference
Shares, its holder shall be entitled to the same benefits as if it were the holder of the Definitive Preference Shares for which it may be exchanged and as if such Definitive Preference Shares had been issued on the date of this Global Preference
Share. 
 This Global Preference Share shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by or on behalf of the
Principal Paying Agent. 
 The Seal of the Issuer was affixed on 7 December 2007 in accordance with Article 127 of the Articles of
Association in the presence of: 
 for and behalf of the Issuer 
 This Global Preference Share is authenticated by or on behalf of the Principal Paying Agent. 
 By: 
 Authorised Signatory 

 Schedule A 
 Conditions 
 The terms of, and rights attaching to, the Non-Cumulative Callable Preference Shares are
contained in the Issuer’s Articles of Association and in a special resolution of the members of the Issuer passed on 3 December 2007 which provides as follows. 
 Barclays Bank PLC 
 NON-CUMULATIVE CALLABLE DOLLAR PREFERENCE SHARES, SERIES 4 
 __________________________________ 
 TERMS
AND CONDITIONS 
 (Adopted by a resolution of the shareholders of Barclays Bank PLC passed as a special 
 resolution on 3 December 2007) 
 __________________________________ 
 The Non-Cumulative Callable Dollar Preference Shares, Series 4 (the “Series 4 Dollar
Preference Shares”) of Barclays Bank PLC (the “Issuer”) have attached thereto the terms and conditions set out below and are otherwise subject to the provisions of the Articles of Association of the Issuer (the
“Articles”). 
  

	 1.
	 General 

 The Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares will have a nominal value of U.S.$0.25 each and will be issued fully paid for cash in accordance with the terms of the underwriting agreement and pricing agreement relating thereto. The Series 4 Dollar
Preference Shares will rank pari passu and rateably without any preference or priority among themselves and will rank in priority to the Ordinary Shares of the Issuer. A full description of the ranking of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares
as regards participation in profits and on a return of capital is contained in paragraphs 2(i) and 3 below. 
 The Series 4
Dollar Preference Shares will, following their initial issue in registered form, be represented by a share warrant to bearer, within the meaning of the Companies Acts, in the form of a single global share warrant to bearer (the “Global
Series 4 Dollar Preference Share”). The Global Series 4 Dollar Preference Share will be deposited with the custodian for The Bank of New York of 101 Barclay Street, Floor 21 West, New York, New York 10286, as depositary (the
“Depositary”). The Global Series 4 Dollar Preference Share is exchangeable in whole or in part for definitive Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares, each in registered form in the circumstances set out in the Global Series 4 Dollar
Preference Share. 
  

	 2.
	 Dividends 

  

	 	 (i)
	 Subject to paragraphs (iii) and (iv) below, each Series 4 Dollar Preference Share shall entitle the holder thereof to receive out of the profits of the
Issuer available for distribution and permitted by law to be distributed a non-cumulative preferential dividend (the “Preference Dividend”), in priority to the payment of 

	 	 
any dividend to the holders of Ordinary Shares and any other class of shares in the capital of the Issuer ranking junior to the Series 4 Dollar Preference
Shares as regards participation in profits of the Issuer and pari passu in such regard with the holders of any other class of shares in the capital of the Issuer, (other than any shares which may be issued by the Issuer and which by their
terms rank in priority, with the consent or sanction of the holders of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares given in accordance with the Articles, to the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares as regards participation in such profits).

  

	 	 (ii)
	 Subject to paragraphs (iii) and (iv) below, Preference Dividends shall accrue at a fixed rate of 7.75 per cent. per annum on the principal amount
of each Series 4 Dollar Preference Share, which Preference Dividend will be payable, subject as provided below, quarterly in arrear in U.S. dollars on 15 March, 15 June, 15 September and 15 December (each a “Dividend
Payment Date”) in each year. The first payment of the Preference Dividend will be made on 15 March 2008 in respect of the period from (and including) 7 December, 2007 to (but excluding) 15 March 2008. For the purposes of this
paragraph (ii) “principal amount” means, in relation to each Series 4 Dollar Preference Share, U.S.$25. The Preference Dividend accruing in respect of any period from (and including) the most recent Dividend Payment Date (or if
none, 7 December, 2007) to (but excluding) the relevant payment date (the “Calculation Period”) will be calculated on the basis of the number of days in the Calculation Period divided by 360 (the number of days to be calculated
on the basis of a year of 360 days with 12 30-day months). 

  

	 	 (iii)
	 Subject to paragraph (iv) below, the Preference Dividend for each Dividend Period shall be paid to the extent that payment can be made out of the profits of
the Issuer available for distribution and permitted by law to be distributed. If a Preference Dividend is to be paid but the distributable profits of the Issuer available for distribution are insufficient (after payment in full, or the setting aside
of a sum to enable the payment in full, of dividends expressed to be payable on the relevant Dividend Payment Date on any class of shares in the capital of the Issuer ranking pari passu with or in priority to the Series 4 Dollar Preference
Shares as regards participation in the profits of the Issuer, and after payment in full, or the setting aside of a sum to enable the payment in full, of all dividends expressed to be payable on a date earlier than the relevant Dividend Payment Date
on any class of shares in the capital of the Issuer that ranks pari passu with or in priority to the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares in such regard and carries cumulative rights to dividends) then (subject to paragraph (iv) below)
Preference Dividends shall be paid to the extent of the distributable profits on a pro rata basis so that (i) the aggregate amount of Preference Dividends on the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares and (ii) the aggregate amount of
dividends on each other class of shares on which dividends are expressed to be payable on such date and ranking pari passu with the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares as regards participation in profits and (iii) the aggregate amount of
dividends paid or set aside for payment on such date on each other class of shares ranking pari passu with the Series 4 Dollar Preference 

	 	 
Shares in such regard and carrying cumulative rights to dividends, on which dividends were expressed to be payable before such date, will bear to each other
the same ratio as the full amounts of dividends (1) expressed to be payable in aggregate on the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares on such date, (2) expressed to be payable in aggregate on each such other pari passu ranking class of
shares on which dividends are expressed to be payable on such date and (3) paid, or set aside for payment of, in aggregate on each such other pari passu ranking class of shares carrying cumulative rights to dividends in respect of
dividends expressed to be payable before such date, bear to each other. 

  

	 	 (iv)
	 Notwithstanding paragraph (iii) above, on any Dividend Payment Date, at the Issuer’s discretion, the Preference Dividend which would otherwise be
payable on a Dividend Payment Date may either not be payable at all or only be payable in part. 

  

	 	 (v)
	 If a Preference Dividend on the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares is not paid, or is paid only in part, pursuant to paragraphs (iii) or (iv) above, the
holders of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares shall have no claim in respect of such non-payment or non-payment in part, as applicable. The Issuer shall have no obligation to pay the Preference Dividend accrued for the relevant Dividend Period or
to pay interest thereon, whether or not Preference Dividends are paid on the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares for any future Dividend Period. 

  

	 	 (vi)
	 If a Preference Dividend is not paid in full on a Dividend Payment Date (the “Relevant Dividend Payment Date”) (or a sum is not set aside to
provide for its payment in full), the Dividend Restriction shall apply. The “Dividend Restriction” means that neither the Issuer nor the Holding Company may (a) pay a dividend (other than payment by the Holding Company of a
final dividend declared by its shareholders prior to the Relevant Dividend Payment Date, or a dividend paid by the Issuer to the Holding Company or to another wholly-owned Subsidiary) on any of their respective ordinary shares, other preference
shares or other share capital ranking pari passu or junior with the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares in respect to dividend payments and rights in liquidation or (b) redeem, purchase, reduce or otherwise acquire any of their respective
ordinary shares, preference shares or other share capital, other than shares of the Issuer held by the Holding Company or a wholly-owned Subsidiary (or set aside any sum or establish any sinking fund for the redemption, purchase or other acquisition
thereof), until the earlier of (1) the Dividend Payment Date on which the Issuer next pays (or sets aside a sum to provide for the payment of) a Preference Dividend in full and (2) the date on or by which all of the Series 4 Dollar
Preference Shares are either redeemed in full or purchased by or for the account of the Issuer, in each case in accordance with the Articles and the terms of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares. 

  

	 	 (vii)
	 Any Preference Dividend unclaimed after a period of 12 years from the date when it became due for payment shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Issuer and
the payment by the Board of any unclaimed Preference Dividend or other 

	 	 
sum payable on or in respect of a share into a separate account shall not constitute the Issuer a trustee in respect of it. 

  

	 	 (viii)
	 No dividend or other moneys payable on or in respect of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares shall bear interest as against the Issuer.

  

	 3.
	 Capital 

 On a winding-up or other return of capital (other than a redemption or purchase by the Issuer of any of its issued shares, or a reduction of share capital, permitted by the Articles and under applicable law), the assets of the Issuer
available to shareholders shall be applied in priority to any payment to the holders of Ordinary Shares and any other class of shares in the capital of the Issuer then in issue ranking junior to the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares on such a return
of capital and pari passu on such a return of capital with the holders of any other class of shares in the capital of the Issuer then in issue (other than any class of shares in the capital of the Issuer then in issue ranking in priority,
with the consent or sanction of the holders of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares given in accordance with the Articles, to the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares on a winding-up or other such return of capital), in payment to the holders of the
Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares of an amount per Series 4 Dollar Preference Share equal to the aggregate of: 
  

	 	 (i)
	 the Preference Dividend accrued thereon for the then current Dividend Period to the date of the commencement of the winding-up or other such return of capital;
and 

  

	 	 (ii)
	 U.S.$25 per Series 4 Dollar Preference Share. 

 After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the holders of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares will have no right or claim to participate further in the assets of
the Issuer available for distribution among the members and will not be entitled to any further participation in such return of capital. In the event of the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer, the distribution to the
shareholders of the Issuer of all or substantially all of the consideration for such sale, unless such consideration (apart from assumption of liabilities) or the net proceeds thereof consists entirely of cash, will not be deemed to be a return of
capital in respect of the winding-up of the Issuer. 
  

	 4.
	 Redemption 

 The Issuer may, subject to the Companies Acts, to the Articles and to giving one month’s prior written notice to the FSA (if required), upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, redeem some or all of the Series 4 Dollar
Preference Shares on 15 March 2013 and on any Dividend Payment Date thereafter. Redemption will be effected in the manner provided in the Articles. 
 There shall be paid on each Series 4 Dollar Preference Share so redeemed the aggregate of: 
  

	 	 (i)
	 U.S.$25; and 

	 	 (ii)
	 the Preference Dividend accrued thereon for the then current Dividend Period to the date fixed for redemption. 

 In the event that payment of the redemption price in respect of any Series 4 Dollar Preference Share is improperly withheld or refused,
the Preference Dividend on such Series 4 Dollar Preference Share shall continue to accrue, at the then applicable rate, from the date fixed for redemption to the date of payment of such redemption price. If the due date for payment of any amount of
redemption moneys is not a dollar business day, then payment of such amount will be made on the next succeeding dollar business day, without any interest or payment in respect of such delay. 
  

	 5.
	 Purchases 

 The Issuer may at any time purchase, or cause to be purchased for its account, all or any of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares, subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the Articles and all other applicable rules and regulations
and subject to the consent of or prior notification to the FSA (if required), at any price. The Issuer shall not be required to select the shares to be purchased rateably or in any other particular manner as between the holders of Series 4 Dollar
Preference Shares or as between them and the holders of shares of any other class or in accordance with the rights as to dividends or capital conferred by any class of shares. 
  

	 6.
	 Form and Transfer 

 Title to Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares represented by a share warrant to bearer will pass by delivery of the relevant bearer share warrants. Title to Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares in registered form will pass by transfer and
registration on the register for the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares. 
 The bearer of any share warrant for the Series 4
Dollar Preference Shares and the persons (if any) in whose names Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares are for the time being registered, shall (to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law) be deemed to be, and shall be treated as, the holders and
absolute owners of the relevant Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares for the purpose of receiving payment in respect thereof and for all other purposes (notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon or any notice of previous loss or theft
thereof or any trust or other interest therein), whether or not any payment in respect of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares shall be overdue. 
 Each exchange or registration of transfer of Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares in registered form will, subject to and in accordance with the Articles, be effected by entry on the register for the Series 4 Dollar
Preference Shares kept by the Issuer’s registrar at its office in the United Kingdom. No fee shall be charged on the registration of any instrument of transfer or other instrument relating to or affecting the title to the Series 4 Dollar
Preference Shares, but the person requesting such registration will be required to pay any related taxes, stamp duties or other governmental charges. 
 Upon presentation to the Issuer’s registrar at its office in the United Kingdom, a share warrant to bearer may be exchanged for the relevant Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares in registered form, in which event
the holder of the share warrant to bearer will be 

 
registered as a holder of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares in the register of members of the Issuer and will receive a certificate made out in such
holder’s name. The exchange of Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares represented by a share warrant to bearer for Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares in registered form will also be subject to applicable UK tax laws and regulations in effect at the
time of the exchange. No exchange will be made unless any resulting taxes, stamp duties or other governmental charges have been paid to the Issuer. Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares in registered form will not be exchangeable, in whole or in part,
for Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares represented by a share warrant to bearer. 
  

	 7.
	 Payments 

 Payments in respect of any amount payable by way of dividend or on redemption in respect of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares in bearer form will be made against presentation and, where applicable on redemption, surrender of the
relevant share warrant to bearer at the specified office of the Principal Paying Agent or the Paying Agent. Each such payment will be made, at the option of the payee, by a dollar cheque drawn on, or by transfer to a dollar account maintained by the
payee with, a branch of a bank in London. 
 In the case of payments in respect of Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares in
bearer form represented by a share warrant, if the due date for payment or any later date upon which the share warrant is presented for payment is not a Payment Business Day, then payment of such amount will be made on the next succeeding Payment
Business Day, without any liability on the part of the Issuer to pay interest thereon or any compensation in respect of such delay. 
 Payments in respect of any amount payable by way of dividend or on redemption in respect of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares in registered form will be made by cheque or warrant sent by post to the registered address of the holder, or
in the case of joint holders, to any one of them, or, upon request of the holder or joint holders not later than the date specified for such purpose in the notice of redemption, by bank transfer to a U.S. dollar denominated account maintained by the
holder, details of which are notified by the holder in writing to the Issuer. 
 A record of each payment made on a share
warrant to bearer will be made on or in relation to such share warrant to bearer by the Principal Paying Agent or the Paying Agent to which the share warrant to bearer is presented for the purposes of making such payment and such record shall be
prima facie evidence that the payment in question has been made. 
 Payments in respect of amounts payable by way of dividend
and on redemption on the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares will be subject in all cases to any applicable fiscal or other laws and other regulations. 
  

	 8.
	 Voting 

 The holders of Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares shall not be entitled to receive notice of, or to attend or vote at, any general meeting of the Issuer. 

	 9.
	 Variations of Rights and Further Issues 

  

	 	 (i)
	 Save with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares then in issue or with the
consent in writing of the holders of three-fourths of the issued Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares, the Board shall not authorise or create, or increase the amount of, any shares of any class, or any security convertible into shares of any class,
ranking as regards participation in the profits or assets of the Issuer (other than on a redemption or purchase by the Issuer of any such share, or a reduction of share capital, permitted by the Articles and under applicable law) in priority to the
Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares. Any such separate general meeting shall be convened and conducted in all respects as nearly as possible in the same way as a general meeting of the Issuer and rights to be given notice thereof and to attend and
vote thereat shall be as provided in the Articles. The quorum at any such meeting shall be persons holding or representing by proxy at least one third of the issued Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares then in issue but so that if at any adjourned
meeting a quorum as so defined is not present, any two holders of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares present in person or by proxy shall be a quorum. In relation to any such special resolution, on a show of hands every such holder who is present
in person or by proxy shall have one vote and on a poll every such member who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote in respect of each Series 4 Dollar Preference Share held by him. 

  

	 	 (ii)
	 The Issuer shall be entitled at any time and from time to time and without any consent or sanction of the holders of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares to
create and/or issue further preference or other share capital ranking as regards participation in the profits and assets of the Issuer pari passu with or junior to the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares. Such creation and/or issue shall be
deemed not to alter, vary, affect, modify or abrogate any of the rights attaching to the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares and for the avoidance of doubt such rights shall not be deemed to be varied by the alteration of any of the provisions, other
than an alteration which would result in any such shares ranking as regards participation in the profits or assets of the Issuer in priority to the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares, set out in the Articles in respect of any such unissued shares.
Any further series of shares ranking, as regards participation in profits or assets of the Issuer, pari passu with or junior to the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares may, without their creation or issue being deemed to vary the special rights
attaching to the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares, either carry identical rights in all respects with the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares (except as regards the date from which such shares rank for dividend) or carry rights differing therefrom in
any respect including, but without prejudice to the foregoing, in that: 

  

	 	 (a)
	 the rate and/or basis of calculating dividends may differ and the dividend may be cumulative or non-cumulative; 

	 	 (b)
	 such shares may rank for dividends as from such date as may be provided by the terms of issue thereof and the dates for payment of dividend may differ;

  

	 	 (c)
	 such shares may be denominated in any currency or, if permitted by law, any basket of currencies; 

  

	 	 (d)
	 a premium may be payable on return of capital or there may be no such premium; 

  

	 	 (e)
	 such shares may be redeemable at the option of the Issuer or may be non-redeemable; 

  

	 	 (f)
	 different or no restrictions may apply in the event a dividend is not paid on such shares on a scheduled dividend payment date therefor; and

  

	 	 (g)
	 such shares may be convertible into Ordinary Shares or any other class of shares ranking as regards participation in the profits and assets of the Issuer pari
passu with or junior to the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares, 

 in each case on such terms and
conditions as may be prescribed by the terms of issue thereof. 
  

	 10.
	 Registrar, Principal Paying Agent and Paying Agent 

 The Bank of New York, London office, will act as the Issuer’s registrar and initial Principal Paying Agent for the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares. 
 The Issuer reserves the right at any time to vary or terminate the appointment of the Principal Paying Agent and any Paying Agent and to
appoint additional or other Paying Agents. Notice of any such termination or appointment and of any change in the specified offices of the Paying Agents will be given to Preference Shareholders in accordance with paragraph 11 below. 
  

	 11.
	 Notices 

 Further to the provisions for giving notices to members contained in the Articles, notices to holders of Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares represented by one or more share warrants to bearer will be valid if published in a leading daily
newspaper in London (which is expected to be the Financial Times) or, if such publication shall not be practicable, in an English language newspaper of general circulation in Europe or such other method as may be agreed with the holder from time to
time. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such publication or, if published more than once or on different dates, on the first date on which publication is made. 
  

	 12.
	 Governing Law 

 The creation and issue of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares and the rights attached to them are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English Law. 
  

	 13.
	 Additional Definitions 

 “Articles” means the Articles of Association of the Issuer, as in
effect from time to time. 
 “Board” means the board of directors of the Issuer, and includes any
sub-committee thereof or person or persons to whom the Board has delegated authority in accordance with the Articles. 
 “Calculation Period” has the meaning set out in paragraph 2(ii) above. 
 “Companies Act 1985” means the Companies Act 1985. 
 “Companies Act
2006” means the Companies Act 2006. 
 “Companies Acts” means the Companies Act 1985,
the Companies Act 2006 and all statutes and subordinate legislation made thereunder, for the time being in force concerning companies and affecting the Company. 
 “Dividend Payment Date” has the meaning set out in paragraph 2(ii) above. 
 “Dividend Period” means the period from and including a Dividend Payment Date (or the Issue Date) to but not including the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date. 
 “Dividend Restriction” has the meaning set out in paragraph 2(vi) above. 
 “dollar business day” means a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking
institutions in New York City or London generally are authorised or obliged by law, regulation or executive order to close. 
 “FSA” means the Financial Services Authority and, if any successor governmental authority succeeds to the bank regulatory functions of the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom, such successor
governmental authority; provided, however, that if the Issuer becomes domiciled in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom, then each reference herein to the Financial Services Authority shall be deemed instead to refer to the governmental
authority having primary regulatory authority with respect to the Issuer’s capital adequacy in such other jurisdiction. 
 “Holding Company” means Barclays PLC. 
 “Issuer” means Barclays
Bank PLC. 
 “Issue Date” means 7 December, 2007, the date on which the Series 4 Dollar
Preference Shares are first issued. 
 “Ordinary Shares” means ordinary shares in the capital of the
Issuer. 
 “Paying Agent” means the Principal Paying Agent or any Paying Agent appointed from time to
time by the Issuer in respect of the Series 4 Dollar Preference Shares. 
 “Payment Business Day”
means a dollar business day and, in the case of a presentation or surrender of a Series 4 Dollar Preference Share, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks are open for business in the place of the specified office of the
relevant Paying Agent to whom the same is presented or surrendered. 

 “Preference Dividend” has the meaning set out in paragraph 2(i)
above. 
 “principal amount” has the meaning set out in paragraph 2(ii) above. 
 “Relevant Dividend Payment Date” has the meaning set out in paragraph 2(vi) above. 
 “Subsidiary” means each subsidiary for the time being of the Holding Company within the meaning of
Section 736 of the Companies Act 1985. 
 “subsidiary” and “holding
company” have the meanings given to them under Section 736 of the Companies Act 1985. 
  

 Schedule B 
 Nominal Amount of Preference Shares represented by this Global Preference Share 
 The following
exchanges of the whole or a part of this Global Preference Share for Definitive Preference Shares or payments of amounts payable upon redemption in respect of this Global Preference Share have been made, resulting in the nominal amount of this
Global Preference Share specified in the latest entry in the fourth column: 
  

									
	   Date  
	  	 Amount of
 increase/decrease in
nominal amount of
 this Global
 Preference Share
	  	 Reason for
 increase/decrease in
 nominal amount of this
 Global Preference
 Share (exchange
or
 payment, stating
 amount of payment
 made)
	  	 Nominal amount of
 this Global
 Preference
Share
 following such
 increase/decrease
	  	 Notation made
 by or on behalf
 of the Principal
 Paying Agent

 PRINCIPAL PAYING AGENT, PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR 
 The Bank of New York 
 One Canada Square

 London 
 E14 5AL 
 United Kingdom

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