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    5 Year EUR Note Linked to the Barclays Capital ComBATS 6

    Index with VOLT overlay

    Indicative Term Sheet

    THIS TERM SHEET IS A SUMMARY ONLY. THE FULL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES (THE

    CONDITIONS) WILL BE SET OUT IN THE FINAL TERMS WHICH AMEND AND/OR SUPPLEMENT THE

    CONDITIONS IN THE BASE PROSPECTUS DATED 30 JUNE 2010 (THE BASE PROSPECTUS) RELATING TO

    THE ISSUERS RETAIL STRUCTURED SECURITIES PROGRAMME. TERMS USED BUT NOT OTHERWISE DEFINED

    HEREIN SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS ASSIGNED TO SUCH TERMS IN THE BASE PROSPECTUS.

    PRIOR TO MAKING ANY INVESTMENT DECISION, INVESTORS SHOULD:

    SEEK PROFESSIONAL ADVICE; SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND THE RISKS RELATING TO THE NOTES; AND READ THIS TERM SHEET, THE FINAL TERMS AND THE BASE PROSPECTUS.

    THE RISK FACTORS SET OUT IN THIS TERM SHEET AND THE BASE PROSPECTUS HIGHLIGHT SOME, BUT NOTALL, OF THE RISKS OF INVESTING IN THESE SECURITIES.

    Product Name 5 Year EUR 3,000,000 Commodity Linked Note

    Product Description 5 year100% principal protected note in EUR, linked to the performanceof VOLT on Barclays Capital ComBATS 6 Index

    Highlights 5 year term

    Exposure to Barclays Capital ComBATS 6 Index with volatility-targeting of 5% applied

    Redeems at par plus 100% of the positive return of VOLT on Barclays

    Capital ComBATS 6 Index VOLT is a volatility targeting methodology developed by Barclays; it is

    designed to maintain its realized volatility close to a Target Volatility

    Level. This is achieved by a dynamic modification of the exposure toBarclays Capital ComBATS 6 Index, based on the difference between

    the Target Volatility Level and the 40-Days Realised Volatility of theBarclays Capital ComBATS 6 Index

    The Target Volatility Level is 5%

    Offers 100% principal protection if held to scheduled maturity

    Knock-Out: the Participation is reduced to 0% if the VOLT on BarclaysCapital ComBATS 6 Index trades below 50% of its strike on any

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    Commodity Business Day.

    These Notes are 100% principal-protected when held to theirscheduled maturity. In the event that Notes are sold prior to maturity

    or are redeemed prior their maturity due to early redemption,

    Noteholders may receive less than 100% of the Denomination.

    Issuer Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays)

    Issuers Current Rating AA- by S&P / Aa3 by Moodys

    Aggregate Principal Amount of

    the Notes

    EUR 3,000,000

    Specified Denomination EUR 1000

    Minimum Settlement Amount EUR 1000

    Trade Date [TBD]

    Public Offering Period [TBD]

    Public Offering The Netherlands

    Issue Date [TBD]

    Strike Date [TBD]

    Valuation Date [TBD]

    Pricing Dates Each Commodity Business Day from (and including) the date falling 40Commodity Business Days prior to the Strike Date to (and including) the

    Valuation Date

    Maturity Date [TBD]

    Issue Price 100% of par

    Re-offer Price 97.50% of par

    Commodity Index Barclays Capital ComBATS 6 Index

    Provisions Relating to Redemption

    Calculation Amount perSecurity

    Specified Denomination

    Relevant Commodity Price For any Pricing Date, the price of the Commodity Index, determined with

    respect to that day for the specified Commodity Reference Price.Commodity Reference Price The price for a Pricing Date will be that days Specified Price for the

    Barclays Capital ComBATS 6 Excess Return Index (the Commodity

    Index), stated in U.S. Dollars, published by Barclays Capital or its

    successor (the Index Sponsor), and displayed on Bloomberg page

    BCCAC06P that displays prices effective on that Pricing Date.

    Specified Price Official settlement price

    Settlement Method Cash

    Settlement Currency EUR

    Final Redemption Amount On the Maturity Date, each Note will be redeemed by the Issuer at its

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    Final Redemption Amount as determined by the Determination Agent in

    accordance with the following:

    If the Relevant Commodity Price is equal to or greater than theBarrier Level on each Commodity Business Day from the StrikeDate to the Valuation Date, the Final Redemption Amount,

    determined with respect to the Valuation Date, shall be an

    amount calculated in accordance with the following formula:

    Otherwise:

    N * 100%

    Where:

    Nmeans Calculation Amount per Security;

    VOLTInitial means the level of VOLT on the Strike Date, being

    1,000.000;

    VOLTFinalmeans the level of VOLT on the Valuation Date, calculated in

    accordance with Calculation of VOLT Provisions below;Participationmeans 100%;

    Barrier Levelmeans 50% of Index Initial; and

    Index Initial means the Relevant Commodity Price for the Commodity

    Index on the Strike Date.

    Calculation of VOLT Provisions

    VOLT Calculation Date Each Commodity Business Day during the VOLT Calculation Period.

    VOLT Calculation Period From and including the Strike Date to and including the Valuation Date

    VOLT With respect to each VOLT Calculation Datet, the level of VOLT can bedetermined by the formula:

    Where:

    VOLTt-1 means the level of VOLT on the VOLT Calculation Datet-1,

    provided that VOLT0shall be equal to 1,000;

    Pt means the Relevant Commodity Price of the Commodity Index on

    the VOLT Calculation Datet;

    Pt-1means the Relevant Commodity Price of the Commodity Index on

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    the immediately preceding VOLT Calculation Datet-1, provided that P0

    shall be equal to the Relevant Commodity Price of the Commodity Indexon the Strike Date;

    DLt-1 means the Dynamic Leverage on the immediately preceding

    VOLT Calculation Datet-1

    Dynamic Leverage (DL) With respect to each VOLT Calculation Datet, the level of DynamicLeverage will be determined by the following formula, as the Target

    Volatility ( divided by the Realized Volatility ( capped at Max

    Leverage (CAP):

    On VOLT Calculation Date0:

    On any VOLT Calculation Datet, if a Rebalancing Event has occurred,

    then Dynamic Leverage is calculated as follows:

    Otherwise Dynamic Leverage shall be the Dynamic Leverage for the

    immediately preceding VOLT Calculation Datet-1, i.e.

    Rebalancing Event With respect to each VOLT Calculation Datet, a Rebalancing Event shall

    be deemed to have occurred on that VOLT Calculation Datetif on such

    date, the Target Volatility ( divided by the Realized Volatility (

    differs from the preceding VOLT Calculation Date t-1Dynamic Leverage

    (DLt-1) by more than the Threshold Level (TL), i.e. :

    if

    Target Volatility ( Realized Volatility ( preceding Dynamic

    Leverage (DLt-1) + Threshold Level (TL)

    or

    Target Volatility ( Realized Volatility ( Dynamic Leverage

    (DLt-1) - Threshold Level (TL)

    Where :

    means the Dynamic Leverage calculated on the immediately

    preceding VOLT Calculation Datet-1

    Target Volatility (

    ) 5%

    Max Leverage (CAP) 100%

    Threshold Level (TL) 10%

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    Volatility Calculation Periodt With respect to each VOLT Calculation Datet, means the period from and

    including 40 Commodity Business Days before VOLT Calculation Datettoand including the Commodity Business Day immediately preceding

    VOLT Calculation Datet

    Realized Volatility (

    ) With respect to each VOLT Calculation Date t, means the realizedvolatility over the Volatility Calculation Periodtcalculated as follows:

    where:LRj is the continuously compounded daily return of the CommodityIndex, which for any Pricing Datej is determined by the following

    formula:

    means

    Where:

    Ln denotes the natural logarithm,

    Pj means the Relevant Commodity Price of the Commodity Index on

    the Pricing Datejand

    Pj-1means the Relevant Commodity Price of the Commodity Index on

    Pricing Datej-1,

    P0 shall be equal to the Relevant Commodity Price of the CommodityIndex on the Strike Date.

    Wherejis negative, the Pricing Date shall be the day falling j CommodityBusiness Days before the Strike Date.

    is the historical 40-days arithmetic average of continuouslycompounded daily returns determined by the following formula:

    means

    Other Provisions

    Commodity Index Disclaimer As set out in the Annex hereto.

    Commodity Market Disruption

    Events and Disruption Fallbacks

    If, in the opinion of the Determination Agent, a Commodity Market

    Disruption Event has occurred and is continuing on any Pricing Date (or,

    if different, the day on which prices for that Pricing Date would, in theordinary course, be published by the Price Source), the Relevant

    Commodity Price for that Pricing Date will be determined by the

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    Determination Agent in accordance with the first applicable Disruption

    Fallback that provides a Relevant Commodity Price.Where a Commodity Market Disruption Event means, the occurrence o

    any of the following events:

    (i) a temporary or permanent failure by the applicable exchange

    or other price source to announce or publish (a) the final

    settlement price for the Commodity Reference Price or (b)

    closing price for any futures contract included in the

    Commodity Reference Price;

    (ii) a material limitation, suspension or disruption of trading in one

    or more of the futures contracts included in the CommodityReference Price; or

    (iii) the closing price for any futures contract included in theCommodity Reference Price is a limit price, which means that

    the closing price for such contract for a day has increased or

    decreased from the previous days closing price by themaximum amount permitted under applicable exchange rules.

    Where a Disruption Fallback means the following source or methodthat gives rise to an alternative basis for determining the Relevant

    Commodity Price in respect of a specified Commodity Reference Price

    when a Commodity Market Disruption Event occurs or exists on a daythat is a Pricing Date:

    (i) with respect to each futures contract included in the

    Commodity Reference Price which is not affected by theCommodity Market Disruption Event, the Relevant Commodity

    Price will be based on the closing prices of each such contract

    on the applicable determination date;

    (ii) with respect to each futures contract included in the

    Commodity Reference Price which is affected by the

    Commodity Market Disruption Event, the Relevant Commodity

    Price will be based on the closing prices of each such contract

    on the first day following the applicable determination date on

    which no Commodity Market Disruption Event is occurring with

    respect to such contract;

    (iii) subject to Clause (iv) below, the Determination Agent shall

    determine the Relevant Commodity Price by reference to the

    closing prices determined in Clauses (i) and (ii) above using the

    then-current method for calculating the Relevant Commodity

    Price; and

    (iv) where a Commodity Market Disruption Event with respect toone or more futures contracts included in the Commodity

    Reference Price continues to exist (measured from and

    including the first day following the applicable determinationdate) for five consecutive Trading Days, the Determination

    Agent shall determine the Relevant Commodity Price in a

    commercially reasonable manner.

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    Adjustments to Commodity

    Index

    (a) If the Commodity Index is permanently cancelled or the Commodity

    Reference Price is not calculated and announced by the sponsor of

    such Commodity Index or any of its affiliates (together theSponsor) but (i) is calculated and announced by a successor

    sponsor (the Successor Sponsor) acceptable to the Determination

    Agent, or (ii) replaced by a successor index (the Successor Index)

    using, in the determination of the Determination Agent, the same or

    a substantially similar formula for and method of calculation as used

    in the calculation of the Relevant Commodity Price, then the

    Relevant Commodity Price will be deemed to be the price so

    calculated and announced by that Successor Sponsor or thatSuccessor Index, as the case may be.

    (b) If the Determination Agent determines that (i) the Sponsor makes amaterial change in the formula for or the method of calculating the

    RelevantCommodity Price or in any other way materially modifies

    such Commodity Index (other than a modification prescribed in thatformula or method to maintain the Relevant Commodity Price in the

    event of changes in constituent commodities and weightings and

    other routine events), or (ii) the Sponsor permanently cancels the

    Commodity Index or (iii) the Sponsor fails to calculate and announcethe Commodity Index for a continuous period of three Trading Days

    and the Determination Agent determines that there is no Successor

    Sponsor or Successor Index (such events (i) (ii) and (iii) to be

    collectively referred to as Index Adjustment Events), then the

    Determination Agent may at its option (in the case of (i)) and shall(in the case of (ii) and (iii)) calculate the Relevant Commodity Price

    using in lieu of the published level for that Commodity Index (if any),

    the level for that Commodity Index as at the relevant determination

    date as determined by the Determination Agent in accordance with

    the formula for and method of calculating that Commodity Index

    last in effect prior to the relevant Index Adjustment Event, but using

    only those futures contracts that comprised that Commodity Indeximmediately prior to the relevant Index Adjustment Event (other

    than those futures contracts that have ceased to be listed on any

    relevant exchange).

    (c) In the event that the Determination Agent determines that it can no

    longer continue to calculate such Index, the Determination Agentmay, in its sole discretion, deem such Index Adjustment Event to

    constitute an Early Redemption Event for the purposes of this

    provisions and shall adjust, redeem, cancel and/or take any other

    necessary action in accordance with the Early Redemption Eventsprovisions in the Base Prospectus.

    Additional Disruption Events The Issuer may on giving not less than 10 Business Days notice to theSecurityholders, redeem all (but not some) of the Securities early at theEarly Redemption Amount on the Early Redemption Date if any of the

    following events occur:

    Change in Law Applicable;

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    Issuer Tax Event Applicable;

    Hedging Disruption Applicable;

    [Increased Cost of Hedging Applicable;

    Currency Disruption Event] Applicable,

    provided that Change in Law, Hedging Disruption and Increased Cost of

    Hedging shall each be as described in the Base Prospectus.

    Issuer Tax Event shall mean the imposition of any withholding ordeduction on any payments in respect of the Securities by or on behalf othe Issuer.

    Currency Disruption Event shall mean, with respect to a Series oSecurities, the occurrence or official declaration of an event impacting

    one or more Currencies that the Issuer, in its sole and absolute discretion,determines would materially disrupt or impair its ability to meet its

    obligations in the Settlement Currency or otherwise settle, clear, or hedge

    such Series of Securities.

    Series shall mean the Securities of each original issue together with theSecurities of any further issues expressed to be consolidated to form a

    single Series with the Securities of an original issue.

    Currency(ies)shall mean with respect to a country, the lawful currency osuch country.

    Settlement Currencyshall mean Specified Currency.

    Early Redemption Amount Such amount as determined by the Determination Agent acting in a

    commercial mannerEarly Redemption Date The 5th Business Day after an early redemption notice is given by or on

    behalf of the Issuer to the Noteholder

    General Provisions

    Programme Barclays Bank PLC Retail Structured Securities Programme

    Status Unsecured and Unsubordinated

    Business Days for Payment TARGET and London

    Business Days

    Business Day Convention

    Commodity Business Day Means (a) where the Commodity Reference Price is a price announced

    or published by an Exchange, a day that is (or would have been, but forthe occurrence of a Commodity Market Disruption Event) a day on

    which that Exchange is open for trading during its regular tradingsession, notwithstanding any such Exchange closing prior to its

    scheduled closing time and (b) where the Commodity Reference Price is

    not a price announced or published by an Exchange, a day in respect of

    which the relevant Price Source published (or would have published, but

    for the occurrence of a Commodity Market Disruption Event) a price.

    Commodity Business Day

    Convention

    Following

    Settlement Cash

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    Listing Euronext (Amsterdam)

    ISIN/WKN TBD

    Determination Agent Barclays Bank PLC

    Relevant Clearing Systems Euroclear / Clearstream, Luxembourg

    Governing Law German Law

    Documentation To be issued under the Barclays Bank PLC Retail Structured SecuritiesProgramme

    Selling Restrictions Selling restrictions: USA and U.K.

    Indicative Prices In order to ensure a secondary market for the Notes, Barclays Bank PLC(Barclays) hereby agrees:

    a) Daily Indicative Prices: to provide daily indicative prices of theNotes by publication on Reuters or other similar pricing source;

    and

    b) Indicative Bid Prices: subject to (i) the existence of normal market

    and funding conditions as determined by Barclays in its sole

    discretion; and (ii) applicable laws and regulations upon request by

    any Securityholder, and offer prices for the Notes with a view to

    agreeing the offer or repurchase of such Notes within a reasonable

    period thereafter.

    c) Bid-Offer Spread: Where Barclays does provide an Indicative BidPrice in accordance with the above paragraph, the bid-offer

    spread, in normal market conditions, is expected to be 2%.

    For the avoidance of doubt this provision does not amount to a

    commitment to make a market on any day at any price.

    Risk Warnings These Notes are 100% principal-protected when held to their scheduledmaturity. In the event that Notes are sold prior to maturity or are

    redeemed prior to maturity due to early redemption, Noteholders may

    receive less than 100% of the Denomination.

    Confidentiality On receipt of this indicative term sheet, the recipient agrees to maintainthe confidentiality of its contents.

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    Annex B

    Commodity Index Disclaimer

    Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays). All rights reserved. Barclays makes no representation or warranty, express or

    implied, to the Securityholders or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities

    generally or other instruments or related derivatives or in the Securities particularly or the ability of theBarclays Capital proprietary indices described herein (together, the Proprietary Indices), to track the

    performance of any market. Barclays has no obligation to take the needs of any Securityholder or any member

    of the public into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Proprietary Indices. Barclays, as

    index sponsor of the Proprietary Indices, is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination ofthe 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 is to be converted into cash. Barclays, as index sponsor of the Proprietary

    Indices, has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the

    Securities.

    BARCLAYS DOES NOT GUARANTEE AND SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY TO THE SECURITYHOLDERS OR TO

    THIRD PARTIES FOR THE QUALITY, ACCURACY AND/OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BARCLAYS INDICES, OR

    ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN OR FOR INTERRUPTIONS IN THE DELIVERY OF THE BARCLAYS INDICES.

    BARCLAYS MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL

    WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO

    THE PROPRIETARY INDICES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE

    FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL BARCLAYS HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT,

    OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH

    DAMAGES.

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    Risk Factors

    THESE RISK FACTORS HIGHLIGHT ONLY SOME OF THE RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED

    IN THIS TERM SHEET (THE PRODUCT). YOU MUST ALSO READ THE RISK FACTORS IN THE BASE

    PROSPECTUS. SEEK PROFESSIONAL ADVICE BEFORE MAKING ANY INVESTMENT DECISION.

    Potential Conflicts of Interest

    Potential conflicts of interest may exist in the internal teams and divisions within Barclays Capital and thereforein the course of normal business operations of the Index Sponsor and other divisions and teams of Barclays

    Capital and/or any of its affiliates.

    During the course of normal business operations, the Index Sponsor, as a research team within Barclays Capitalmay determine, calculate and publish the Index, while another team within Barclays Capital may issue, enter

    into, promote, offer or sell transactions or investments linked, in whole or in part, to the Index. In addition,

    another team within Barclays Capital may have, or may have had, interests or positions, or may buy, sell or

    otherwise trade positions in or relating to the underlying assets linked to the Index. Such activities may or maynot have an impact on the level of the Index. In view of the different roles performed by Barclays Capital

    through the various teams, Barclays Capital as an entity is subject to potential conflicts of interests.

    Adjustments, Suspension and Termination of the IndexWhile the Index Sponsor currently employs the methodology ascribed to the Index (and application of suchmethodology shall be conclusive and binding), no assurance can be given that market, regulatory, juridical,

    financial, fiscal or other circumstances (including, but not limited to, any changes to or any suspension or

    termination of or any other events affecting any constituent within the Strategy Index) will not arise that

    would, in the view of the Index Sponsor, necessitate an adjustment, modification or change of such

    methodology. The Index Sponsor may also, in its sole and absolute discretion, at any time and without notice,

    adjust, suspend or terminate the Index. The Index Sponsor is also under no obligation to continue the

    calculation, publication and dissemination of the Index. Any such adjustment, suspension, termination or non-

    publication may have a negative impact on the Transaction.

    Lack of Operating HistoryThe Index may be only recently established and therefore have no history to evaluate its likely performance.

    Past PerformanceAny data on past performance, modelling, scenario analysis or back-testing contained herein is no indication as

    to future performance. No representation is made as to the reasonableness of the assumptions made within or

    the accuracy or completeness of any modelling, scenario analysis or back-testing. Any opinions and estimatesgiven are given as of the date hereof and are subject to change. The value of any investment may fluctuate as a

    result of market changes. The Index is not intended to predict actual results and no assurances are given with

    respect thereto.

    Extraordinary and Force Majeure EventsIt should be noted that the Index is subject to certain extraordinary and force majeure events, including, but not

    limited to, any modification to, or cancellation of, the Index or any elimination or exchange of any indexcomponent or constituent, the consequences of which may have a negative impact upon the performance of

    the Index.

    Ambiguities in respect of the Index Rules (if any)

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    Whilst the Documented Rules (if any) are intended to be comprehensive, ambiguities may arise. In such

    circumstances the Index Sponsor will resolve such ambiguities in good faith and a reasonable manner and, ifnecessary, amend the Index Rules to reflect such resolution.

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